A relatively common scenario you might want in your application is the ability for a user to click a link that pops up a little dialog to submit some information.  For example, let's say you have this form where the user could click the "Contact this person" link: After clicking this link, it pops up the following dialog where the user can type in their message: Finally, once the user submits their message, it shows a little confirmation: This scenario can be implemented with MVC...

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation last night at FredNUG [http://frednug.org/].  The code samples can be downloaded here [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=michelotti&ReleaseId=938] ....

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation last night at CapArea [http://caparea.net/] on C# 3.0 and C# 4.0.  You can download the C# 3.0 code samples, C# 4.0 code samples, and the PowerPoint presentation from here [https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=michelotti&ReleaseId=3148] . Several people asked me about some of the tools I was using during the presentation.  A list of the tools that I use (and more) can be found here [http://geekswithblogs.net/mi...

On Tuesday night (August 25), I will be presenting "C# 3.0 Deep Dish with a slice of C# 4.0" at CapArea .NET User Group [http://caparea.net/] (but I have to give Brian Noyes [http://www.softinsight.com/bnoyes/] credit for the catchy title). The primary content of the presentation will be a deep dive into the C# 3.0 language features. The latter part of the presentation will be an overview of the features coming in C# 4.0. Hope to see you there. Additionally, the next night (Wednesday, August...

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 Rails for .NET Developers [http://www.amazon.com/Rails-NET-Developers-Facets-Ruby/dp/1934356204/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251052429&sr=8-1] by Jeff Cohen and Brian Eng. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to any ASP.NET developer that wants to learn more about Rails or wants to better understand the concepts behind MVC....