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• ASP.NET MVC REST API WINDSOR CONTROLLER FACTORY

  Wiring the ASP.NET MVC REST Toolkit's ResourceControllerFactory to use the Windsor container, so a REST API serving mobile clients gets DI throughout.

  Donn Felker – March 11, 2010

• Slides from MVC2 Talk

  Slides from my What's New in ASP.NET MVC2 talk at the Twin Cities .NET User Group meeting are up for download, covering what changed in the new release.

  Donn Felker – March 7, 2010

• I’m a Considered a Top Android Dev, Cool!

  Google's Android Market Seeding Program picked me as a top developer and offered a free Droid or Nexus One -- here's why, and which phone I'm hoping for.

  Donn Felker – March 4, 2010

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  Editable Grid / List Binding in MVC2

  How ASP.NET MVC2's built-in EditorFor and incremental sequencing let you build an editable grid/list without custom HTML prefix scoping.

  Donn Felker – February 27, 2010

• ASPNET MVC2: TempData Now Persists

  MVC2 changed how TempData persists: values now stick around until read, not just for one request, which can bite you with ModelStateToTempData.

  Donn Felker – February 26, 2010

• ASP.NET MVC TempData Extension Methods

  Strongly typed TempData extension methods for ASP.NET MVC: Put and Get generics so you stop using stringly typed keys and casting exceptions.

  Donn Felker – February 25, 2010

• My CODE Magazine Article Is Live

  My first CODE Magazine article is live, covering ASP.NET MVC with the Spark View Engine -- inline code, element constructs, partials, and layouts.

  Donn Felker – February 25, 2010

• Spaghetti Code Podcast: Android Development

  I joined the Spaghetti Code Podcast to talk Android development, mobile trends, and what Microsoft needed to do to compete in the mobile platform race.

  Donn Felker – February 23, 2010

• Expanding Your Career: Mobile & API Development

  Why REST APIs and mobile development, not just mobile apps, are becoming central to a software developer's career, using Twitter as the example.

  Donn Felker – February 17, 2010

• Google Buzz: First Impressions

  First impressions of Google Buzz in 2010: a handy all-in-one inbox add-on, a privacy fiasco, and one more noisy input in an already crowded feed.

  Donn Felker – February 13, 2010

• LINQ: ToLookup vs ToDictionary

  ToLookup and ToDictionary look alike but behave differently: one allows duplicate keys, the other doesn't. Here's the difference with code.

  Donn Felker – February 12, 2010

• M-Audio with Windows 7 64bit and Camtasia

  M-Audio MobilePre went silent after upgrading to Windows 7 64-bit. Here's the driver fix that got my Camtasia screencast audio working again.

  Donn Felker – February 9, 2010