Common ASP.NET Design Patterns with Steve Smith (Executive VP of Telerik)

In this presentation, Steve Smith, Executive VP of Telerik, discusses Common ASP.NET Design Patterns. Design Patterns provide common templates for solving the same family of problems in a similar way. They also provide a higher-level language for software developers to use to describe approaches they might choose when designing a component of an application. In…

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Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Never Use Web Forms Again

Find out in less than 4 minutes the Top 5 Reasons to ditch Web Forms and move over to MVC already! #1: Testability– MVC provides true separation of concerns, and makes it easy to test the whole application from Unit Tests to Coded UI Tests. #2: Instant Pages – Get your admin pages up and…

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The Pros and Cons of Using LightSwitch to Speed Up Your Development

SSW’s Mehmet Ozdemir, Solution Architect, is the host of this Webinar. He is joined by Andrew Coates, Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, to talk about the pros and cons of using LightSwitch. They discuss: Introduction to LightSwitch and how it fits into Visual Studio The LightSwitch Architecture (Client Tier; Middle Tier; Data Access) Example library application…

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How to get up and running quickly with ASP.NET MVC

Adam Cogan sits down with Mark Liu, Solution Architect at SSW, to discuss what developers need to hit the ground running when working with ASP.NET MVC. Mark offers three great tips: Leverage twitter bootstrap to get a great looking and functional app. Use repository pattern in business logic Utilize Kendo UI controls Comments? Questions? Leave…

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Visual Studio 2012 – is it worth the dollars?

Book Adam Now All the way from Texas, Chris Menegay – an IT Specialist and Entrepreneur (currently working at Microsoft) – sits down with Adam Cogan to talk about Visual Studio 2012; specifically on whether Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate is worth the extra dollars. In this interview, they talk about: Chris’s job at Microsoft as…

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October Software News with Adam Cogan

In this month’s news, Adam Cogan discusses: Windows Surface (price announcement) Office 2013 RTM SharePoint 2013 DDD Brisbane (December 1st 2012) – call for content www.webplatform.org – A new wiki for software developers Enterprise MVC Course (SSW) Xbox Music – 30 million tracks Scott Guthrie – Windows Azure for building Mobile Apps — Want to…

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