March, 2011

UPDATE: I have posted the slide deck and session videos to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nigel/archive/2011/03/22/msdn-unplugged-the-unnamed-package-of-web-love.aspx

I delivered my first unplugged session this morning in Wellington on

• Session 1: The Unnamed Package of Web Love
  ASP.NET MVC3, Razor, Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate and emerging HTML5 capabilities (including the new <video/> tag) are providing exciting new ways to create and consume web content. Join Nigel Parker, technology evangelist at Microsoft, as he introduces these new web technologies and demonstrates some practical examples of how you can leverage them in your existing and future web application projects.

There is still time to register for the Dunedin, Hamilton and Auckland events.

As mentioned in my session I will post my links today (don’t look if you are coming to my session later in the week) and a video of the session next week.

Links:

Training Resources:

• http://webcamps.ms – HOL’s, presentations and training
• http://www.asp.net/mvc/pluralsight – Web Platform Video Training (free until March 18th)
• http://microsoft/web (Web Platform Installer)
• http://www.asp.net/WebMatrix 
• Windows Azure Free Trial
• Windows Azure MSDN Benefits
• How To Publish an ASP.NET MVC 3 App to Windows Azure
• RC of Entity Framework 4.1 (which includes EF Code First)
• HTML5 & CSS3 in Visual Studio 2010 SP1
• Expression Web 4 SP1 – HTML5 / CSS3 Support
• http://ie9.co.nz – Get IE9
• ie9ify
• IE9 Developer Tools: Network Tab
• Comparing 3D Graphics Capabilities Of Internet Explorer 9 And Chrome 11
• Chrome 10 vs. Internet Explorer 9 Sun Spider
• Designing for HTML5 & CSS3 – Darren Wood
• Deep Dive into HTML5
• HTML5 and Internet Explorer 9 Demo Fest
• http://www.orchardproject.net
• Azure Storage Explorer
• http://ietestdrive.com
• http://youtube.com/html5
• http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-wmv-player

My Deployed Demo Sites

• http://b.1tri.be – Demo site, HTML5 Video, IE9 site pin, MVC3 + Razor – Hosted on Windows Azure Extra Small Compute Instance
• http://nigel.akl.co.nz – WebMatrix, MVC 3 + SQL Server hosted at http://thecloud.net.nz
• http://nzigel.com – WebMatrix MVC3 + SQL CE 4 hosted on shared hosting environment in the USA

Demos

• FishIE Tank
• Graphics Acceleration (SVG)
• Galactic
• Master of the Web Game NZ
• Way Out Wars Game
• Canvas Pinball
• Flickr Postcards
• Canvas Zoom
• Geolocation
• http://foursquareplayground.com
• Video Format Support
• Firework (video mash up)
• ESPN cricinfo
• 50+ Amazing Websites to visit on Internet Explorer 9

Also keep and eye on Mike’s blog for his session notes and demo’s as well.

UPDATE: I have posted the slide deck and session videos to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nigel/archive/2011/03/22/msdn-unplugged-the-unnamed-package-of-web-love.aspx