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Reblogged: What should I learn to get started in .NET and web development? 7 May 2013 | 04:48 am
[Note: I am reblogging this post which originally was posted to the LearningLine blog. Hope you all find it useful here as well] I recently had a conversation with someone who is looking to make a fre...
Why Choose NoSQL and Document Databases over RDBMS 3 May 2013 | 07:25 pm
Do you want to know the biggest single reason you should choose document databases over SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL? Hint: It’s not performance or scalability. Here is a short screencast which shows ...
Installing MongoDB on Windows and OS X 2 May 2013 | 11:41 pm
Ready to get started with NoSQL and MongoDB? Here are two 7-minute walkthroughs for installing MongoDB as a Windows service / OS X daemon. These are both excerpts from my upcoming online MongoDB cours...
A Roundup of MongoDB Management Tools 23 Apr 2013 | 12:38 am
I’ve been working with MongoDB for a long time now. Back in the early days, there really were no management tools analogous to RDBMS tools (e.g. SQL Server Management Studio). Since then, things have ...
Optimistic concurrency in MongoDB using .NET and C# 9 Apr 2013 | 05:37 am
[Update: Available via NuGet - MongoDB.Kennedy.Concurrency] This article demonstrates a technique and supporting library for adding optimistic concurrency control to NoSQL databases and MongoDB in par...
Take the first hour of any online developer course for free at LearningLine 2 Apr 2013 | 01:43 am
[Note: reblogged from blog.learninglineapp.com. I'd like to personally invite you to check out our work over at LearningLine - just follow the links below.] We believe that LearningLine is the most ef...
Slides and demos from DevWeek 2013 8 Mar 2013 | 01:43 pm
I had a great time discussing these topics with everyone at DevWeek 2013. Thanks to all who attended my sessions. Here are the slides: Getting Serious About The Cloud For Developers 18 Ways Your Brand...
Announcing LearningLine: Instructor-led online training from DevelopMentor 18 Feb 2013 | 09:43 pm
I am very proud to announce an exciting new online learning platform from DevelopMentor: http://www.learninglineapp.com At DevelopMentor we have been thinking deeply about online training. We wanted t...
3 Open-Source Validation Projects for ASP.NET MVC 16 Jan 2013 | 07:15 am
The goal of this post is to show you validation options beyond those that come in-the-box from Microsoft and the ASP.NET team. Currently, there are nine pre-built validation attributes that come with ...
Screencast – Validating ASP.NET MVC Forms with DataAnnotations 11 Jan 2013 | 06:37 pm
Here’s a new screencast for you MVC guys and gals out there. Validating ASP.NET MVC Forms with DataAnnotations In this short screencast, I will show you how to leverage ASP.NET MVC’s excellent model b...
