This is the first time I develop for SharePoint, something that I wanted for a while, yet never got a project to do so. I have been a SharePoint user for many years, normally because all companies I have worked they use it as their document repository, “link provider”. There are a few steps that are...

The below is the list of some of the upcoming books on ASP.NET MVC. Pro ASP.NET MVC Framework (Pro) Author : Steve Sanderson Publisher : Apress Pub Date : August 2008 Professional ASP.NET 3.5 MVC Author : Rob Conery , Scott Hanselman , Phil Haack Publisher : Wrox Pub Date : October 2008 ASP.NET MVC Framework...

I've been collecting book recommendations on software design principles and patterns, test-driven development, and agile development. I wanted to share my current reading list with you in case you are interested in learning more about these topics. If you have any additional book recommendations -- please...

I stumbled across The Art of Unit Testing by Roy Osherove while researching Mock Object frameworks that can be used with ASP.NET MVC. Even though the author is still in the process of writing the book, you can download an early draft of this book at http://www.manning.com/osherove/ . This is a fantastic...

At first blush, it may seem strange for me to review a "competing"  ASP.NET 3.5 book. However, Stephen Walther's ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed doesn't target the same audience as ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies . Mine is unabashedly a beginner's book. ASP.NET Unleashed is a comprehensive title for intermediate...

I am sitting here listening to the MSDN Webcast: Framework Masterclass: LINQ to Entities and guess what. Patrick Lowendahl is there as well and beat me to it with the following remark. Question : Eilsa, if you want more feedback from DDD mvps you can drop me or my friend Jimmy (who wrote the second book...

While I was walking up the slopes with Frans to watch the World Championships Big air qualifications in Arosa, Switzerland during our annual Software Architecture Workshop, we talked about the support for Domain Model patterns in his product LLBLGen Pro. I shared my thoughts on language extensions and...

Congratulations to fellow MS Developer Security MVP Dominick Baier on finishing his book Developing More-Secure Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications . This is available through Amazon and other locations this week. I have been looking forward to this one for awhile. If you get a chance (and you really...

I am working in Western Massachusetts these days and I had a chance to check out the local Western Mass .NET Users Group meeting last night. Julie Lerman gave a great talk on the new asynchronous features of ASP.NET 2.0. Here is her write up . It's been awhile since I looked at some of these features...

I often get questions at conferences about the new ASP.NET 2.0 security features including membership and role management. Also, in particular, I get questions about integrating ASP.NET 2.0 membership and role management with Active Directory. There are a couple of resources that are available to help...