This year I’m proud to announce that I’ve been selected as the KEYNOTE SPEAKER at the annual CodeStock Conference! The theme for CodeStock 2010 is about connections. Connecting with peers and building a professional network. Connecting with IT roles outside of your own. Connecting with...
I’m Keynoting at CodeStock 2010!
Friday, June 18 2010 - Events
Five Great Features in Visual Studio 2010
Monday, June 14 2010 - Visual Studio / Visual Studio 2010
1. Navigate To This feature has quickly become my all time favorite feature of Visual Studio. Navigate To allows you to very quickly navigate to a particular block of code, and is easier than using the Find feature. Navigate To performs a wildcard match on almost all code structures such...
Keeping Configurations Consistent with web.config Transformations
Tuesday, June 08 2010 - Deployment
A key issue when deploying ASP.NET applications is the need to manage the many configurations needed for development, testing, staging, production and so on. Configuration items such as connection strings, app & debug settings and service endpoints need to be set according to their target runtime...
Keeping Configurations Consistent with web.config Transformations →
Creating and Associating an X.509 Certificate to your Windows Azure Account
Monday, May 24 2010 - Azure
You’ll need certificates while developing applications for Windows Azure for a few reasons: You have an Azure application that uses SSL and certificates. You want to use PowerShell Cmdlets to automate Azure management tasks. You want to develop code against the Azure Management API. Certificates are...
Creating and Associating an X.509 Certificate to your Windows Azure Account →
Live from NYC…It’s the Silverlight 4 Firestarter! Sat, June 5, 2010
Monday, May 17 2010 - Events
Silverlight 4 is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web, desktop, and mobile applications when online or offline. First introduced in 2007, Silverlight has come a long way, with four major version releases in less than three years. By now, you’ve...
Live from NYC…It’s the Silverlight 4 Firestarter! Sat, June 5, 2010 →
User Groups in the NJ/NY/CT/DE/PA Areas
Monday, May 17 2010 - User Groups
Download a PDF of the NY Metro User groups. Download a NY Metro Outlook Calendar (.ics) file with area group schedules. NJ/NY/CT Groups Connecticut .NET User Groups Fairfield/Westchester .NET Users Group Fairfield/Westchester SQL Server Group Southern CT .NET User Group Connecticut .NET NJ .NET...
New Jersey Women in Technology Event!
Monday, May 17 2010 - Events
New Jersey Technical Women in Technology Are you a Technical Women in Technology? Are you tired of always being surrounded by technical males that don't ____ (fill in the blank)? Are you tired of trying to explain your technical issues to other women that just don't get it? Are you looking to connect...
Give us 2-hours and we’ll give you the cloud!
Friday, April 23 2010 - Events
@Home with Azure: Free Windows Azure online hands-on workshop Elevate your skills in this 2 hour online workshop you will be guided through the process of building and deploying a large scale Azure application. Forget about “Hello World”! In less than two hours you will build and deploy a...
Devscovery 2010 <- April 27-29
Tuesday, April 20 2010 - Events
I’m happy to say that I’m speaking at the elite Devscovery conference with the crew from Wintellect! My sessions are on jQuery, Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET. Plan to join Jeffrey Richter, Jeff Prosise, John Robbins, and other industry experts in New York April 27-29 and Redmond September 14-16...
Visual Studio 2010 : /* Life Runs on Code */
Monday, April 05 2010 - Announcements
Learn about the new things you can do. Find out about the variety of rich application platforms that Visual Studio 2010 supports, including Windows 7, the Web, SharePoint 2010, Windows Azure, and Windows Phone 7 Series. Visual Studio 2010 is packed with new and enhanced features that simplify the entire...
