.NET on the ‘NET March 10-17: SubSonic Rocks and MVC is Hawt
.NET on the ‘NET March 10-17: SubSonic Rocks and MVC is Hawt
This is being posted bit later than “early in the week.” But then again, I got the fun job of migrating some PHP apps (unfortunately of my own nubile design so I cannot point fingers). I never thought I would miss the yellow screen of death until I hit the blank screen […]
This is being posted bit later than “early in the week.” But then again, I got the fun job of migrating some PHP apps (unfortunately of my own nubile design so I cannot point fingers). I never thought I would miss the yellow screen of death until I hit the blank screen of death. No IIS7 so no FREB love, just lots of feeling around, print_r(), SQL Server Profiling and on the fly coding. I don’t miss the old days. And now on to dotnet . . .
The lead story is that Rob Conery has been very busy boy post-MIX. He released SubSonic 2.1 Beta 2 and launched a new SubSonic project site. Also, if you missed it, Windows Vista SP1 has been released. Roll the dice and upgrade today!
ASP.NET MVC is the new hawtness. And, while you are thinking hawt thoughts about MVC, you should make sure to check out Stephen Walther’s post on the Life of an ASP.NET MVC Request as well as Jeffery Palmero’s post on unit testing ASP.NET MVC Controllers. Finally, don’t miss Phil Haack’s MVC Routing Debugger.
There wer also some notable releases this week. Miguel de Icaza announced the release of MonoDevelop 1.0. The Telligent crew has also released Graffiti CMS Service Pack 1. And Jonathan Cogley & company over at Thycotic have released SecretServer 4.1. In the “not so much a release as a really neat product I just discovered” column check out LINQPad for your random LINQ tasks. It is exceedingly slick tool that can speed the discovery cycle.
On the “handy code to understand” front, we have a pair of submissions. First, Will Smith shares some handy ViewState extension methods. Second, for those of you undergoing painful PayPal integrations, see Anthony Grace’s solution.
In the “not so technical but still good to know category” make sure to take a gander at Kyle Baley’s post on human generated IDs. While computers are cooler, it is an unfortunate fact of life that the humans are paying your salary and the software must work with the wetware.
Back to tournament basketball. Go Terps.
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Maybe Friday is the New Saturday?
Update: Comments have unknowingly been broken around here for the past couple days, but it looks like we’ve got ‘em working again! Sorry for the inconvenience… comment at will! In last week’s post about making our workdays more relaxed, I made the statement that Saturday is a great day to work. After letting that remark sink […]
Update: Comments have unknowingly been broken around here for the past couple days, but it looks like we’ve got ‘em working again! Sorry for the inconvenience… comment at will!
In last week’s post about making our workdays more relaxed, I made the statement that Saturday is a great day to work. After letting that remark sink in over the past few days, I realize that Fridays may be even better than Saturdays for being really productive. If you can force yourself to focus on Fridays, there is great potential to really plow through some work.
- There’s less distraction. Much like Saturday, Friday is usually the most relaxed day of the work week. I receive a fraction of email compared to any other workday, so there’s less slowdown on that front. The social sites aren’t really that busy, and mostly everyone else is working for the weekend.
- “Casual” Friday. Most companies have Casual Friday’s where dress is a bit more relaxed. I’d even go so far as to say the whole work atmosphere on Fridays is more relaxed.
- Friday is, after all, still a work day. Yep, contrary to popular belief, Fridays are still part of a normal work week. That means that you don’t have to feel guilty for working like you would on a Saturday.
So there you have it, a little motivation to get through the rest of your Friday without feeling like a total unproductive slob. Have a great weekend everybody!
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