October 2009 Entries
A few days ago my main machine running Windows XP died on me. Thankfully I bought a small HP box with Windows Home Server on it to backup all my home computers and also to use as a media server. I am glad I did this.
I decided to get the Windows Home Server because I was afraid I didn't have any real backup solution for all of my computers at home. There are 3 workstations, all running Windows XP, a MAC workstation and three laptops running Windows Vista, Windows XP and one is a MAC.
Up until a few months ago...
Lately I have been trying to use ASP.NET MVC on new web projects. One main reason is just to get familiar with it and understand it as I understand ASP.NET web forms. Below, is a very simple tutorial that walks you through the necessary steps to create an ASP.NET MVC application with Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) capabilities. This sample application also uses Linq to SQL and takes full advantage of data scaffolding.
First, if you haven't already, you need to download and install MVC 1.0, you can do this here or better yet, you can download it using the...
There are many ways and venues to learn and build your professional software development skills. Not all of these are free or as good as they appear to be. If you are a beginner, or want to brush up your skills I recommend you take a look at ramp up.
What is it?
Ramp up is a free, online, community-based learning program that helps you build professional software development skills. The ramp up program was created by Microsoft, and all of its content is created by well known people, who are experts in the different Microsoft technologies. These experts include, well known...