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  • Rebuilding CoasterBuzz, Part III: The architecture using the

    Rebuilding CoasterBuzz, Part III: The architecture using the "Web stack of love"

    Apr 12
    03

    This is the third post in a series about rebuilding one of my Web sites, which has been around for 12 years. I hope to relaunch in the next month or two. More: Part I: Evolution, and death to WCF Part II: Hot data objects I finally hit a point in the re-do of CoasterBuzz where I feel like the major pieces are in place... rewritten, ported and what not, so that I can focus now on front-end design and more interesting creative problems. I've been asked on more than one occasion (OK, just...

  • Open source adventures with... wait for it... Microsoft

    Open source adventures with... wait for it... Microsoft

    Mar 12
    31

    Last week, Microsoft announced that it was going to open source the rest of the ASP.NET MVC Web stack. The core MVC framework has been open source for a long time now, but the other pieces around it are also now out in the wild. Not only that, but it's not what I call "big bang" open source, where you release the source with each version. No, they're actually committing in real time to a public repository. They're also taking contributions where it makes sense. If that weren't exciting enoug...

  • ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Razor and Open Source

    ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Razor and Open Source

    Mar 12
    28

    Microsoft has made the source code of ASP.NET MVC available under an open source license since the first V1 release. We’ve also integrated a number of great open source technologies into the product, and now ship jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, jQuery Validation, Modernizr.js, NuGet, Knockout.js and JSON.NET as part of it. I’m very excited to announce today that we will also release the source code for ASP.NET Web API and ASP.NET Web Pages (aka Razor) under an open source license (Apache 2...

  • Using the Scoring Game from POP Forums with your ASP.NET MVC app

    Using the Scoring Game from POP Forums with your ASP.NET MVC app

    Jan 12
    27

    Let me tell you a story of HR-discouraged workplace fun. Back in the day, prior to the crash-and-burn of Insurance.com, we had this thing in the development part of the company called the Scoring Game. I wrote about it a couple of years ago on my personal blog. The long and short of it is that we kept a running total of +/-1’s for virtually anything you can think of, for each participant. This was back in 2006, before it became trendy to do it for everything else on the Internets. Later, Dig...

  • POP Forums v9.2.1 posted to CodePlex, adds only Spanish translation

    POP Forums v9.2.1 posted to CodePlex, adds only Spanish translation

    Jan 12
    26

    Just wanted to drop a quick note to say that I've got an updated version of our most recent POP Forums drop. The new v9.2.1 adds Spanish along side of Danish, German and English as available languages. It has no new features or bug fixes, so if you have v9.2.0, and you don't need Spanish, these aren't the droids you're looking for. Want to translate to yet another language? Drop me a line: jeff@popw.com. ...

  • POP Forums v9.1.0 has been posted to CodePlex!

    POP Forums v9.1.0 has been posted to CodePlex!

    Dec 11
    15

    Finally! After moving, being a dad and engaging in a great deal of home improvement, I finally managed to find time to an update out to POP Forums. I hope to not be that guy anymore, going forever between updates. Release Notes This is the first release for the ASP.NET MVC3 version of POP Forums. It is feature complete, stable, and ready for feedback. For previous release notes, see previous releases. Check out the live preview: http://preview.popforums.com/Forums Setup instructions are ...

  • ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update

    ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update

    May 11
    04

    Three weeks ago we held our MIX 2011 conference in Las Vegas. MIX is one of my favorite events of the year, and the conference always has a ton of great content and announcements. All of the keynotes and breakout sessions from the event can be watched online for free here. I’ll be doing a few posts in the upcoming weeks that also cover some highlights from it. ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update One of the announcements I made in my Day 1 keynote was the release of an ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update. Thi...

  • POP Forums v9 for ASP.NET MVC3 is done!

    POP Forums v9 for ASP.NET MVC3 is done!

    Apr 11
    26

    The release candidate is the final version of v9.0.0. See my previous post for details. Get the bits here: http://popforums.codeplex.com/ Be sure to check out the documentation for information on installation and integration. It will now create all of your database tables for you, for a little less friction in getting set up. Thanks to everyone who offered their feedback and support, especially at Mix during the Open Source Fest. I really had a blast talking to everyone there! ...

  • POP Forums v9 Release Candidate for ASP.NET MVC 3 posted to CodePlex!

    POP Forums v9 Release Candidate for ASP.NET MVC 3 posted to CodePlex!

    Apr 11
    08

    Get the goodies here: http://popforums.codeplex.com/releases/view/63550 Release Notes This is the release candidate for the ASP.NET MVC3 version of POP Forums. It is considered feature complete, stable, and ready for testing and feedback. For previous release notes, see previous releases. Check out the live preview: http://preview.popforums.com/Forums Setup instructions are available in the documentation section. What's new in the RC? Since the second beta: Database, e-mail and user s...

  • POP Forums v9 Beta 2 for ASP.NET MVC 3 posted to CodePlex!

    POP Forums v9 Beta 2 for ASP.NET MVC 3 posted to CodePlex!

    Mar 11
    23

    Get the new bits here: http://popforums.codeplex.com/releases/view/60571 This is the second beta for the ASP.NET MVC3 version of POP Forums. Next step is a release candidate. It is considered feature complete, and ready for testing and feedback. For previous release notes, look here, here, here and here. Check out the live preview: http://preview.popforums.com/Forums Setup instructions are on the home page of this project. What's new in beta two? Since the first beta: Avatars and images...