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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.
2010.03.15Read →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.
2010.03.11Read →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.
2010.03.07Read →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.
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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.
2010.02.27Read →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.
2010.02.26Read →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.
2010.02.25Read →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.
2010.02.25Read →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.
2010.02.23Read →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.
2010.02.17Read →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.
2010.02.13Read →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.
2010.02.12Read →