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  • Entity Framework Code First Migrations: Alpha - NuGet Package of the Week #10

    Entity Framework Code First Migrations: Alpha - NuGet Package of the Week #10

    Jul 11
    28

    Hot on the heels of my RFC blog post on product versioning, the Entity Framework team has released Entity Framework 4.1 Code First Migrations: August 2011 CTP. Cool. And it's July, too! Or my preferred product name, Migrating Magic Unicorns 0.5. It's probably best to think of this as 0.5 Alpha Migrations for EF but that's my guess at a name and not nearly as descriptive. I showed early daily builds of EF Migrations at a few conferences recently, and encouraged folks to comment on the ADO...

  • A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications

    A first look at Windows Azure AppFabric Applications

    Jul 11
    07

    After the Windows Azure AppFabric team announced the availability of Windows Azure AppFabric Applications (preview), I signed up for early access immediately and got in. After installing the tools and creating a namespace through the portal, I decided to give it a try to see what it’s all about. Note that Neil Mackenzie also has an extensive post on “WAAFapps” which I recommend you to read as well. So what is this Windows Azure AppFabric Applications thing? Before answering that question, le...

  • Writing an Orchard widget: LatestTwitter

    Writing an Orchard widget: LatestTwitter

    Jan 11
    21

    Last week, Microsoft released Orchard, a new modular CMS system built on ASP.NET MVC and a lot of other, open source libraries available. I will not dive into the CMS itself, but after fiddling around with it I found a lot of things missing: there are only 40 modules and widgets available at the moment and the only way to have a more rich ecosystem of modules is: contributing! And thats what I did. Feel the need to add a list of recent tweets by a certain user to your Orchard website? Try my...

  • ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Mobile

    ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Mobile

    Jan 11
    13

    With the release of Windows Phone 7 last year, Im really interested in mobile applications. Why? Well, developing for Windows Phone 7 did not require me to learn new things. I can use my current skill set and build cool apps for that platform. But what about the other platforms? If you look at all platforms from a web developer perspective, theres one library that also allows you to use your existing skill set: jQuery Mobile. Know HTML? Know jQuery? Know *any* web development language like P...

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