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A number of folks wanted the code from my talk at Mix, specifically the ''complete application'' example with CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) so here it is. It's nothing pretty to look at, but it makes a number of points with ASP.NET MVC: It uses the Default ...

All the sessions from Mix are up on http://sessions.visitmix.com/ for your viewing pleasure. I had a total blast giving theASP.NET MVC Talk. The energy was really good and the crowd (of around 600, I hear) was really cool. You can download the MVC talk in these formats: ...

Release today are four new screencasts about the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions by various members of the ASP.NET team. You can get them immediately at the same page as before, at the bottom: http://www.asp.net/Downloads/3.5-extensions/. Every video is available in numerous formats, and note that this also includes re-encoded versions of ...

Cool, looks like I'll be speaking at CodeMash next year in Ohio. ''CodeMash is a unique event that will educate developers on current practices, methodologies and technology trends in variety of platforms and development languages such as Java, .NET, Ruby and PHP. Held January 10-11, ...

Since I've been working at Microsoft, I've had a chance to make some new friends. Perhaps you know them? Come to a VS2008 InstallFest - ask your local MSFT Wonk where yours is - and get a free copy of VS2008Pro. If you've got Beta 2 installed, remove it first. From TimH: ...

During my Friday Keynote at the PNPSummit I did a silly 30 minute PowerPoint that ended with some LOLCats and a few examples of LOLCode. If you're not familiar with LOLCats, they are basically silly pictures of cats that speak a l33tspeak-like language, like IM IN UR BASE KILLIN YUR D00DS. This language has turned ...

My eighty-eighth podcast is up. In this episode, I talk to Mel Sampat of the Windows Mobile team. He's written a desktop Facebook application called OutSync (link on Facebook) that brings your Facebook photos to Outlook and Windows Mobile. We also talk about how you can write your own Facebook apps ...

The work on the ASP.NET MVC Framework continues. Phil's been playing with RhinoMocks writing tests for his MVC Samples, and Chris Tavares has his samples using Castle Windsor running as his Inversion of Control Container. Eilon Lipton, the primary developer on the MVC project, and I ...

I attended the ALT.NET Conference last weekend in Austin, TX. I personally find the name ''Alt'' as in ''Alternative'' too polarizing and prefer terms like ''Pragmatic.NET'' or ''Agile.NET.'' At the conference I suggested, partially in jest, that we call it ''NIH.NET'' as in ''Not Invented Here.NET.'' ...