David Hayden - Florida .NET Developer - C# and SQL Server

NHibernate Visual Designer from Mindscape

Dave Hayden — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Sweet. A new visual designer for NHibernate from Mindscape with all kinds of exciting possibilities!

FinalBuilder 7 Released - Automate Your Build Process

Dave Hayden — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:07:00 GMT

New version of this wonderful build automation tool!!

ASP.NET MVC 3 Source Code Available

Dave Hayden — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:47:00 GMT

Been out since Wednesday but in case you didn't hear...

Developing ASP.NET Web Pages using WebMatrix and Razor

Dave Hayden — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:08:00 GMT

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 - Data Access for WebMatrix PHP-Like Development

Dave Hayden — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:41:00 GMT

Microsoft.Data.dll seems very appropriate for the type of development and tooling used to build these forms-over-data web applications.

Download ASP.NET MVC 3 Preview 1

Dave Hayden — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:13:00 GMT

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.

Pro ASP.NET MVC 2 Framework Book Review

Dave Hayden — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:11:00 GMT

Best Book on ASP.NET MVC 2 Ever!

ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action Book Review from Manning

Dave Hayden — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:13:00 GMT

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.

WebMatrix - A Path To Enterprise Web Development?

Dave Hayden — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:18:00 GMT

I don't see the WebMatrix as the smartest path to learning more enterprise web frameworks, skills and tooling IMHO.

Adobe Fireworks CS5 Bitmap and Vector Graphics Editor

Dave Hayden — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:59:00 GMT

Hard to beat Adobe Fireworks for both vector and bitmap editing for general web graphics design.

HTML Editor in Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC

Dave Hayden — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:44:00 GMT

Q2 Update of Telerik's Extensions for MVC has additional "controls"!

Pro ASP.NET MVC 2 Framework Book Released by Apress

Dave Hayden — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:26:00 GMT

Updated version covering ASP.NET MVC 2! First edition was excellent.

Safari 5 and Safari 5 Extensions - Join Safari Developer Program

Dave Hayden — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:40:00 GMT

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 - More CSS 3 and HTML 5 Features

Dave Hayden — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:06:00 GMT

Firefox 4 Beta has better support for HTML 5 and CSS 3.

JetBrains dotCover - .NET Code Coverage Tool for Visual Studio

Dave Hayden — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:06:00 GMT

JetBrains has released its beta version of a .NET Code Coverage Tool. These guys are rockin' with new product releases!

SQL Server CE 4 and SQLite

Dave Hayden — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:48:00 GMT

Looking forward to SQL Server CE 4, but let's not forget the wonderful SQLite!

WebMatrix - Develop Database-Driven Websites on Windows

Dave Hayden — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:59:00 GMT

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.

NoSQL Movement - Why are We Using SQL Server Again?

Dave Hayden — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:53:00 GMT

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!!

LightSpeed 3.1 O/R Mapper Supports Visual Studio 2010

Dave Hayden — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:49:00 GMT

In case you missed it, LightSpeed 3.1 now has Visual Studio 2010 support. Hands down a fantastic O/R Mapper!

JetBrains Released WebStorm and PhpStorm Web Developer IDE's

Dave Hayden — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:59:00 GMT

These are a steal at the introductory price. Check out the latest IDE's from JetBrains! Inexpensive, unbloated, and feature-rich!

Visual C# 2010 Recipes - A Problem Solution Approach Book Review

Dave Hayden — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:55:00 GMT

A quick book review while it is fresh in my mind.

NDepend v3 Released - Code Quality and Code Metrics with Visual Studio 2010

Dave Hayden — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:15:00 GMT

NDepend v3 Released. If you are interested in code quality and code metrics, I highly recommend checking out NDepend!

LLBLGen Pro 3 Released - Supports LINQ To SQL, Entity Framework and NHibernate

Dave Hayden — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:36:00 GMT

LLBLGen Pro Version 3 Released.

Download Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010

Dave Hayden — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Download the Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010.

Download RIA Services 1.0 for Silverlight 4 and Visual Studio 2010

Dave Hayden — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:07:00 GMT

RIA Services 1 Released.