So I decided that I am going to make the trip out to Las Vegas for MIX10. The cool thing about going to MIX this year is that I am going completely on my own as an attendee not a Microsoft Employee. So that means I Actually get to have fun the whole time not work during the whole thing. There are a lot of great speaker and to be honest I’m super excited to... more
The SQL Server Reporting Services (SQL-RS) Team is looking for the brightest and best testers out there. The SQL-RS team is responsible for the Microsoft Chart Control (Included in .NET 4), the Report Viewer, the Map Control, and the Gauge Control. I personally worked with the SQL-RS test team when they were shipping the Microsoft Chart Control for ASP.NET and they have a lot of bright and fun people over there. The next big thing... more
Okay so if you read this title and said “wait… MVC has Script helpers?!” you should first go read my original post on MVC Script & Css Helpers. Okay now for those of you who know what they are or just finished reading about them, I was able to add a small feature from Beta to RC to the script helper that I just didn’t have time to code the first time. If you download... more
That’s right you read the title right the ASP.NET QA team is once again hosting ninja try outs. We are looking for someone who is able to help evolve the team processes, improve our tooling, and join us in the trenches as we test one of the best technologies out there. Overall the team is responsible for ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC, Microsoft AJAX, and a whole slew of other technologies. Our technologies can be found... more
The Problem Okay so lets start with a little bit of background on what a HTTP verb is. Raise your hand if you know what they are… Okay put it down people in your office are starting to stare at you. So without dragging out the explanation the HTTP verb is basically the way in which a request tells the server what it is trying to do. Most developers are familiar with the concept of... more