One of the things I found out about at Tuesday’s MSDN Northeast Roadshow stop in Augusta is the first New England GiveCamp, June 11-13 at Microsoft’s Northeast Research and Development center in Cambridge, MA. I’m attending, and I’d urge you to do so. A GiveCamp is basically a gathering of developers, DBAs, project managers, designers [...]
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Live From The Microsoft Launch 2010 Event In Boston
6:50 PM: The event ended at 4:45 PM, following Chris Bowen’s very interesting overview of Windows Phone development. I was desperate to get out of there, and this is the first access to the Web (wifi on the Concord Coach bus) I’ve had since making a beeline for Copley Square. On Windows Phone: It leverages [...]
Visual Studio 2010 / .NET 4 Events For Maine-Based Developers
On Monday, Microsoft set its Internet volume knob to 11, announcing the official release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET 4 framework. If you haven’t seen it, take a look at Scott Hanselman’s comprehensive rundown of where to get the tools (including free Express editions) and what those new tools have waiting for you. [...]
An ASP.NET System To Allow Site Members To Contribute Content, Part 1: Overview
Crowdsourcing is all the rage these days, and even if you’re not managing a social media Web site, sometimes it’s helpful to accept content from end users. For example, one of my clients has a community calendar on its Web site. Since the inception of the calendar, staff time had been devoted to retyping e-mailed [...]
Dynamically Adding JavaScript To Your ASP.NET Master Page From A Child Page
A common challenge when working with ASP.NET master pages is how to dynamically add JavaScript that is relevant to a specific child page. In other words, maybe your site has 10 child pages that share one master page / template. One of them is, let’s say, a contact us / directions page, and on that [...]
New URL For ASP.NET Demos: dougv.net
The process of retiring / removing my Yahoo!-related handle continues. The latest step: a new URL for ASP.NET demos, which are hosted on another server. From here on out, my ASP.NET demos will be hosted at dougv.net. This replaces the former URL, dhvrm.com. I’ll leave dhvrm.com running for a while, but please correct your bookmarks [...]
