UPDATE: I figured it was time do the obligatory “what’s in my laptop bag” post. If you have been following my twitter stream you might have seen that I just purchased a new MacBook Pro and I figured it was time to get a new laptop bag as well. Previously I had the a Microsoft Ogio bag, basically the same as the Ogio Hip Hop. After some strong recommendations from my friends I decided on... more
My involvement in MVC 2 started almost a year ago, and it has been one crazy year! For me this is a rather important release because it was really the first major project I have ever worked on and my first Microsoft project to RTM. I have grown leaps and bounds over this last year and learned more than I ever thought I could. I had the privilege of working with some of the smartest... more
In ASP.NET there is a concept of Browser Capabilities, they define what the device that issued the request to the site is capable of doing. For instance things like “Supports JavaScript” and “Supports Frames”, they also provide other meta information about the device such as the Name and version number. I’ll be the first to say that most of the values that are in there are no longer really useful. For example that is a... more
In ASP.NET 4 there are a few improvements that have been made to make it easier to make tweaks to improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on your pages. I’ll be the first to say it and definitely not the last but these improvements are not ground breaking or “sexy” but it does make your life a little easier. There are three main improvements that have been made. First is that webforms now has a better... more
Recently everyone on my team has switched to using Hyper-V as our primary means of virtualization. The combination of Hyper-V and differencing disks works great for our team as we install all kinds of bit that more than likely will explode our computers. We are testers after all. There was one thing that really took me awhile to figure out and quite frankly most people on my team don’t know you can do (hence the... more