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WikiPlex 1.4 Released
24 August 10 10:32 PM | mhawley | with no comments

In addition to blogging, I'm also using Twitter. Follow me @matthawley   I’ve finally decided that it was time to do another WikiPlex release. It’s been awhile since the last release (March of this year), but a lot of things have changed over time...

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Mercurial Conversion from Team Foundation Server
17 March 10 05:12 PM | mhawley | with no comments

I’m using Twitter. Follow me @matthawley One of my many (almost) daily tasks when working on the CodePlex platform since releasing Mercurial as a supported version control system, is converting projects from Team Foundation Server (TFS) to Mercurial....

Filed under: .NET, General, Development, Programming, CodePlex, Mercurial

WikiPlex v1.2 Released
08 October 09 08:52 PM | mhawley | with no comments

It’s been a few months since the last release of WikiPlex , but I honestly have good reasons – paternity leave! This updated version has taken in a lot of user feedback and put it into action – so thank you for contributing ideas… ( read more )

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WikiPlex v1.1 Released
05 August 09 07:42 AM | mhawley | 1 comment(s)

It's only been a few weeks since the v1.0 release, but a lot of work has gone into a new release of CodePlex's embeddable wiki engine, WikiPlex . The time in between has not been without a few highlights, including… ( read more )

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Extending WikiPlex with Custom Renderers
30 July 09 08:27 PM | mhawley | 1 comment(s)

Following up from my prior post on Extending WikiPlex with Custom Macros it’s now time to talk about creating custom renderers. When we left off, we had created our title link macro and registered it with WikiPlex …[ read more ]

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Extending WikiPlex with Custom Macros
27 July 09 06:48 PM | mhawley | 1 comment(s)

One of the very nice features of WikiPlex is the ability to extend it to your hearts desire. The API is completely open, and the entry points off of WikiEngine are merely wrappers. This means that, if you really wanted to, you could create your own parser...

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WikiPlex – An Embedded Wiki Engine
16 July 09 06:29 PM | mhawley | 1 comment(s)

I’d like to introduce you to WikiPlex , which is CodePlex’s wiki engine that we have re-written and made open source under the MS-PL license. I’m also happy to announce that our first public release is now available ! Read more about WikiPlex here !

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MEF + Factories Using an Export Provider
29 November 08 05:29 PM | mhawley | with no comments

Taking a different approach to resolving factory exports within MEF by using an ExportProvider (new in preview 3 drop) over using a part catalog. This approach ultimately leads to a cleaner and simpler solution. Read more …

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MEF + Factories
28 November 08 08:13 PM | mhawley | with no comments

Lately I've been really digging into MEF and have been looking at it's pros & cons, ease of use, extensibility, and the simple DI container that it can provide. I'm not going to give an overview of MEF, as others have done so already. What I am here...

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ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 Finds
17 July 08 07:53 AM | mhawley | with no comments

I’ve went through the ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 source and found some interesting finds that will help you do work more easily. These 6 finds are just the tip of what I’m sure is included in this drop. ( Read more… )

Filed under: ASP.NET, Development, Programming, MVC