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  • POP Forums v9.2 posted to CodePlex, with new languages, post voting and the scoring game

    POP Forums v9.2 posted to CodePlex, with new languages, post voting and the scoring game

    Jan 12
    24

    POP Forums v9.2.0 is the third 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://popforums.com/Forums Setup instructions are available in the documentation section. Upgrading? If you're upgrading from v9.0 or v9.1, simply replace the existing files. You'll also have to run the PopForums4.xto4.2.sql SQL script against your existing database. That ...

  • OSS and .NET Year In Review 2011

    OSS and .NET Year In Review 2011

    Dec 11
    26

    T’is the season for “Year in Review” and “Best of” blog posts. It’s a vain practice, to be sure. This is exactly why I’ve done it almost every year! After all, isn’t all blogging pure vanity? Sadly, I did miss a few years when my vanity could not overcome my laziness. This year I am changing it up a bit to look at the intersection of open source software and the .NET community in 2011. I think it’s been a banner year for OSS and .NET/Microsoft, and I think it’s only going to get better in 20...

  • NuGet for the Enterprise: NuGet in a Continuous Integration Automated Build System

    NuGet for the Enterprise: NuGet in a Continuous Integration Automated Build System

    May 11
    25

    I had the pleasure of speaking at TechEd 2011 North America last week in Atlanta. You can see ALL the videos of all the sessions on Channel 9. As an aside, you might notice that they are in the process of organizing video archives of ALL Microsoft developer events at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events. You can even see PDC 1999 if you like or see sessions by Speaker at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Speakers. Here are all my talks with a horrible headshot that I plan on asking Duncan to swap ou...

  • Making Let Me Bing That For You Open Source

    Making Let Me Bing That For You Open Source

    May 11
    12

    Almost two years ago, I announced the launch of http://letmebingthatforyou.com/, a blatant and obvious rip-off of the Let me Google that for you website. The initial site was created by Maarten Balliauw and Juliën Hanssens in response to a call for help I made. It was just something we did for fun. I’ve been maintaining the site privately always intending to spend some time to refresh the code and open source it. Just recently, I upgraded the site to ASP.NET MVC 3, refactored a bunch of co...

  • TechDays/DevDays Netherlands and Belgium:

    TechDays/DevDays Netherlands and Belgium:

    May 11
    02

    Last week I was in Belgium and The Netherlands speaking at TechDays. A number of those videos are online at Channel 9. It was a great time. Here's the talks I gave. Sorry there's three screenshots of my big head to follow. DevDays Keynote The first 10 minutes or so of this are in Dutch, but you can fast forward to my part if you like. I'm about 20 min right after Arie stops talking. I talk about what Microsoft has built this year, what we are doing around Open Source, and how I see things ...

  • 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! ...

  • A Look Back at Mix 11

    A Look Back at Mix 11

    Apr 11
    16

    Another Spring approaches and once again, another Mix is over. This year at Mix, my team announced the release of the ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update at Mix, which I blogged about recently. Working on this release as well as NuGet has kept me intensely busy since we released ASP.NET MVC 3 RTM only this past January. Hopefully now, my team and I can take a moment to breath as we start making big plans for ASP.NET MVC 4. It’s interesting to me to think that the version number for ASP.NET MVC is qui...

  • 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...

  • The MVC3 special sauce in POP Forums

    The MVC3 special sauce in POP Forums

    Jan 11
    24

    I was chatting with a friend about why, as much as I would rather not rewrite POP Forums for the bazillionth time, it has actually been a lot of fun, and smooth sailing on MVC. If you haven't been playing along at home, POP Forums is the forum app that I've been maintaining now since the days of ASP.old, in sites like CoasterBuzz. In late 2009, I decided I'd rewrite it from the ground up as an MVC app, but it was slow going after the birth of my child. But when I did find time to write code, e...