March, 2011

HTML5. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably at least heard of it. But what is HTML 5, really? Background HTML5 is a bit of an overloaded term at the moment, which unfortunately leads to no small amount of confusion. Wikipedia has a...

For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for Mid-Atlantic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg703250.aspx In this issue, I talk about the value of sharing your knowledge, how to speak at MADExpo , and highlight...

Want to learn more about some of the cool projects students have come up with for the Imagine Cup? What better way than to check out the Imagine Cup People’s Choice Awards : Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t recommend specifically checking out...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar : Webinar - Learn How to Prevent Software Bugs Wednesday...

I’ve published a new DevNugget screencast on Channel 9, and linked below. In it, I demonstrate the use of the HandleError action filter that I described in my recent tutorial of the same name . Given that some folks learn best by reading, while others...

While preparing to record a video walkthrough of the action filters tutorial I recently published , I noticed that I was having some issues with syntax coloring and Intellisense in my Razor views. Now, given the number of CTP, beta, and RC releases of...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar : Frederick Web Tech: Intro to Windows Phone...

Jennifer Ritzinger and Mike Swanson provide the latest on what’s coming for MIX11.

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If you’re new to ASP.NET MVC , or just new to MVC 3, it’s worth taking the time to check out K. Scott Allen’s MVC 3 video series, published by Pluralsight , and available for free for a limited time. I just watched the introduction, and it’s a good overview...

Update – for folks who learn best visually, I’ve posted a follow-up screencast of the demo steps discussed below, as a DevNuggets video. You can view the video here.

What’s an Action Filter?

If you’re just getting started with ASP.NET MVC, you may have heard of something called action filters, but haven’t had the chance to use them yet. Action filters provide a convenient mechanism for attaching code to your controllers and/or action methods that implements what are referred to as cross-cutting concerns, that is, functionality that isn’t specific to one particular action method, but rather is something you’d want to re-use across multiple actions.

An action filter is a .NET class that inherits from FilterAttribute or one of its subclasses, usually ActionFilterAttribute, which adds the OnActionExecuting, OnActionExecuted, OnResultExecuting, and OnResultExecuted methods, providing hooks for code to be executed both before and after the action and result are processed.

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Recently, I mentioned a new conference coming to the Mid-Atlantic this summer. The Mid Atlantic Developer Expo is THE place to learn about software development, microcontroller and other hardware boards, Kinect development, and more. And now YOU have...

For those who don’t subscribe, here’s my local editorial for the MSDN Flash newsletter for Mid-Atlantic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/gg681882.aspx In it, I cover why you should be looking forward to installing Visual Studio Service Pack 1 , and share...

Go grab it at http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/ . Enjoy the fastest IE ever, with industry-leading JavaScript speed, full hardware acceleration, and HTML 5 support. Then there’s pinned sites, which allows your favorite websites to provide quick shortcuts...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar : .NET Security - A to Z Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:30...

A reminder from my friends in Roanoke : Roanoke Code Camp 2011 – THIS SATURDAY! It is finally upon us!  Roanoke Code Camp will be held on Saturday, March 12, from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM.  There will are a variety of learning opportunities from round...

The latest episode of the Community Megaphone Podcast is up! In this episode, Andrew and guest host David Makogon talk to Chad Green, creator and organizer of CodepaLOUsa, about what’s involved in starting a new conference, why he wanted to subject himself...

Folks who have seen me recently have remarked on the fact that I’ve lost a bit of weight over the last 6 months (30 lbs., or so), and often wonder what I’m doing. Diet (low-carb) and exercise are part of it, but I believe a big part of my success is having...

Great news! Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 will be available tomorrow for download for MSDN Subscribers , and will be generally available for download on March 10th, 2011. While the Service Pack is mostly focused on improvements in response to feedback...

Jason Zander has posted an article detailing a change that’s coming in the soon-to-be-released SP1 for Visual Studio 2010 with respect to how Visual Studio 2010 behaves on Windows XP with hardware acceleration. The short version is that for Windows XP...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar : Microsoft Web Camp Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:00 AM...

Ran into this recently, so I wanted to share the resolution. The scenario is that you’re working on an ASP.NET Web Pages project in WebMatrix, and you want to manage the Helper packages that are installed for your project. The way to do this is to visit...