Introducing ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools Update – Phil Haack announces the release of the ASP.NET MVC 3 Tools update, This release does not bring new features for the MVC Framework, but brings some really cool updates to the Visual Studio tooling, including HTML5 templates, Scaffolding of Controllers with plug-in capability, the inclusion of Modernizr and Entity Framework 4.1, along with JavaScript dependencies as NuGet packages allowing for easier updates to these. And if this wasn’t enough, you also get NuGet 1.2 as the cherry on top
EF 4.1 Released – The Entity Framework Team announce the RTW release of Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1 which brings the official release of the DbContext API, giving a easier to use interface to the Object Context along with the introduction of Entity Framework Code First, allowing you create model classes and define their mappings in code.
Native HTML5: First IE10 Platform Preview Available for Download – Hot on the heels of Internet Explorer 9 and after only 3 weeks development the Internet Explorer announced their first preview release of Internet Explorer 10 in the MIX11 Keynote. IE 10 continues to build on the HTML5 functionality of IE9, expanding on the standards compliance and performance work, with support for things like CSS3 Gradients, Grid and Column layouts, Transitions and 3D Transforms.
The World’s Biggest Pac-Man & SVG Girl – Another feature of the Internet Explorer part of the keynote was a number of new TestDrive examples showing the power of Internet Explorer 9’s Graphics and Hardware acceleration, and in these two posts Joey deVilla highlights two very impressive examples.
Windows Azure Benefits for MSDN: New and improved – Jim O’Neil highlights and explains some changes (improvements on the whole) to the Windows Azure Benefits included as a part of an MSDN Subscription, bringing increased quotas across the board, and also the introduction of benefits for Visual Studio Professional MSDN Subscribers.
Free security updates for April – Marcelle Amelia highlights yesterday’s Patch Tuesday update patches, including a number of important security ones, so make sure you apply these patches to all environments you are responsible for.
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Happy 1st Birthday, Visual Studio 2010! – Somasegar celebrates the anniversary of the release of Visual Studio 2010, and takes a look back over a year of releases on top of the Visual Studio 2010 platform from both the Microsoft Teams and external providers.
Why Repository SaveUpdate is a smell – Ian Cooper discusses why the (over) use of the SaveUpdate in code backed by an Object Relational Mapper is an anti-pattern, and suggests a misunderstanding of the use of an ORM and the associated patterns
JavaScript – It’s Up Your Sleeve – Martin Rue shares an interesting JavaScript fact which cause him some confusion when dealing with large identifier numbers in some JavaScript Code.
Monospace has a home! – Louis Salin confirms some good news about the Monospace conference, with a date and location for the event now secured in Boston. The conference Call for Speakers is currently open, so if you have an interest in presenting on Mono, of the OpenSource .NET space then get your submissions in.
DDD South West Registration is Open – Rachel Hawley highlights the opening of registrations for the third DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper South West Conference to be held near Bristol on Saturday 11th June 2011. Spaces are filling up quickly so register soon to avoid missing out. Also Rachel gives a shout out to next month’s DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper Scotland conference, which is currently accepting Waiting List registrations as the event has ‘sold’ out.
