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ASP.NET MVC 2 Released

NinethSense — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:09:01 +0000

Final release of ASP.NET MVC 2 is now available for VS 2008/Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with ASP.NET 3.5.

Download Links:

What is new in ASP.NET MVC 2?

New Strongly Typed HTML Helpers
Enhanced Model Validation support across both server and client
Auto-Scaffold UI Helpers with Template Customization
Support for splitting up large applications into “Areas”
Asynchronous Controllers support that enables long running tasks in parallel
Support for rendering sub-sections of a page/site using Html.RenderAction
Lots of new helper functions, utilities, and API enhancements
Improved Visual Studio tooling support

Read ScottGu’s Blog entry

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IT Architecture bytes

NinethSense — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:46:24 +0000

Design Principles at a glance. I will be adding more in coming days.

KISS	keep it simple and stupid Keep it simple, stupid! Keep it short and simple	The KISS principle states that simplicity should be a key goal in design, and that unnecessary complexity should be avoided
YAGNI	You ain’t gonna need it	It is the principle in extreme programming that programmers should not add functionality until it is necessary
DRY	Don’t Repeat Yourself Duplication is Evil	Aimed at reducing repetition of information of all kinds. Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system.
SOC	Separation of Concerns	It is the process of separating a computer program into distinct features that overlap in functionality as little as possible
SRP	Single Responsibility Principle	Every object should have a single responsibility, and that responsibility should be entirely encapsulated by the class. All its services should be narrowly aligned with that responsibility.
TDD	Test Driven Development	Is a software development technique that relies on the repetition of a very short development cycle: First the developer writes a failing automated test case that defines a desired improvement or new function, then produces code to pass that test and finally refractors the new code to acceptable standards.
CI	Continuous Integration	continuous integration implements continuous processes of applying quality control - small pieces of effort, applied frequently.
BDD	Behavior Driven Development	Is an Agile software development technique that encourages collaboration between developers, QA and non-technical or business participants in a software project.
DDD	Domain Driven Design	Is an approach to developing software for complex needs by deeply connecting the implementation to an evolving model of the core business concepts.
POEAA	Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture	A book by Martin Flower

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Enterprise Service Bus

NinethSense — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:51:41 +0000

Today I was discussing something with a friend (scenario anonymous ;)) and came the topic Enterprise Service Bus. I checked its Wikipedia explanation and I wonder why I missed the link between its definition and title. Because I knew the concept but didn’t know Enterprise Service Bus was the name for that.

An Enterprise Service Bus (or ESB) consists of a software architecture construct which provides fundamental services for complex architectures via an event-driven and standards-based messaging-engine (the bus).

An ESB generally provides an abstraction layer on top of an implementation of an enterprise messaging system, which allows integration architects to exploit the value of messaging without writing code. Unlike the more classical enterprise application integration (EAI) approach of a monolithic stack in a hub and spoke architecture, an enterprise service bus builds on base functions broken up into their constituent parts, with distributed deployment where needed, working in harmony as necessary.

Another good reading: http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/en/us/esb-guidance.aspx

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My new Lappy :)

NinethSense — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:18:20 +0000

Toshiba A505 Series. Intel Core2Duo 2.2 GHz/4GB DDR3/500 GB HDD/16” TFT/HDMI

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Visual Studio 2010 editions - naming

NinethSense — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:07:07 +0000

Visual Studio 2010	Contents
Professional Edition	Meaning is almost same as present. Includes features necessary for the development. A cheap edition.
Premium Edition	Kind of enhanced Team Edition for Developers. It includes all the good features of Developer & Database editions and few features from tester edition
Ultimate Edition	Everything! Can say an equivalent for existing ‘Team Suite’.

Official release of Visual Studio 2010 is planned for 22 March 2010.

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Load user controls dynamically with ASP.NET

NinethSense — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:06:23 +0000

ctrl_homegadget ctrl 
	= (ctrl_homegadget) LoadControl("ctrl_homegadget.ascx");
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ctrl.Title = "Hello";
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MCPD – Microsoft Certification

NinethSense — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:26:03 +0000

More details: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcpd.aspx

You can choose either

1. Win developer or

2. Web (asp.net) developer or

3. Enterprise Application Developer

MCPD in Enterprise application stream is the super one but you have to cover 6 papers. Other streams need 3 papers each.

Exams:

	70-536	70-505	70-563	70-562	70-564	70-561	70-503	70-565
Windows Developer	?	?	?
Web Developer	?			?	?
Enterprise Application Developer	?	?		?		?	?	?

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Run WCF service (service.svc) on IIS7

NinethSense — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:47:03 +0000

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Strip SQL Comments using RegularExpression with C#

NinethSense — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:53:50 +0000

Here is the code:

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Free e-book – First Look: Microsoft Office 2010

NinethSense — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:12:29 +0000

Download here.

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