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XNA 2.0 has been Released

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:16:04 GMT

Well it has been a late night, early Morning, or a nice evening for some... but the XNA Game Studio 2.0 has finally been released.

Debug Visualizer for SubSonic Collections

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:01:02 GMT

See your SubSonic collections in a DataGridView while debugging your application just like you would see a DataSet in debug.

ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 2): URL Routing

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:31:03 GMT

Last month I blogged the first in a series of posts I'm going to write that cover the new ASP.NET MVC Framework we are working on. The first post in this series built a simple e-commerce product listing/browsing scenario. It covered the high-level concepts behind MVC, and demonstrated how to create a new ASP.NET MVC project from scratch to implement and test this e-commerce product listing functionality.

ScottGu and his team strike again

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:31:04 GMT

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit and Web Deployment Project for VS2008

TDD Test Driven Development for Beginners pt1

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:31:02 GMT

Part 1 in a series on Test Driven Development for the extreme beginners to Test Driven Development

Testing ScottGu: Alternate View Engines with ASP.NET MVC (NVelocity)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:31:03 GMT

Exploring the use of non-WebForms view engines with the new ASP.NET MVC framework (example: NVelocity)

15+ FREE Visual Studio Add-ins - Part 2

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:31:02 GMT

15+ Free Visual Studio Add-Ins (Part 1) was such a hit, that I've decided to use the feedback (and Google) to create Part 2 of the list. If I'm missing a FREE must have add-in, I'd love to hear about it.

MSSQL SERVER 2008 New Features for Developers

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:31:02 GMT

MSSQL SERVER 2008 New Features for Developers

Service Packs for the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:46:02 GMT

Service Packs for the 2.0 and 3.0 .net framework for everyone not installing 3.5 yet.

3 Open Source Apps I'm Thankful For

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:46:02 GMT

I'm thankful for a lot of things right now, but here are 3 open source applications that I'm truly thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!

Announcing RikMigrations

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:31:02 GMT

A new open source database migrations framework for .NET. Brings Ruby-on-Rails style migrations to .NET but without being part of a huge project - just migrations!

LINQ to SQL (Part 7 - Updating our Database using Stored Procedures)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:46:02 GMT

Over the last few weeks I've been writing a series of blog posts that cover LINQ to SQL. LINQ to SQL is a built-in O/RM (object relational mapper) that ships in the .NET Framework 3.5 release, and which enables you to model relational databases using .NET classes. You can use LINQ expressions to query the database with them, as well as update/insert/delete data.

Free charting for ASP.NET

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:31:02 GMT

Open Flash Chart is an open source flash control that can display charts on a web page. The latest release contains an ASP.NET libary.

Top 15 Things to love about Visual Studio 2008 Express

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:01:02 GMT

Dan Fernandez lists his 15 favorite features in VS 2008 Express Editions

Visual Studio Express 2008 Versions Download for everyone!

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:46:02 GMT

Here anyone can download the express versions!

Scott Guthrie: Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Released

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:16:03 GMT

Scott's announcement on the release of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5.

VS2008 / .NET 3.5 Training Kit

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:16:05 GMT

Microsoft have just released a training kit for VS2008 and .Net 3.5 to get everyone up to speed. It includes powerpoint presentations, hands-on labs etc.

URL Rewriting in ASP.NET without using HTTPHandlers or ISAPI.

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:01:02 GMT

How to perform URL Rewriting by writing a custom HTTPModule. This technique even works on shared hosting plans.

ASP.NET MVC Framework - ScottGu's Blog

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:16:02 GMT

ASP.NET MVC Framework described by ScottGu.

15+ Free Visual Studio Add-Ins

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:16:02 GMT

After some extensive researching (Googling), I've compiled this list of 15+ FREE Add-ins for Visual Studio 2005. Some of these add-ins will help improve the quality of your code, while others will help you code faster, however, none are guaranteed to help you get with the ladies.

My new little friend, Enum<T>

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:16:01 GMT

Some description of a help class for working with Enumerations.

.NET Format String Quick Reference/Cheat Sheet

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 19:31:01 GMT

All standard and custom DateTime and number format strings (for use with String.Format(), .ToString(), etc) in one handy document.