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New Features in ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms Course Released on Pluralsight.com by dwahlin

I've been hard at work the past few months filming a new course for Pluralsight covering some of the great new features in ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms. I'm excited to announce that the new course is titled New Features in ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms and is now available...
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Windows Azure Boot Camp Coming to Phoenix on April 27th! by dwahlin

The Global Windows Azure Boot Camp is coming to Phoenix on April 27th, 2013 ! Registration is now open at https://phxglobalazurebootcamp.eventday.com . This is a truly global event in which the Phoenix community will come together to share and learn what...
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Talking versus Teaching–There’s a Big Difference by dwahlin

I’m at the Pluralsight Author Summit this weekend outside of Salt Lake City and excited about the opportunity to interact with some of the top people in the technology industry, share ideas with them and learn new things myself. Teaching has been something...
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TypeScript Fundamentals Course Released on Pluralsight.com by dwahlin

Over the past few months I’ve have been digging into TypeScript and learning the ins and outs of the language. If you’re new to TypeScript, it’s a language that provides a way to write modular code that includes support for types (string, number, bool...
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What's Hot in the World of JavaScript and SPAs? by dwahlin

Client-side development continues to be more and more popular which is both good and bad for developers. It's good (great!) because we have more power than ever at our fingertips. It's bad because it can be challenging to stay up-to-speed with all of...
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The Role of Interfaces in TypeScript by dwahlin

In my last post I talked about how classes and interfaces could be extended in the TypeScript language. By using TypeScript’s extends keyword you can easily create derived classes that inherit functionality from a base class. You can also use the extends...
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Extending Classes and Interfaces using TypeScript by dwahlin

In a previous post I discussed the fundamentals of the TypeScript language and how it can be used to build JavaScript applications. John Papa has also started a nice series of posts on the subject that go along with the new TypeScript Fundamentals course...
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The Art of Productivity by dwahlin

Getting things done has always been a challenge regardless of gender, age, race, skill, or job position. No matter how hard some people try, they end up procrastinating tasks until the last minute. Some people simply focus better when they know they’re...
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Code and Slides from my Fall 2012 DevConnections Talks by dwahlin

Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions at the Fall 2012 DevConnections conference in Las Vegas. There was a ton of interest in different JavaScript and HTML5 topics. Here’s a picture taken after finishing up my first talk. The second one was packed...
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Getting Started with TypeScript – Classes, Static Types and Interfaces by dwahlin

I had the opportunity to speak on different JavaScript topics at DevConnections in Las Vegas this fall and heard a lot of interesting comments about JavaScript as I talked with people. The most frequent comment I heard from people was, “I guess it’s time...
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