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Scott Allen | K. Scott Allen | 03 Jul 2009 04:11

Pretty Code #1 – Building SelectListItemsSubscribe to K. Scott Allen

Scott Allen writes "....In ASP.NET MVC, you can use a collection of SelectListItems to help build an HTML <select>. Just watch out for the HTML helper overloads. The question is – what is the prettiest code that can change a list of Products into a collection of..."
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Pretty Code #1 – Building SelectListItems
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Jeffrey Palermo | Jeffrey Palermo (.com) | 02 Jul 2009 21:27

Agile Austin talk coming up this next Tuesday – June 10thSubscribe to Jeffrey Palermo (.com)

Jeffrey Palermo writes "....I am honored to be the speaker at AgileAustin this next Tuesday on June 10th, 2009.  You can see the details of my talk here.   Speaker: Jeffrey Palermo – CTO, Headspring Title: Being The Manager Of An Agile Team Description:..."
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Agile Austin talk coming up this next Tuesday – June 10th
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Jeffrey Palermo | Jeffrey Palermo (.com) | 02 Jul 2009 21:15

Upgraded to Windows 7 RC – how I kept from reinstalling everything, and what didn’t workSubscribe to Jeffrey Palermo (.com)

Jeffrey Palermo writes "....Last night, I downloaded and installed Windows 7 RC.  I installed the Beta for my wife on a spare laptop, and she hated it, so I gave her her Windows XP back. :-).  I have used it for a single day now, and I haven’t encountered any..."
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Upgraded to Windows 7 RC – how I kept from reinstalling everything, and what didn’t work
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Jeffrey Palermo | Jeffrey Palermo (.com) | 02 Jul 2009 20:59

Come out today to Mangia Pizza for some great agile talkSubscribe to Jeffrey Palermo (.com)

Jeffrey Palermo writes "....Phone 349-2126 8012 Mesa Drive Austin, TX  78731 Agile Austin is facilitating a weekly session where you can come and get your agile questions answered. . . or just hang out with other software professionals and exchange ideas. ..."
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Come out today to Mangia Pizza for some great agile talk
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Scott Guthrie | ScottGu's Blog | 02 Jul 2009 08:11

ASP.NET MVC Talk in Reading UK July 3rdSubscribe to ScottGu's Blog

Scott Guthrie writes "....I’m in the UK today and tomorrow (on my way back from a trip to India for two days earlier this week), and am giving two tech talks while in town.  The first is this evening at a London .NET User Group event.  I’ll be presenting..."
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ASP.NET MVC Talk in Reading UK July 3rd
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Jeff Atwood | Coding Horror | 01 Jul 2009 23:59

Oh, You Wanted "Awesome" EditionSubscribe to Coding Horror

Jeff Atwood writes "....We recently upgraded our database server to 48 GB of memory -- because hardware is cheap, and programmers are expensive. Imagine our surprise, then, when we rebooted the server and saw only 32 GB of memory available in Windows Server 2008. Did we..."
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Oh, You Wanted "Awesome" Edition
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Scott Allen | K. Scott Allen | 01 Jul 2009 23:37

Three IIS Concepts ASP.NET Developers Should KnowSubscribe to K. Scott Allen

Scott Allen writes "....It’s possible to do a lot of work with ASP.NET and not know anything about IIS, particularly if you work with a large team where IT specialists keep the riff-raff away from production web applications. Ever since Visual..."
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Three IIS Concepts ASP.NET Developers Should Know
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Scott Hanselman | Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen | 01 Jul 2009 23:16

Hanselminutes Podcast 168 - Successful Cross Platform .NET Development - Mono and Banshee with Aaron BockoverSubscribe to Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen

Scott Hanselman writes "....My one-hundred-and-sixty-eighth podcast is up. In this one, I chat with Aaron Bockover of Novell about the Banshee Project - a cross-platform Media Player. It's a Mono Application that runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. What are the hard-won..."
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Hanselminutes Podcast 168 - Successful Cross Platform .NET Development - Mono and Banshee with Aaron Bockover
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Rick Strahl | Rick Strahl's Web Log | 01 Jul 2009 21:44

WPF Localization Guidance Paper Posted on CodePlexSubscribe to Rick Strahl's Web Log

Rick Strahl writes "....I’m happy to announce that my WPF Localization paper went live a couple of days ago on CodePlex. You can find it here: http://wpflocalization.codeplex.com/  (click on Downloads – it’s published only as PDF <shrug>) I’ve been working on..."
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WPF Localization Guidance Paper Posted on CodePlex
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Scott Hanselman | Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen | 01 Jul 2009 20:41

Videos from the Norwegian Developer's ConferenceSubscribe to Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen

Scott Hanselman writes "....All of the talks at this year's Norwegian Developer's Conference were recorded, which is always a treat. I did four talks as well as a live .NET Rocks show. It was a crazy week. I also recorded a half-dozen great podcasts. Three are already live on..."
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Videos from the Norwegian Developer's Conference
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Featured Maven

Scott Hanselman is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. He was also involved in the MVP and Regional Director programs and is an avid speaker on the topic of computing.

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