David Hayden - Florida .NET Developer - C# and SQL Server

Download SubSonic 3.0 - Data Access Layer for .NET Applications

Dave Hayden — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:08:00 GMT

Grab the recent release of this O/R Mapper.

Why ASP.NET MVC C# Developers Should Learn Ruby on Rails

Dave Hayden — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:50:00 GMT

I am a better Microsoft Developer because of it :)

IronRuby 0.6 Released - Better Performance and Cucumber Enhancements

Dave Hayden — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:15:00 GMT

New release of IronRuby!

Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers Book Review

Dave Hayden — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:26:00 GMT

Nice starter book for those wanting to learn Ruby on Rails.

Windows 7 Beta will Start to ReBoot Every 2 Hours

Dave Hayden — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Get off Windows 7 Beta before July 1...

NHibernate in Action Book Review

Dave Hayden — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:10:00 GMT

Great book. A little late on the scene given NHibernate 2.0 and community projects like Fluent NHibernate. However, still a must read for those who want to learn NHibernate.

MvcContrib Grid and Pager Helpers for ASP.NET MVC Framework

Dave Hayden — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:25:00 GMT

Quick introduction to the Grid and Pager Helpers in MvcContrib.

ASP.NET MVC Screencasts

Dave Hayden — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:14:00 GMT

A list of useful screencasts from TampaDev.org and by the community.

Download Spark View Engine 1.0

Dave Hayden — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:18:00 GMT

Spark View Engine released as 1.0!

Entity Framework Feature - Self Tracking Entities - Poco Template - Code Only

Dave Hayden — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:06:00 GMT

A less invasive Entity Framework as an add-on to the .NET Framework 4.0.

ASP.NET MVC Ajax Helpers Screencast

Dave Hayden — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:48:00 GMT

A screencast based on this past month's Tampa ASP.NET MVC Developer Group. This month's homework will be based on these AjaxHelpers.

Named Routes in ASP.NET MVC like Ruby on Rails

Dave Hayden — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:39:00 GMT

Our Html.ActionLink Helpers in ASP.NET MVC could use a little dash of named routes in Rails along with compile-time safety and refactoring support.

Cucumber and RSpec for Rails Development is Elegant - ASP.NET MVC Inspiration

Dave Hayden — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:26:00 GMT

Really enjoy using Cucumber and RSpec for Rails Development. Inspiration for ASP.NET MVC Development.

jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX at Tampa MVC Developer Group

Dave Hayden — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:42:00 GMT

Gotta respect 70 developers learning ASP.NET MVC on their free time :)

Download ASP.NET MVC Installer and Code Snippets for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1

Dave Hayden — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:23:00 GMT

This is great news!

Download Safari 4

Dave Hayden — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:33:00 GMT

Apple Released Safari 4 today.

The Well-Grounded Rubyist Book Review - Manning

Dave Hayden — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:03:00 GMT

Just what I needed to understand Ruby and the syntatical sugar in the Rails books. Great book.

Tampa ASP.NET MVC Developer Group Meeting: ASP.NET MVC with jQuery

Dave Hayden — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:52:00 GMT

Just a reminder that the next Tampa ASP.NET MVC Developer Group Meeting is on Thursday, June 11 at the Microsoft Office in Tampa, Florida.

Introduction to jQuery with ASP.NET MVC

The meeting will be 2 hours of bliss focused on the UI of your ASP.NET MVC Web Applications and cover an introduction to:

MvcContrib
ASP.NET MVC Futures Assembly
ASP.NET AJAX in ASP.NET MVC
ASP.NET MVC and jQuery

Make sure you register. I look forward to seeing you there :)

David Hayden

Ruby Optional Parameters and Default Values Like C# 4.0

Dave Hayden — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:34:00 GMT

Ruby has Optional Parameters now. Neat to think about.

C# 4.0 Optional Parameters and C# 4.0 Named Parameters

Dave Hayden — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:01:00 GMT

A neat little feature in C# 4.0 worth mentioning.

Internet Explorer 8 Accelerators - Map with Live Search

Dave Hayden — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:58:00 GMT

IE8 Accelerators seem pretty cool.

VMware Fusion and Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2010

Dave Hayden — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:08:00 GMT

Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2010 install nicely on Mac with VMware Fusion.

Rails for .NET Developers Book Review - Pragmatic Programmers

Dave Hayden — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:13:00 GMT

Great starter book for those .NET Developers interested in Rails.

JetBrains RubyMine 1.1 Released - Ruby on Rails IDE

Dave Hayden — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:57:00 GMT

A new release!

Free iPhone Development Training - Learn iPhone Application Programming

Dave Hayden — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:34:00 GMT

Nice training from iTunes-U and Stanford University!