Tomorrow night I'll be at RockNUG [http://www.rocknug.org/] presenting LINQ to SQL. Yes, LINQ to SQL. Again. In the last 2 years I have presented LINQ to SQL numerous times at various user groups and code camps. Why do I keep getting asked to present LINQ to SQL? Isn't LINQ to SQL dead? Answer: No.  LINQ to SQL is not dead! This confusion all started back in October 2008 with a seemingly innocuous post [http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/10/29/update-on-linq-to-sql-and-linq-to-entities-...

Thanks to everyone who attended my "MVC in the Real World" presentation at CMAP Code Camp today.  The code as well as the PowerPoint can be downloaded here: MVC in the Real World Download [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=michelotti&ReleaseId=3288] I also had a few other requests during the talk.  First, I had a request to post the code as it looked at the very beginning of my talk before I modified anything.  You'll find that link on the download page ab...

In an effort to continually improve as a developer, one of the things I do is read lots of books [http://www.shelfari.com/michelotti/shelf]. Recently I read ASP.NET MVC in Action [http://www.amazon.com/ASP-NET-MVC-Action-Jeffrey-Palermo/dp/1933988622/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257257918&sr=8-1] by Jeffrey Palermo, Ben Scheirman, and Jimmy Bogard. In short, I consider this a "must read" for anyone who is serious about developing with the ASP.NET MVC framework. I've heard some people sa...

Thanks to everyone who attended my C# 4.0 New Languages Features presentation at CMAP last night.  Both the code and PowerPoint are available for download. C# 4.0 New Language Features Download [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=michelotti&DownloadId=7433] After the presentation, I had a few people ask me about some of tools I was using.  They can all be found on my Developer Tools and Utilities [http://geekswithblogs.net/michelotti/archive/2008/11/2...

I'll be giving a presentation on C# 4.0 New Language Features this Tuesday at the CMAP Main Meeting [http://www.cmap-online.org/Meetings/Details/2009-11-03.aspx]. Also I'll be presenting MVC in the Real World this Saturday at CMAP Code Camp [http://www.cmap-online.org/CodeCamp/]. Hope to see you there!...