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• New TekPub Episode is Live

  Episode 2 of my Introduction to Android series just went live on TekPub, and I'm speaking on the same topic at Iowa Code Camp this Saturday.

  Donn Felker – April 27, 2010

• MVC: Unit Testing Action Filters

  How to unit test an ASP.NET MVC action filter by mocking ActionExecutedContext, RouteData, and the service locator instead of fighting HttpContext.

  Donn Felker – April 21, 2010

• jQuery Tip: Brute Force Dirty Form Detection

  A quick jQuery hack to auto-enable a disabled save button the moment any input on the form changes -- simple, if not the most performant, approach.

  Donn Felker – April 20, 2010

• TCDG – Android Talk Code

  You can get the code from tonight’s talk on my GitHub page, located here. The code includes the actual application and all files required to run the app. Enjoy!

  Donn Felker – April 13, 2010

• Intro to Android Development Materials

  Slides and sample code from my Intro to Android Development talk at Twin Cities Code Camp, posted here for anyone who came out or missed the session.

  Donn Felker – April 10, 2010

• Twin Cities XNA Fragathon II

  Join the 2nd annual Twin Cities XNA Fragathon: a Halo gaming tournament and food drive for Second Harvest, with prizes at Microsoft.

  Donn Felker – April 5, 2010

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  Twin Cities Code Camp 8

  Giving an Android dev intro at Twin Cities Code Camp 8: SDK setup, OS architecture, and building a real app live for the Marketplace.

  Donn Felker – April 4, 2010

• New DimeCast: Introduction to WP7

  New DimeCast screencast walks through creating a new Windows Phone 7 app from scratch and taking the WP7 emulator for a test spin.

  Donn Felker – April 2, 2010

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  No IE6 ActionFilter for ASP.NET MVC

  A crude but effective ASP.NET MVC ActionFilter, plus a follow-up jQuery plugin, that blocks IE6 visitors with a friendly upgrade message.

  Donn Felker – March 31, 2010

• TekPub: Introduction to Android Series

  A new TekPub video series where I build a real Android app from scratch, covering Eclipse, the Android framework, Java, and publishing to the Market.

  Donn Felker – March 31, 2010

• WP7 Emulator Screen Size Management

  Unlike bloated Android emulators, the WP7 emulator lets you scale its window size from the settings menu so it actually fits on your screen.

  Donn Felker – March 16, 2010

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  WP7 Boot to VHD

  Setting up WP7 dev tools on a Boot to VHD drive was painless: a Hello World app running in under 5 minutes, and it beats a VPC for real development.

  Donn Felker – March 15, 2010