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Translating routes (ASP.NET MVC and Webforms)

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:30:45 GMT

For one of the first blog posts of the new year, I thought about doing something cool. And being someone working with ASP.NET MVC, I thought about a cool thing related to that: let's do something with routes! Since System.Web.Routing is not limited to ASP.NET MVC, this post will also play nice with ASP.NET Webforms. But what's the cool thing? How about. translating route values?

Make Your Technology Investment Count

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:09:14 GMT

I recently had a conversation with a friend and fellow developer who was very excited. His company recently welcomed a new CIO to the organization, who had some, comparatively, progressive idea. One of his first actions was to increase IT development spending by several million dollars to tackle some projects that had had to be put off over the past few years, including renovating several applications that we're quite performing up to expectations. Unfortunately, while the CIO's spirit was in the right place it became clear that his money was not.

Pulling others up

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:45:00 GMT

What should you do when you're in a situation where the people you're working with aren't using the latest and greatest technology and might not be using the so-called "best practices" that you subscribe to?

Git For Windows Developers - Git Series - Part 1 - Jason Meridth -

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:40:55 GMT

A great tutorial on getting Git up and running on Windows (and a great introduction to Git).

Top 10 .NET Twitterers

Sat, 02 May 2009 11:46:11 GMT

If your not on Twitter you are missing out - here are some .NET tweeps to get you started.

Kalamazoo X Conference Recap and Slide Deck

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:27:07 GMT

Thanks and congratulations to Mike Eaton and the all the organizers and staff for creating, organizing and hosting this one-of-a-kind event. All the talks were great, but I want to especially single-out two that I thought we absolutely incredible...

How I Learned to Love Dependency Inject: The Slides

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:49:02 GMT

Slide deck from a presentation on Dependency Injection at Central Ohio Day of .NET

NCharlie: Test Driven Development - part 1

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:16:09 GMT

1st post of what looks to be a great series on TDD of a windows form app [C#] that also shows architecture patterns.

Stir Trek (no, that's not a typo)

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:00:12 GMT

There's a conference coming up in May that Silverlight developers won't want to miss. Jeff Blankenburg announced Stir Trek, a conference meant to recap Microsoft's Mix 09 conference, as well as get you a private screening of the new Star Trek movie (on the day it opens). If you live near Ohio, this is a "must attend" for web developers and designers.

Functional .NET - Lose the Magic Strings - Matthew Podwysocki

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:54:44 GMT

In this current series that I'm running as a follow-up to my presentation last week on Applied Functional Programming, we're talking about ways we can improve our code with functional techniques. The ideas presented here are things that are being used in applications today, and learning from them can help you write more concise and flexible code. Let's get caught up to where we are in the series:Extensibility Through ClosuresLaziness Becomes YouThe War on Magic Strings Many in the .NET world

Who Knew Domain Validation Was So Hard?

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:01:05 GMT

Justin continues searching for the best place to put domain validation logic.

Architecture of RIA from JAOO

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:16:03 GMT

In this amazing blog post, Josh describes the meaning of RIA, design patterns to consider when architecting RIA, as well as the top 10 best and worst practices. There are so many nuggets of information in this article that make it a _very_ important read for the beginner and seasoned RIA architect/developer.

nPlus1.org: A New Resource For Architects

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:46:04 GMT

I came across a new resource for developers and architects at nPlus1.org. With it just recently going live, this user submission site holds a lot of promise on the information that will be provided.

Do We Need Another Open ID Provider?

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:31:07 GMT

Microsoft recently announced that Windows Live ID will be an Open ID provider, but not an acceptor. Does this really do anything to further the Open ID movement?

7 Steps To Shameless (Successful) Self Promotion

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:46:13 GMT

How do you get yourself known in the community and in the industry? Jeff offers 7 steps on how to get yourself out there.

C# 4.0 New Features Part 1 - dynamic keyword

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:01:14 GMT

A quick look at the new "dynamic" keyword in C# 4.0 and its implications for application development.

Top 10 Things New Twitter Users Need To Know

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:01:02 GMT

Those new to Twitter need some guidance. Jeff Blankenburg has come up with a list of things that someone new to Twitter needs to read before even creating their account.

Your Software Can't Heal Itself

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:46:03 GMT

Stop pretending that you can guess how a 100k line application is going to fail, and stop putting in tons of code to account for failures that you don't know are going to happen. How come we often ignore YAGNI in the face of writing robust software?

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 5: Dependency Injection and Inversion of Contr

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:46:11 GMT

Part one of a two part discussion with Nate Kohari and Brad Wilson on Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control containers.

Don't be clever 2 - The cost of cleverness

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:46:03 GMT

In the modern world of programming we need to be more cognizant of making our code readable and grokkable than to make it clever or sneaky. For 99% of the developers out there, no one is ever going to pat you on the back for being sneaky. You're probably more likely to get punched in the face for it when the team has to spend the weekend debugging a piece of your clever code.

Silverlight 2 Visibility Bug With The Canvas

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:01:02 GMT

A solution to the Visibility bug with the Canvas in Silverlight 2.

The Programmer Dress Code

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:32:31 GMT

I really want to know what it is about programming, or computers in general, that makes people want to grow a beard, have long hair, and dress like a slob.