Bringing ASP.NET MVC to Market
The changing face of microsoft
On January 27th Microsoft’s issued RC1 (release candidate) of their new web development framework ASP.NET MVC (Model View Controller). Not a replacement for Web Forms, MVC is billed as an alternative option when building ASP.Net web applications.
Summer of NHibernate Screencasts
After some serious prodding from Chris I’ve started looking into the preview release of ASP.NET MVC. Tis’ a steep learning curve as I’m looking into TDD and NHibernate at the same time. But a little gem that’s making the NHibernate experience a little easier is Stephen Bohlen’s excellent series of screencasts – “Summer of NHibernate”.
But you don’t just have to take my word for it, they also come highly recommended by Scott Hanselman.
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FREE! ASP.NET MVC eBook Chapter
Scot Hanselman (and others) have a download link to the first chapter (more of a section at 1850 pages long!) totally free and totally cool. Get the NerdDinner.com walkthrough here.
ASP.NET MVC RC1
Scott Guthrie made the announcement that ASP.NET MVC has reached Release Candidate 1. Go grab the bits at http://www.asp.net/mvc/
EverSave for OS X
You should be saving your work on a regular basis in case of crashes, but for those who forget to cmd+s like clockwork EverSave seems like a great idea.
DNS is hard
Setting up DNS on an OS X Server is bloody hard! One step forward two steps back.
Wordpress for iPhone
It's free and it does exactly what it says on the tin.
Party!
Father of the brides 60th last night. Great party, not so great hangover.
Fantastic!