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• Sending Email Through .NET Blog Engine on RackSpace Cloud

  BlogEngine.NET contact form email silently failing on Rackspace Cloud? Here's the exact SMTP auth, port, and user settings that actually work.

  Donn Felker – November 4, 2009

• TCCC7 Materials

  Below are the materials from my Twin Cities Code Camp 7 Presentation. Both code and PowerPoint are included. Enjoy! Code (~6MB) PowerPoint (489K)

  Donn Felker – October 27, 2009

• Twin Cities Code Camp 7

  Speaking at Twin Cities Code Camp 7 on ASP.NET MVC with the Spark View Engine, a free event at the U of M. Register ahead of time.

  Donn Felker – October 22, 2009

• Materials from HDC09 – Testing With Mocks Talk

  Slides and buildable source code from my Testing With Mocks lightning talk at Heartland Developers Conference, built around TypeMock Isolator.

  Donn Felker – October 18, 2009

• Twin Cities Dev. Guild – Testing With Mocks Materials

  Slides and code from my Testing with Mocks talk at the Twin Cities Developers Guild. You'll need TypeMock installed to build the sample.

  Donn Felker – October 16, 2009

• Materials from HDC 09 – Spark View Engine Talk

  Download the slides and full demo code from my Heartland Developers Conference 2009 talk on ASP.NET MVC with the Spark View Engine.

  Donn Felker – October 15, 2009

• MDC 2009 – Presentation

  Slides and source code from my MDC 2009 talk on ASP.NET MVC with the Spark View Engine. The original screencast has since been retired.

  Donn Felker – October 12, 2009

• MDC 2009 Presentation

  Our projector died mid-talk at MDC 2009, so here's the full screen recording, slides, and source code for the Spark View Engine session.

  Donn Felker – October 12, 2009

• I’m an ASP Insider

  Announcing that I've joined the ASP Insiders, a small group of developers giving Microsoft's ASP.NET product teams direct feedback and access.

  Donn Felker – October 10, 2009

• TypeMock 5.3.5 – WasCalledWithArguments

  TypeMock Isolator 5.3.5 finally adds WasCalledWithArguments, letting you assert mock call arguments the way Rhino Mocks always could.

  Donn Felker – September 21, 2009

• An Article Every Manager, VC and Angel Investor Should Read

  Paul Graham's Maker's Schedule vs. Manager's Schedule explains why meeting-packed days kill developer output -- required reading for anyone who schedules devs.

  Donn Felker – August 25, 2009

• Mobile Software Development

  Why a .NET developer dove into Android in 2009: mobile is the future, relearning Java, and getting Android talking to .NET over REST/JSON.

  Donn Felker – August 21, 2009