BusinessRx Reading List

ASP.NET MVC 2 Released

ScottGu's Blog — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:24:16 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Scott on Writing — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

ScottGu's Blog — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:07:29 GMT

[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...(read more)

A few announcements for those in the UK

ScottGu's Blog — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:04:30 GMT

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...(read more)

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

ScottGu's Blog — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:47:24 GMT

[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...(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

Scott on Writing — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:39:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Patch for VS 2010 RC Intellisense Crash Issue Now Available

ScottGu's Blog — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:15:48 GMT

[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...(read more)

Intellisense Crashing fix for VS 2010

ScottGu's Blog — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:41:49 GMT

[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,...(read more)

LIDNUG Online Chat with Me on Thursday Feb 11th

ScottGu's Blog — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:57:55 GMT

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...(read more)

VS 2010 / .NET 4 Release Candidate

ScottGu's Blog — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:39:56 GMT

[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...(read more)

jQuery 1.4.1 Intellisense with Visual Studio

ScottGu's Blog — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:30:30 GMT

[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...(read more)

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

ScottGu's Blog — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:54:52 GMT

[ 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...(read more)

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

ScottGu's Blog — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:44:26 GMT

[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...(read more)

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

ScottGu's Blog — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:12:41 GMT

[ 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...(read more)

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

ScottGu's Blog — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:27:22 GMT

[ 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...(read more)