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Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools and Training Kit

Lots of good resources coming out of Mix on Windows Phone Development.

posted @ 3/17/2010 11:22 AM by Dave Hayden

Enterprise Library 5 and Unity 2 Beta 2 Downloads

EntLib 5 and Unity 2 Beta 2 Released for Download.

posted @ 3/17/2010 10:50 AM by Dave Hayden

Installing Software on Web Servers and Desktop PC's using Web Platform Installer

Web Platform Installer came in handy this past week.

posted @ 3/14/2010 12:24 PM by Dave Hayden

Spark View Engine Updated for ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM

Spark View Engine updated for ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM.

posted @ 3/14/2010 11:41 AM by Dave Hayden

ASP.NET MVC 2 Source Code and Futures Downloads Available - Visual Studio 2008

Download the source code and futures assembly, too.

posted @ 3/12/2010 9:45 AM by Dave Hayden

Download ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM for Visual Studio 2008

Download ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM.

posted @ 3/11/2010 11:59 AM by Dave Hayden

Mac Web Design with RapidWeaver - Create a Blog

Interesting tool for simple development on the Mac.

posted @ 3/10/2010 7:05 PM by Dave Hayden

Sharpy ASP.NET MVC View Engine like PHP View Engine Smarty

Gotta love the idea that one can create a view engine in ASP.NET MVC!

posted @ 3/8/2010 10:18 PM by Dave Hayden

PHP and Web Developer IDE - WebStorm and PhpStorm

JetBrains rebranded their developer IDE's as WebStorm and PhpStorm.

posted @ 3/8/2010 9:27 PM by Dave Hayden

YouTube Software Development Kit for .NET Developers

An SDK from Google.

posted @ 3/2/2010 9:59 PM by Dave Hayden

ASP.NET MVC DynamicData and Castle ActiveRecord in Sarasota Florida

Another awesome evening planned for the Sarasota Web Developer Group in March!!

posted @ 3/2/2010 9:28 PM by Dave Hayden

Enterprise Library 5 Configuration Editor for Unity 2

Taking the GUI editor for a spin for the first time with Unity.

posted @ 2/21/2010 10:37 AM by Dave Hayden

IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit and Violations

The IIS SEO Toolkit throws a number of violations that can easily be fixed or ignored when analyzing your websites. Don't despair :)

posted @ 2/19/2010 9:01 PM by Dave Hayden

ASP.NET 4 SqlServer SessionState Gets Compression and SessionState Proven Practices

For those who are storing a lot of data in SessionState and can benefit from compression.

posted @ 2/19/2010 12:24 PM by Dave Hayden

Sarasota Web Development Group - Teaching Web Development from Scratch

Teaching real-world, marketable web development skills in ASP.NET 4 and ASP.NET MVC.

posted @ 2/16/2010 11:19 AM by Dave Hayden

Web Developer Tools in Apple Safari - Web Inspector

Quick tip to showing the developer tools.

posted @ 2/14/2010 4:04 PM by Dave Hayden

Shoulder Arm and Chest Workout with Ab Wheel Roller - Home Exercises and Fitness

After strengthening my core muscles, I am now getting a serious upper body workout.

posted @ 2/14/2010 12:49 PM by Dave Hayden

Computer Programming for Children and Kids and Hobbyists - Small Basic

Microsoft just released version 0.8.

posted @ 2/14/2010 10:33 AM by Dave Hayden

Python and Django Development IDE from JetBrains - PyCharm

JetBrains is churning out a lot of IDE's lately. I wonder what is next.

posted @ 2/9/2010 12:08 AM by Dave Hayden

Download Unity 2 and Enterprise Library 5 Beta 1

Time to start playing with the beta 1 release.

posted @ 2/8/2010 11:06 PM by Dave Hayden

PHP Web Development on Mac with Espresso

Having a bit of fun with Espresso and PHP Development on the Mac. More learning than anything else.

posted @ 2/7/2010 1:27 PM by Dave Hayden

Teaching Children Programming - Computer Education for Young Kids

My kids are crazy about the Scratch Programming Language over at MIT!

posted @ 2/4/2010 10:12 PM by Dave Hayden

Enterprise Library 5 DAAB Tutorials

A handful of Enterprise Library 5 DAAB Tutorials. Some interesting changes.

posted @ 2/3/2010 10:34 PM by Dave Hayden

Entity Framework ASP.NET and Silverlight Developer Code Samples

Microsoft updated their All-In-One Code Framework with various samples for the .NET Developer.

posted @ 1/31/2010 5:13 PM by Dave Hayden

JetBrains Web IDE - PHP and Web Development Tool

Still in public preview but looks promising.

posted @ 1/29/2010 4:51 PM by Dave Hayden

Microsoft CodePlex using Mercurial Version Control Got My Attention

Using Mercurial Version Control System now on a small client project. Here are some handly links for those interested in getting started.

posted @ 1/27/2010 12:16 PM by Dave Hayden

Unity 2 Examples

A couple of examples on Unity 2.

posted @ 1/24/2010 8:45 PM by Dave Hayden

Sarasota Web Developer Group - Learn ASP.NET 4 and ASP.NET MVC

Learn ASP.NET 4 and ASP.NET MVC from scratch.

posted @ 1/18/2010 10:08 PM by Dave Hayden

Search Engine Optimization of ASP.NET 4 Websites Using Response.RedirectPermanent

Another little change in ASP.NET 4 for convenience.

posted @ 1/12/2010 12:13 PM by Dave Hayden

SEO in ASP.NET 4 Websites - Page.MetaKeywords and Page.MetaDescription

A couple of additional properties on the Page Class to help set HTML meta tags.

posted @ 1/10/2010 4:39 PM by Dave Hayden

Apple Mac Spotlight - Do not Index My External Hard Drives Please

Finally told Spotlight to leave my hard drives alone.

posted @ 1/7/2010 11:44 AM by Dave Hayden

TweetSharp - .NET Twitter Library using Fluent API for Twitter

Another option for integrating Twitter into your applications.

posted @ 1/7/2010 10:29 AM by Dave Hayden

Sarasota Developers Windows Live Group

A group for .NET developers in the Sarasota Area interested in staying up-to-date on events, activities, and other opportunities.

posted @ 1/6/2010 9:47 AM by Dave Hayden

Free PDF Reader - Foxit Reader - Free PC Tools and Utilities

Free PDF reader for Windows.

posted @ 1/6/2010 7:46 AM by Dave Hayden

Ab Rocket Workout - Tips to Ab Crunches in the New Year!

Getting a number of emails asking about my Ab Rocket Workout. I am no expert. Just applying a little common sense and learning as I go. Here are some humble tips. Hope it helps.

posted @ 1/5/2010 10:10 AM by Dave Hayden