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Some updates on the "Beginning ASP.NET MVC" book

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:31:03 GMT

Finally the book has its cover designed, and it's available for pre-sale on Amazon. Keyvan also discusses the pro and cons of writing a book based on pre-release versions of a technology.

INETA rewards User Group contributions with an XBox or MSDN and a grea

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:46:03 GMT

INETA has launched a new awards program that recognizes people that are active in the DotNet User Group Community with an XBox (or MSDN Subscription), an Award to hang on your wall, Public Recognition on INETA.org and a badge for your own website.

INETA Community Champions

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:07:34 GMT

If you are a user group leader in the worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups, be sure to check out the new Community Champions program. This is just one of the ways INETA recognizes and rewards those who contribute to the user group community and help it grow.

Have you tried Community-Credit.com?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:01:03 GMT

A review of Community-Credit.com and why you should try it.

spec# & dbc

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:47:09 GMT

For everyone!

Using Microsoft Expression Design to design the control in Silverlight

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:01:02 GMT

I've used Expression Blend in many occasions but I've never experimented with expression design since the release of this product. After the release of version 2.0 Beta of Expression Design this is the first time I'm using Microsoft Expression Design. In this demonstration I'll fix design of my control using Expression Design. Let's dig into the story .

DDDD 1 [When to Message]

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:23:16 GMT

Greg Young begins a series of posts on using Domain Driven Design in the context of a distributed architecture.

The most important quality of a developer: Self-criticism

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:16:02 GMT

I think an awful lot of creation is made out of, also, the self-criticism of a developer, and very often I think probably what makes one seem better than another his that his critical sense is more acute. It may not be that he is more gifted in any way but just that he has a better critical sense.

Asp.net Ajax UpdatePanel Simultaneous Update - A Remedy

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:16:02 GMT

Shows how work in Update Panel Simultaneous Update.

How to add a required validator to a CheckBoxList

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:31:02 GMT

The standard RequiredFieldValidator doesn't work with a CheckBoxList. Here is how to make a custom validator to accomplish the task.

Silverlight Programming and Managed JavaScript - video

Mon, 21 May 2007 10:16:01 GMT

This podcast video shows the basics of programming with Silverlight and an Intro to Managed JScript.

TECHbash 2007 is on May 19th

Fri, 04 May 2007 19:16:01 GMT

I forgot in my previous posts to mention that the Northeastern Pennsylvania TECHbash 2007 will be on May 19th at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, PA. To register for the event, please visit http://techbash.com/registration.

CC.NET Monitor for Vista vNext

Wed, 02 May 2007 20:01:01 GMT

The CC.NET Monitoring sidebar gadget is getting closer and closer to be a replacement of CCTray: in a few days you will be able to add many server, filter projects and force a build on the server

Web Services-AJAX Intellisense-Debugging in Visual Studio Orcas Beta1

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:16:01 GMT

In this video, I'll demo Web Services and AJAX support for Intellisense and Debugging in Visual Studio .NET Orcas Beta1.

Geek Humor Blog #13 (April 2nd, 2007)

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:11:15 GMT

This week in Geek humor includes some really funny bits, including: "Immigration: The Human Cost", "Mario Bros Lego", "The Life of Wii", "Office Space: Milton's Stapler", "Kirk and Spock: I touch myself" and a bunch more. Enjoy...

"We Give Stupid Prizes to Smart People" - Community Credit Prizes

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:49:46 GMT

If you are an avid blogger, speaker, poster to forums or contribute to the development community in any of 100 different ways, you can win a Video Watch, R2D2 Garbage Can, Space Invader Wall Paper, iKaraoke, Unazukin, Cubee Sensitivity Trainer, Airsoft Handgun or one of the many other geeky gifts this month. Be Rewarded for your efforts at Community-Credit.com!!!

Continuous Integration with The Simpsons™

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:46:02 GMT

Continuous Integration is useless if nobody knows about the results of the builds in a timely way. So why not shouting it with a "DOH!!" whenever a build is broken and with a "WOOHOO!!" whenever a build is successful? Download these 2 audio files and a few other here.

SetData to clipboard failing on VirtualPC

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:16:01 GMT

A strange behavior sometimes happens on VirtualPC when programmatically adding object to the clipboard. This is a small workaround to fix that problem

The importance of using codenames in software development

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:31:01 GMT

This article explain why should introduce codenames in the development process of your applications

ASP.NET Podcast Show #85 - Chris Riccio

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:01:01 GMT

Chris Riccio is interviewed. Chris is incharge of testing and quality assurance for the ASP.NET AJAX product.

ASP.NET Podcast - Interview with Matt Gibbs

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:01:02 GMT

Matt Gibbs, Development Manager with the ASP.NET AJAX group, is interviewed regarding the recent release of the Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX Product.

Creating a Custom AJAX Extender

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:31:01 GMT

Paul Glavich talks about creating a custom AJAX Extender with MS AJAX.

Intro to the AJAX Control Toolkit

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:01:02 GMT

The AJAX Control Toolkit is a set of UI widgets and extensions to existing controls. This video has an introduction to the toolkit along with several controls in the toolkit.

Intro to JSON

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:31:03 GMT

A brief introduction to the Javascript Object Notation

Tool: Creating a custom MachineKey in ASP.NET

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:01:02 GMT

"There are many times when it is worthwhile to create a custom machineKey for your web.config file. This is worthwhile on a webfarm but also worthwhile on a stand-alone server so that your machineKey remains the same after an iisreset or application pool recycle. "