After much pain, agony, cussing, and fussing, I have shipped off the first draft of an eBook on ASP.NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 to Wiley/Wrox. In a moment of weakness foolishness back in September, I told Jim Minatel at Wiley that I would write an eBook on the new features in ASP.NET 3.5 Service Pack 1. I...

Subscribe to All! Subscribe to WMV. Subscribe to M4V (iPod). Subscribe to MP3. Download WMV. Download M4V (iPod). Download MP3. Show Notes: Not just for MVC. Available with .NET 3.5 SP1. System.Web.Routing. Web.config. Global.asax. Routing class. Security . Output page. Source Code: Web.config entry...

Microsoft makes available server controls that help you insert rich media such as Silverlight into your ASP.NET pages. If you’re confused about where to find the latest version of these controls, you’re in good company! Pre-release versions have appeared with various Community Technical Previews (CTP...

VB.Net to C# Converter is one of the few conversion tools that knows about LINQ and lambdas and the other 3.5 stuff. I turned to a trial version of the product after going in circles on this VB code conversion: Dim q = From c In dc.Categories, _ p In dc.Products _ Where c.CategoryID = p.CategoryID _...

Alas, C#/VB language bigotry rears its ugly head again. My book, ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies got its first negative review from a purchaser on Amazon.com solely because I used VB instead of C# in the examples. As I stated in the book's introduction, I chose VB because the book targets beginners who generally...

Here I am debugging JavaScript in an ASP.NET 3.5 site using Visual Studio 2008. In the Command Window, I type: ? grid to see the properties of a JavaScript object. So far so good until the Command window reports: < More... (The first 100 of 429 items were displayed.) > Back in the DOS days, I would...

Hey folks, Microsoft has licensed four chapters of my book, ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies ! You can browse the chapters at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/cc409659.aspx in the Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions Beginner Developer Learning Centre. Yup, MS has some of the best chapters and makes...

Hey folks, I had a blast at Energize IT in Toronto on the weekend. I also found a great way to lighten my bookshelves. My donation of a couple dozen free .NET books caused a minor feeding frenzy in one of the Ask the Experts areas! As promised, here are links to the resources you need to try ASP.NET...

Just to save others from having to drill down a million levels to locate the Dynamic Data online documentation, here's a convenient starting point, Using ASP.NET Dynamic Data . ( http://vs2008sp1docs.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ms336422.aspx ) I'm digging into Dynamic Data for a short demo at Energize IT...

Hey folks, Along with a number of other MVPs, regional directors, and community leaders, I've signed up to help out in the Ask the Experts area of Energize IT 2008 in Toronto on Saturday, May 24, 2008. It's a free event (including lunch) sponsored by Microsoft Canada and held at the Toronto Congress...