Category Archives: .NET 3.5

Pgh.NET: Dissecting DevEvents.com – A Look at a Real World .NET MVC Implementation

Tuesday, December 8 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. This event is free, please RSVP. Join us for our next PGHDOTNET meeting on December 8, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. at the Microsoft Offices on the North Shore. Steve Andrews will present … Continue reading

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Microsoft Donates the ASP.NET Ajax Library Project to the CodePlex Foundation

November 18, 2009. CodePlex Foundation Announces Creation of First Gallery, Acceptance of First Project ASP.NET Open Source Gallery, ASP.NET Ajax Library Project first proofs of Foundation model The CodePlex Foundation today announced the creation of the first Foundation project gallery, … Continue reading

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Free MVC “Cheat Sheet”

Hot off the presses from Refcardz: Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 1.0  Anyone interested in learning the basics of ASP.NET MVC, Microsoft's new framework for building Web applications, should definitely check out this DZone Refcard. You'll learn how to setup … Continue reading

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ASP.NET MVC Firestarter in Pittsburgh

Coming soon to Pittsburgh: When it comes to design patterns, the MVC is the granddaddy of them all.  First described in the late 70s, the MVC pattern remains very popular in the world of web applications today. ASP.NET MVC provides … Continue reading

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DotNetSlackers Article: Easy XML to SQL with Linq

My latest DotNetSlackers article was published today: Easy XML to SQl with Linq. Transferring data between partner companies is pretty routine, and XML is one of the common formats that data are transferred in. One of the more common destinations … Continue reading

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VS2008 SP1 and .NET 3.5 SP1 Released

Old news by now, but SP1 is out with all sorts of glorious new features, except a good installation path.  If you have several machines to update with both VS2008 SP1 and .NET 3.5 SP1 (e.g., a team), you’ll want … Continue reading

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DotNetVideos.net Launches

Shiny new thing to eat up bandwidth! I’m a solo developer in a corporate environment, so I’m really on my own to learn new things.  As good as blogs and books are, there’s sometimes no substitute for being shown how.  … Continue reading

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This is beautiful code

If you’ve ever listened to Hanselminutes, you’ve no doubt heard Scott mention “code smell” or “pretty code”.  The new language features in VB9, including LINQ and XML being a native type, make XML generation not only easy, but beautiful.  Aside … Continue reading

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