Friday, August 29, 2008

ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 is now available

I was telling people in yesterday's .NET Dojo class that we should expect preview 5 any time now.  It looks like it was released as I was saying that yesterday!

I haven't yet downloaded it to convert my projects over, but the release note highlights are:

  • Html Helpers need to look into ModelState to get attempted value
  • Add a convenience overload for Html.ActionLink
  • Need friendly exception for UpdateModel type conversion errors.
  • UpdateModel needs to report a message when a property setter throws an exception

Grab it here:  http://www.codeplex.com/aspnet/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=16775#ReleaseFiles

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

.NET Dojo & August's ALT.NET Geek Dinner

Are you ready for the Dojo?

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Whew!  I’ve been busy lately!  I’ve been wrapping up the content for the .NET Dojo class this Thursday (cutting it close, I know!).  If you’re going to the class, you can get a jump start by grabbing all of the lab material at the google code site here:  http://code.google.com/p/dojoblog.

I created this site, called DojoBlog to reflect the sample project it contains, to allow attendees and anyone else interested to download the code and play with it.  Keep in mind that the code may change last minute, so do a fresh update just before coming to class.

To download it you’ll need a subversion client, such as TortoiseSVN.  The direct link to the repository is here.

If you don’t have/want a subversion client, don’t worry.  We’ll have the material ready on some USB sticks to circle around.  Looking forward to seeing some of you there?  Remember, it’s this Thursday, from 1pm to 4pm.

UPDATE: I zipped up the material and released it on the google code site.

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And after that, why not attend our August ALT.NET Geek Dinner?  We’re holding it immediately after the .NET Dojo, so feel free to drop by, eat some good pizza, drink some good beer, and geek out on random topics.

Our venue is still Star Pizza, located at 2111 Norfolk (map).  The dinner starts at 6pm and ends around 8:30pm.  This month, we’ll discuss:

  • Code Clarity / Fluent Interfaces / Code without comments
  • Model View Presenter pattern
  • Continuous Integration

Will you be there?  Let us know in the comments!