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Windows Azure Blob Storage

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:16:03 GMT

A video on Blob Storage with Windows Azure.

Decoupled design with events

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:01:02 GMT

In this post, Tuna tries to illustrate the use of Events as a way to have decoupled architecture. He also points out the what he thinks as a problem with Rob Conery's Akismet implementation for his Oxite Refactor.

Cloud Computing in General

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:31:02 GMT

Cloud Computing in General with Wally McClure and David Penton. Scott Cate is our guest as we discuss cloud computing in general and some specifics with CloudDB.com.

BlogEngine.NET Unofficial Forums

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:01:02 GMT

The name says it all - forums you can use to discuss BlogEngine.Net.

Commerce Server 2009 Announced and CTP for download

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:03:48 GMT

New version of Commerce Server 2009 Announced and CTP for download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=DC30F74F-E510-40B4-8DA2-895E33FC9490&displaylang=en New features includes: . out-of-the-box shopping site, . SharePoint Commerce Services, . and the Multi-Channel Commerce Foundation.

ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate shipping in January

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:01:02 GMT

ScottGu talks about the upcoming Release Candidate of ASP.NET MVC V1 and the features it brings to the table

Oxite Refactor, Take 1

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:46:02 GMT

I mentioned yesterday on Twitter that I'm helping out the Oxite team with some refactoring and tweaking of their codebase. I got started last night and people have been asking about it a LOT, so I thought that today I'd show you initially what I'm up to.

CarTrackr on Windows Azure - Part 4 - Membership and authentication

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:31:18 GMT

This post is part 4 of my series on Windows Azure, in which I'll try to convert my ASP.NET MVC application into a cloud application. The current post is all about implementing authentication in CarTrackr. Other parts: Part 1 - Introduction, containg links to all other parts Part 2 - Cloud-enabling CarTrackr Part 3 - Data storage Part 4 - Membership and authentication (current part)

Leaning the various ways to use UpdateModel in Asp.Net MVC

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:46:02 GMT

Leaning the various ways to use UpdateModel in Asp.Net MVC. Take a look at how to use UpdateModel, TryUpdateModel and how to use an IBindable interface in conjuction with the UpdateModel. At each point we will take about the various different features that are part of this process in order to provide you a solid understanding of the process.

BlogEngine.NET Christmas update

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:16:03 GMT

Some exiting things have been going on with BlogEngine.NET lately...

When Should I Write Tests?

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:46:03 GMT

The definitive answer to a question that comes up all the time...

Oxitis - Acute or chronic anxiety toward sharing code online.

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:31:15 GMT

It was going to get defined sooner or later...

Migrations in C# using RikMigrations

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:31:14 GMT

Jealous of those pesky Ruby on Rails developers? Want to be able to use Migrations in your .net apps? Well then check this post out!

Saving DotNetKicks

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:16:03 GMT

Keyvan wrote something about our popular social bookmarking site, DotNetKicks and talked about some spamming problems on DNK and discussed about saving DNK from this situation. A must read post for all DotNetKicks lovers!

CarTrackr on Windows Azure - Part 3 - Data storage

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:16:16 GMT

This post is part 3 of my series on Windows Azure, in which I'll try to convert my ASP.NET MVC application into a cloud application. The current post is all about implementing cloud storage in CarTrackr. Other parts: Part 1 - Introduction, containg links to all other parts Part 2 - Cloud-enabling CarTrackr Part 3 - Data storage (current part)

Extending the Visual-Studio Context-Menu

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:16:06 GMT

We can add features to the Visual-Studio context menu, without installing addins. Here is an example showing how to add "Explore" and "Execute" commands to any item in the Solution Explorer.

Oxite - Oh Dear Lord Why?!

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:01:16 GMT

Oxite is an open source application built on ASP.NET MVC and Karl Seguin raises some points related to the design/architecture/implementation.

Introduction to WCF: Creating your first Service

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:01:13 GMT

Taking a look at WCF and how to create your first service using this great technology

Choosing Between WebForms and MVC

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:46:04 GMT

Another take on what to consider when making a decision between Asp.Net WebForms or Asp.Net MVC.

CarTrackr on Windows Azure - Part 2 - Cloud-enabling CarTrackr

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:16:11 GMT

This post is part 2 of my series on Windows Azure, in which I'll try to convert my ASP.NET MVC application into a cloud application. The current post is all about enabling the CarTrackr Visual Studio Solution file for Windows Azure.

Top 100 Blogs for Developers

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:46:02 GMT

Jurgen Appelo outlines 100 blogs developers should be paying attention to.

Introducing the ASP.NET MVC (Part 1) - The Model-View-Controller Patte

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:16:02 GMT

About a month and a half ago I announced that I am writing a book, I was really overwhelmed by the amount of support that I received from this announcement. Both myself and Al are really looking forward to the day when this book ships, and we start receiving real feedback on all our hard work. However, both of us would like to start receiving feedback as soon as possible, so. In an effort to write the book and keep blogging, I decided to open source the last chapter, Chapter 2, that I have to write. I am doing this so I can receive feedback on this chapter as early as possible. Because this chapter, in my opinion, is probably the most critical of the book, it defines the context around ASP.NET MVC and how it differs from ASP.NET Web Forms, as well as giving a historical perspective of the MVC pattern.

Track your car expenses in the cloud! CarTrackr on Windows Azure - Par

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:46:07 GMT

As you may see in the title, I will be starting a series on modifying my CarTrackr sample application to a cloud-based, Windows Azure application. At this point, I don't know if it's easy nor do I know what it takes to achieve this goal. I only have some assumtions on how CarTrackr can be converted to a cloud application. This post is part 1 of the series, in which I'll describe the architecture of Windows Azure and what I think it takes to convert my ASP.NET MVC application into a cloud application.

ASP.NET Confirmation Button using JQuery

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:46:04 GMT

Creating a ASP.NET Confirmation Button control that uses JQuery and its plugin SimpleModal to implement modal confirmation popups.

Intellisense in Spark ViewEngine is coming

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:46:02 GMT

On the other hand if you look at the feedback from people who wouldn't consider it a viable alternative there's a definite theme surrounding Visual Studio integration in general and Intellisense in particular. So I decided a few weeks ago to muster up my courage and take another pass at the task of making a Visual Studio integration package to provide a Spark language service.