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Sweet. A new visual designer for NHibernate from Mindscape with all kinds of exciting possibilities!
New version of this wonderful build automation tool!!
Been out since Wednesday but in case you didn't hear...
Developing with WebMatrix, ASP.NET Web Pages Framework, and Razor will be nothing like the 90's and Classic ASP. This is fun stuff and very appropriate for the task at hand.
Microsoft.Data.dll seems very appropriate for the type of development and tooling used to build these forms-over-data web applications.
Microsoft releases a sneak peek of ASP.NET MVC 3. Mostly it is just fun using Razor in something else besides WebMatrix, even though we have no intellisense and code highlighting.
Best Book on ASP.NET MVC 2 Ever!
ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action was updated to cover new features in ASP.NET MVC 2 and still maintains that special flavor that covers sound professional software development principles and the OSS community.
I don't see the WebMatrix as the smartest path to learning more enterprise web frameworks, skills and tooling IMHO.
Hard to beat Adobe Fireworks for both vector and bitmap editing for general web graphics design.
Q2 Update of Telerik's Extensions for MVC has additional "controls"!
Updated version covering ASP.NET MVC 2! First edition was excellent.
While we are on the subject of browsers, Safari 5 supports extensions now and you can build them yourself using HTML 5, CSS 3, and Javascript!
Firefox 4 Beta has better support for HTML 5 and CSS 3.
JetBrains has released its beta version of a .NET Code Coverage Tool. These guys are rockin' with new product releases!
Looking forward to SQL Server CE 4, but let's not forget the wonderful SQLite!
For Web Developers interested in developing database-driven websites using the Microsoft Stack, you may be interested in a new web development tool by Microsoft, called WebMatrix.
The NoSQL discussions in the .NET Developer Community really have me thinking. Realizing more and more how valuable and amazing the OSS community really is!!
In case you missed it, LightSpeed 3.1 now has Visual Studio 2010 support. Hands down a fantastic O/R Mapper!
These are a steal at the introductory price. Check out the latest IDE's from JetBrains! Inexpensive, unbloated, and feature-rich!
A quick book review while it is fresh in my mind.
NDepend v3 Released. If you are interested in code quality and code metrics, I highly recommend checking out NDepend!
LLBLGen Pro Version 3 Released.
Download the Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010.
I will be speaking in Tampa at the end of the month.
Unity 2 and Unity 2 for Silverlight have been released on Microsoft Downloads. Thanks to those who attended my presentation last night!!
Another new book released on iPhone Game Development. I have to get through these others first, but I am happy to see new books coming out.
New Cocoa book just released that I will probably buy today. Nightly iPhone development is a challenge for me as I try to soak up so much in a quick amount of time.
Presenting EntLib 5 and Unity 2 in Sarasota next week.
Next Sarasota Web Developer Group Meeting is rocking with ASP.NET MVC and AJAX!!!!
Looking forward to the next meeting!
Both have been released as RTM.
MSDN Subscribers can download Microsoft Office 2010.
SQL Server 2008 R2 Released!