NuGet 1.5 Released! – Phil Haack announces the release of NuGet Version 1.5. The new release brings with it changes to both server and client, along with improvements to the adding of references, exclude file support in NuSpec files, the ability to include NuGet Packages in project templates, improved dependency handling on package removal, support for proxies which require authentication, and much more. It might be worth holding off updating though, as Phil announced on twitter that a problem with the release had been found.
MiniBuss on Codeplex – Johan Danforth announces the first beta release of MiniBuss, a micro framework implementation of a Service Bus framework backed onto MSMQ. The release is available on NuGet and CodePlex, and the CodePlex project page has a short getting started guide.
Announcing PostSharp 2.1 RC 1 – Gael Fraiteur announces the first release Candidate of PostSharp 2.1. This release brings with it the finalized version of the Architecture Validation, Project Properties page for Visual Studio, Compatibility with Code Contracts 4.0 and Silverlight 5, and much more.
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Don’t Execute A Backbone.js Route Handler From Your Code & Don’t Limit Your Backbone Apps To Backbone Constructs – Derick continues his series of posts on the Backbone,js client side framework with a discussion of a seemingly simple set of requirements which actually prove to be tricky to implement, illustrating some important lessons along the way, and Derick also discusses the importance of having good example applications to learn from.
T4 Metadata and Data Annotations Template – Dan Wahlin explores the use of T4 Templates and Data Annotations to generate metadata classes for an existing Entity Framework Model, discussing his solution and sharing his efforts on CodePlex.
GIT Cheat Sheet (and some version control best practices too on page 2) – Greg Duncan highlights a nice simple looking Git cheat sheet which also supplements the one page o GIT command information with a page of best practices for working with Git and more generally with any Version Control System.
On tour – Mark Rendle announces details of his Scottish Tour, taking place in early October where he will be delivering sessions at usergroups in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.
