Jon Galloway

Update: This is now available as a NuGet package - NuGet.Downloader.  

ASP.NET MVC 3 includes a new change in the the Account Controller to prevent open redirection attacks. After explaining how open redirection attacks work, I'll This tutorial explains how you can prevent open redirection attacks in your ASP.NET MVC applications. This tutorial discusses the changes that have been made in the AccountController in ASP.NET MVC 3 and demonstrates how you can apply these changes in your existing ASP.NET MVC 1.0 and 2 applications.

The Entity Framework Code First DbContext doesn’t expose the interfaces to support updates when exposed via WCF Data Services. Attempting to save changes results in a fault with the message "The data source must implement IUpdatable or IDataServiceUpdateProvider to support updates." The fix is to alter your WCF Data Service to expose the DbContext's underlying ObjectContext and to disable proxy generation.

I had the opportunity to help lead two Web Camps in India with James Senior in November.

ASP.NET MVC 3 was released on January 13. You've probably seen the blog posts, especially:

Entity Framework Code-First is the coolest thing since sliced bread, Windows  Phone is the hottest thing since Tickle-Me-Elmo and OData is just too great to ignore.