BusinessRx Reading List

ASP.NET MVC 2 Released

2010-03-12T05:24:16Z

I’m happy to announce that the final release of ASP.NET MVC 2 is now available for VS 2008/Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with ASP.NET 3.5. You can download and install it from the following locations: Download ASP.NET MVC 2 using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer Download ASP.NET MVC 2 from the Download Center The final release of VS 2010 and Visual Web Developer 2010 will have ASP.NET MVC 2 built-in – so you won’t need an additional install in order to use ASP.NET MVC 2 with them. ...(read more)

Determining Whether a String Is Contained Within a String Array (Case Insensitive)

2010-03-09T14:14:00Z

About once every couple of months I need to write a bit of code that does one thing if a particular string is found within an array of strings and something else if it is not ignoring differences in case . For whatever reason, I never seem to remember the code snippet to accomplish this, so after spending 10 minutes of research today I thought I'd write it down here in an effort to help commit it to memory or, at the very least, serve as a quick place to find the answer when the need arises again....(read more)

Some VS 2010 RC Updates (including patches for Intellisense and Web Designer fixes)

2010-03-08T08:07:29Z

[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] We are continuing to make progress on shipping Visual Studio 2010. I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has downloaded and tried out the VS 2010 Release Candidate, and especially to those who have sent us feedback or reported issues with it. This data has been invaluable in helping us find and fix remaining bugs before we ship the final release. Last month...(read more)

A few announcements for those in the UK

2010-03-08T07:04:30Z

This a quick post to announce a few upcoming events for those in the UK. I’ll be presenting in Glasgow, Scotland on March 25th I’m doing a free 5 hour presentation in Glasgow on March 25th. I’ll be covering VS 2010, ASP.NET 4, ASP.NET Web Forms 4, ASP.NET MVC 2, Silverlight and potentially show off a few new things that haven’t been announced yet. You can learn more about the event and register for free here . There are only a few spots left – so register quickly. When the event fills...(read more)

No Intellisense with VS 2010 RC (and how to fix it)

2010-02-27T07:47:24Z

[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] Patrick recently posted about something he found odd when installing the VS 2010 RC – which was that code intellisense for C# wasn’t working. When he pulled up Tools->Options and checked under the Text Editor->C# settings he noticed that the reason Intellisense wasn’t working was because his profile had them turned off – and he couldn’t understand why it was...(read more)

FIX: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS

2010-02-17T13:39:00Z

I teach two six week courses on ASP.NET at the University of California - San Diego Extension . The first class serves as an introduction to ASP.NET and as such many of the students create their first ASP.NET websites in class. During the first meeting students create a simple ASP.NET website. At the end of the first evening, those students who did not bring their own laptop need to work on their website from home or work; they may copy the files to a thumb drive or ZIP up the files and send them...(read more)

Patch for VS 2010 RC Intellisense Crash Issue Now Available

2010-02-15T18:15:48Z

[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] Last week I blogged about an intellisense crashing issue that is unfortunately in the VS 2010 RC. Crash Symptom If you are encountering frequent VS 2010 crashes when you are typing in the editor while Intellisense is popping up and/or being dismissed then you are running into this issue. Patch Now Available This morning we made available a VS 2010 RC patch which fixes...(read more)

Intellisense Crashing fix for VS 2010

2010-02-12T00:41:49Z

[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] We shipped the VS 2010 RC on Monday , and have seen some great feedback regarding performance and stability with it. One issue, though, that we have seen a number of people run into is an intellisense crash that happens very frequently on machines that have UI Automation enabled and certain devices connected. Crash Symptom If you are encountering frequent VS 2010 crashes...(read more)

LIDNUG Online Chat with Me on Thursday Feb 11th

2010-02-11T06:57:55Z

Today we opened up the VS 2010 RC for everyone to download. You can download it here . Jason Zander (who runs the Visual Studio team) has a good blog post that summarizes a lot of common questions about it here . As I mentioned in my blog post about the RC on Monday, please send me email ( scottgu@microsoft.com ) about any bugs or issues you encounter – that way I can make sure to connect you with someone who can follow up and investigate them quickly. Online Chat with Me Thursday February...(read more)

VS 2010 / .NET 4 Release Candidate

2010-02-09T07:39:56Z

[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] This afternoon we made available the VS 2010 and .NET 4 release candidates. You can find download links here . Right now the downloads are available only to MSDN subscribers. Starting Wednesday (Feb 10th) everyone will be able to download them (regardless of whether you are a MSDN subscriber or not). Background on the Release Candidate I blogged about us deciding...(read more)

jQuery 1.4.1 Intellisense with Visual Studio

2010-02-09T06:30:30Z

[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] A few people have emailed me recently asking about the availability of a Visual Studio –vsdoc intellisense hint file for jQuery 1.4.1. I blogged about –vsdoc files in the past – they provide additional intellisense help information for Visual Studio, and enable you to get a richer intellisense experience with dynamic Javascript libraries. If you are using VS...(read more)

Built-in Charting Controls (VS 2010 and .NET 4 Series)

2010-02-08T05:54:52Z

[ In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] This is the fifteenth in a series of blog posts I’m doing on the upcoming VS 2010 and .NET 4 release. Today’s post covers a nice addition to ASP.NET and Windows Forms with .NET 4 - built-in charting control support. ASP.NET and Windows Forms Charting Controls A little over 14 months ago I blogged about how Microsoft was making available a free download of charting...(read more)

ASP.NET MVC 2 (Release Candidate 2) Now Available

2010-02-05T08:44:26Z

[In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] Earlier this evening the ASP.NET team shipped ASP.NET MVC (Release Candidate 2) for VS 2008/.NET 3.5. You can download it here . The RC2 release of ASP.NET MVC 2 is a follow-up to the first ASP.NET MVC 2 RC build that we shipped in December. It includes a bunch of bug fixes, performance work, and some final API and behavior additions/changes. Below are...(read more)

Nice “Quick Hit” Videos about ASP.NET 4 and VS 2010

2010-01-29T05:12:41Z

[ In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] I’ve been working on a series of blog posts the last few months that cover some of the new features coming with .NET 4 and VS 2010. Earlier today someone pointed me at some nice “quick hit” videos that have been published that also provide quick first looks at some of the new features coming with ASP.NET 4 and VS 2010. These videos aren’t an exhaustive list of everything...(read more)

Extensible Output Caching with ASP.NET 4 (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series)

2010-01-28T07:27:22Z

[ In addition to blogging, I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu ] This is the fourteenth in a series of blog posts I’m doing on the upcoming VS 2010 and .NET 4 release. Today’s post covers some of the output caching extensibility improvements being made to ASP.NET 4. These can be used by all ASP.NET 4 applications – including those built using both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC. Output Caching Today ASP.NET 1.0 introduced...(read more)