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• New DimeCast: Exploring Expressions with Spark

  New DimeCast covers using expressions in the Spark View Engine, from simple math-based expressions up to nested if-then-else logic in views.

  Donn Felker – June 18, 2009

• ASP.NET MVC without Installing the MVC Bits

  Can't open an ASP.NET MVC project without the full MVC bits installed? Strip the MVC ProjectTypeGuid from the csproj file and fix your references.

  Donn Felker – June 16, 2009

• New DimeCast: Exploring how to use Global Vars & View Data in Spark

  New DimeCast on the Spark View Engine covers global and local variables, plus strongly typed and weakly typed ViewData in your views.

  Donn Felker – June 11, 2009

• Auditing with Castle Active Record

  How to audit every save, update, and delete in Castle ActiveRecord using an NHibernate interceptor, without touching a single line of existing code.

  Donn Felker – June 9, 2009

• Bing Ringtone – The Remix

  A remix of Bing's original ringtones, made because the real ones sounded far too soft and cutesy for a company trying to take over search engines.

  Donn Felker – June 5, 2009

• Presenting at the Minneapolis ALT.NET

  Giving my Testing with Mocks talk at the Minneapolis ALT.NET meeting on September 17th. Space is limited, so sign up on the site early.

  Donn Felker – June 5, 2009

• Running the M-Audio Mobile-Pre under Windows 7 RC

  The M-Audio Mobile-Pre's Vista driver won't install on Windows 7 RC as-is. Running the installer in Vista compatibility mode gets it working.

  Donn Felker – June 5, 2009

• DimeCast – Adding Intellisense to your ASP.NET MVC Spark Project

  A new DimeCast screencast shows exactly how to get Intellisense working in Visual Studio 2008 with the Spark View Engine for ASP.NET MVC.

  Donn Felker – June 4, 2009

• Spark View Engine @ the Minneapolis ALT.NET Meeting – June 18th @ 6pm

  Louis DeJardin is giving an intro to the Spark View Engine at the Minneapolis ALT.NET meeting, June 18th at 6pm - registration required, space limited.

  Donn Felker – June 2, 2009

• Setting up a Default Sequence Template for the MPC1000

  Tired of renaming the same MPC1000 tracks every session? Save a named template sequence to the AUTOLOAD folder so it loads automatically at boot.

  Donn Felker – May 31, 2009

• Spark Part 1 DimeCast Amendment

  A correction to my Spark View Engine DimeCast: running ASP.NET MVC on IIS 7 needs extra UrlRoutingModule and UrlRouting.axd entries in web.config.

  Donn Felker – May 29, 2009

• Saying Hello to the Spark View Engine

  The first episode of a new DimeCasts.net screencast series introducing the Spark View Engine for ASP.NET MVC development is now live and posted.

  Donn Felker – May 27, 2009