Coffee break
- Using MS WebAPI to add API Support to Your Existing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications : Sumit Maitra talks about how to use the newly launched WebAPI in an existing MVC 3 application by upgrading it to ASP.NET MVC 4 and extending it to provide http services using the WebAPI
- Compare Visual Studio 11 Beta editions : Here is a quick comparison of the new Visual Studio 11 beta editions
- Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET 4.5 Beta – Available now! : Somasegar announces the availability of Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET 4.5 Beta versions for download. Do check the links highlighting some of the innovations that have gone in to building Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview release
- Introduction to jQuery mobile : Brian Mains discusses the jQuery Mobile framework for developing user interfaces for mobile devices
- One ASP.NET – Making JSON Web APIs with ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta and ASP.NET Web API : Scott Hanselman talks about the improvements in MVC 4, about Web API and how it fits in to One ASP.NET
StyleCop 4.5 Beta is out!
You can download it @ http://stylecop.codeplex.com/releases/view/62209
If you are not aware of StyleCop, it is an open source static code analysis tool from Microsoft which helps developers analyse their C# code for conformance to StyleCop recommended coding styles and it works at the source code level.
For more information on this community driven project visit http://stylecop.codeplex.com/
Download Visual Studio 2010 and .NET4 Beta 2
Download for free @ http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/try/default.mspx
Make sure you check out the VS 2010 and .NET 4 Series to stay close to whats new in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4
I search for it and ‘Bing’ there it is…almost
I’ve been using Bing, the worlds first decision engine for the past one week. I’ve set it up as my default search engine in Chrome(and its not complaining :)). I like the images and videos section for the way it displays the search results and the ability to view or play videos inside the interface. I wouldn’t say the search results are better or even close to Google but to be fair we need to wait and see as it is still rolling out worldwide.
I guess you would have tried Bing already, if not give it a go. Here is an article on how you can set up Bing as the default search engine in various browsers http://tinyurl.com/ldjntp
Happy Binging 🙂
Scott Hanselman talks about MVC 1.0 and NerdDinner.com at Mix09
A really great presentation by Scott Hanselman demonstrating how he created NerdDinner.com using MVC 1.0. In this 70 minutes presentation, Scott demonstrates how we can build a real Web site with ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Authentication, Authorization, MVC, Microsoft SQL Server and jQuery. Long video, but really worth it.
CodePlex Project: http://nerddinner.codeplex.com
Microsoft Surface
Microsoft’s experiments with portable devices has been as successful as India in the recent World cup cricket. Take for instance Zune, the iPod killer. I think by claiming it as an iPod killer they are indirectly giving a free advertisement for iPod and growing list of Apple products. I sometimes feel that Microsoft should stick to software and try focusing on making bug free products. The fact that Vista holds some features that were available in OS X is kind of becoming an embarrasment for many Microsoft product users, like me. I don’t even want to talk about it.
With Surface, I think Microsoft has got its head right as to how future computing should look like. Its definetely mind-blowing and very exciting. I am not sure if I will be able to get my hands on this baby but I am excited with the way technology is progressing in terms of user iteraction and experience with computers. Surface will definetely be a killer app for sure.
Having said that, I remember seeing a Video on Jeff Han’s Multi-touch sensing, which works on a similar concept. It’s good to see Microsoft embrassing this technology. Surface looks more refined and the number of possibilities seems endless. Its good to see that one day we will move away from Click Start -> All Programs computing 😉
IndiMix 2006 – the next web now
Its been a while since I scraped something in my blog. I attended the IndiMix’06 event at the National Centre for Performing Arts(NCPA), Mumbai recently and I should say it was a very memorable experience. The keynote was given by Steve Ballmar, CEO, Microsoft Corp. He is indeed a very good speaker, just as good as the other Steve from the company that makes mp3 players and other stuff ;). He was followed by Anil Kumble who showcased his company’s product, Matchcast. It is a high end cricket stats and analysis application, which is to be officially released in January, the same month when Vista is supposedly going to be released. Also at the event was Yash raj, who had his brand new website www.yashrajfilms.com lauched by Mr.Steve himself.
The central focus of the event apart from cricket, bollywood and ofcourse the dot com gurus of India were the new cool products from Microsoft – Expression designer and developer. Being a web developer, the product which got my attention was the Expression Web, which helps you develop standards based websites with ease. I had a go through this application in one of the demo stations at the event and it is certainly cool tool to get your hands on. More information on Expression can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx
I won a contest at the event and got a cool iMate smartphone. Thanks to Microsoft for giving away such cool prizes. I was eyeing on the XBox and dreaming how it could turn my boring weekends in to gamers heaven, well it stayed as a dream. Atleast I get to play Solitaire in my smartphone. Not as exciting as XBox though but will do for the moment :-p
It was my first trip to Mumbai and I should say I had mixed feelings about the city. It had everything any other metro city in India had and may be more. The stench, the pollution, the traffic jams, the pubs and the busy life, reminded me of my life in Chennai. Life in Mumbai is very tough, as stated by my new friend I made at the event. It is good place to be in if you are filthy rich. Well, not my kinda life. Will blog more about my experience in Mumbai sometime later.
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