Jon Galloway
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Okay, WCF, we can be friends now
Over the years, I've had a tough time with Windows Communication Foundation, otherwise know as (and sometimes cursed as) WCF. I knew it was what I was "supposed" to be using to because it handled complex scenarios like managing access as secured messages passed through systems and users with different access rights. However, it didn't seem to be able to handle my simple scenarios – things like returning very simple, unrestricted information from a server to a client – without requiring hours of pain, configuration, and things like writing a custom ServiceHostFactory.
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The Full Stack–a videocast series with Jesse Liberty and Jon Galloway
I just posted the second in an ongoing videocast (screencast) series that I’m working on with Jesse Liberty called The Full Stack.
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ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta: Some FAQ’s
In the past, you needed to look up the announcement posts (especially Scott Guthrie’s, Phil Haack’s, and Scott Hanselman’s). Not that there’s anything wrong with that… but it’s a bit random. So I worked with Phil to set up a dedicated MVC 3 page on the http://asp.net site: http://asp.net/mvc/mvc3
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Guest on the first episode of Jesse Liberty’s new podcast: YetAnotherPodcast.us
I was privileged to be invited to join Jesse Liberty on the inaugural YetAnotherPodcast show, hosted by Jesse Liberty. Jesse brings a fascinating viewpoint to the software development discussion, because:
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Behind the scenes at mvcConf: How we ran a free virtual conference
mvcConf was a free, virtual conference focused on ASP.NET MVC which ran on 7/22. We ran 25 sessions in three virtual rooms and had roughly 500 people logged on throughout the day. All sessions were run via LiveMeeting and were recorded. We were really happy with the community reception, e.g. this public “well done” for the ASP.NET MVC Conference post.
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Server installation options for ASP.NET MVC 2
I’ve answered several questions about installing ASP.NET MVC 2 on a server lately, and since I didn’t find a full summary I figured it was time to write one up. Here’s a look at some of the top options:
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CodePlex now supports ClickOnce
I’m really excited to see that CodePlex just added support for ClickOnce!
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Using ViewModel information in an ASP.NET MVC 2 Editor or Display template
Editor and Display templates are a great new feature in ASP.NET MVC 2. They allow you to define a template which will be used for any datatype you’d like, and they can be set per-controller or site-wide.