All languages have syntax rules, and ASP.NET Web Pages with Razor is no different.  The syntax is meant to be light and concise and simple, yet powerful enough to allow you to move to ASP.NET development using Visual Studio easily . Having said that, let’s take a look at a few key features of the...

Getting Familiar with Razor Language Syntax, Features and Rules →

Announcing the NYC Entity Framework Firestarter! When? September 27th, 2010 at 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST Where? Microsoft NYC Office at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY. Your presenters for the event are Julie Lerman , Steve Bohlen and Rachel Appel .  We’ll be talking about all...

Entity Framework Firestarter NY: Sept 27th 2010 →

Whether you’re new to web development or moving from another platform or language, such as PHP or classic ASP, you’ll want to know as few key languages/technologies before getting started and diving into a new web development stack.  Knowing the prerequisites for using WebMatrix (or any tool) will...

Taking steps in the right direction: WebMatrix/Razor learning path →

One of the first things we need to do when creating the UI for a website or web application is setup the look, feel and layout of the site. Classic ASP and PHP developers recognize include files as a way to do this, while ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC developers use Master Pages. Razor however, allows...

Using WebMatrix to Create a Consistent Layout w/Razor Content Blocks & Layout Pages →

What is WebMatrix? WebMatrix is a free, lightweight Web development stack that makes it easy to build web sites that can grow with you, from installation to product deployment & maintenance.  Developers can take advantage of mastering fundamental concepts of building apps for the web by using...

WebMatrix: What is it, Why use it, and Who’s it for? →

I think automatic updates are a great feature in Visual Studio 2010. Each time an instance of VS 2010 is opened, it automatically checks for updates to installed extensions.  When updates are found it then kicks off a quick and painless process to install new updates, and all from within the VS...

Visual Studio 2010 Extensions Magic: Automatic Updates. →

Rather than creating a new post, I’ve modified an email that I’ve sent out to community user group leaders in the NY Metro area. I’m also asking that user group leaders and event organizers from anywhere in the world participate in this event: Devs for Wendy. I’d like to introduce...

Devs for Wendy, July 7th 2010 →

This year’s CodeStock conference in Knoxville, Tennessee completely rocked the house! The sessions and facilities were great and everyone had a blast. Major Kudos to Mike Neel for putting together such a great conference and a huge thank you to everyone who came out to help, speak or otherwise...

CodeStock Trip Report →

Once deployed, an application needs instrumentation, diagnostics and an easy way to perform administrative tasks that apply to it.  So far, we’ve only had the Azure Web Portal to deploy, move from staging to production or back, retrieve application configuration or deployment status,which works...

Automate Azure Application Management with WASM CmdLets →

This weekend is the WCF Firestarter in New York City .  Registration to attend in person is SOLD OUT and we’re looking forward to a full house in the Big Apple on Saturday!  You can see the event agenda at Peter Laudati’s blog , as well as at MSDN Events .  Firestarter events have been...

WCF Firestarter Online Saturday 6/19/2010 →