Simple notes to can come back to later, documenting the setup steps to follow to create a basic ASP.Net MVC 3 project in Visual Studio 2010. The goal is to end up with an MVC 3 project that uses Glimpse, ELMAH and MiniProfiler for debugging. I also want to have all the database scripts created and ready to run against my remote databases (e.g. – for ASP.Net Membership).
ASP.Net MVC 3 Links, Tips & Tricks
General notes/links to stuff that has helped me out in my learning of ASP.Net MVC 3.
- ASP.Net MVC 3 Roundup of Tutorials, Videos, Labs and other Assorted Training Materials Excellent set of resources. Going through the links on this page alone will keep you busy for ages.
- ASP.Net MVC 3 Tutorials Index Another wicked list of links/resources.
- Intro to ASP.NET MVC 3, by Rick Anderson, January 12, 2011 Great introductory tutorial for ASP.Net MVC 3 that spans 18 articles and covers everything you want to know to get up and running.
- Pluralsight ASP.Net MVC 3 Videos Set of 10 free videos from Pluralsight that gives a great overview of ASP.Net MVC 3.
“Done Is Better Than Perfect”
Great articles on “The Done Manifesto” and “Done Is Better Then Perfect”. Also a great interview with Facebook’s Ben Barry – “How To Hack Your Job”.
Siren Renaming Expressions
Just a simple post to keep track of the Siren expressions I use to rename files. If you have any good ones, please send them to me so that I can add them here.
If you want a quick tutorial on how to install/use Siren to rename files, please read my other post.
Renaming Files Using Siren
I do a lot of file renaming. Mostly for photography. And my tool of choice for renaming files is Siren by Scarabée Software. It’s a bit cryptic to use but once you get the hang of it, it’s awesome.
HTML5 / JavaScript / CSS (Links)
Just a bunch of links to stuff that’s helped me while learning. They are in the order that helped me have those “kerklunk” moments that always happen when you “get it” for the first time when learning something new.
PowerShell Magazine Launched Last Week
For the script-minded geeks out there and if you like doing 30 things in one line of code, head on over and check it out…
Windows 8 Links
Now that the Build conference is under way, I thought I’d start a list of good links that come out of it and also links related to Windows 8 itself and how we are going to develop for it. They are in order or priority (for me) as going forward, I’m going to use this as a reference list for myself…
Windows 8 – Gimme some of that HTML5 goodness!
From Mary Jo Foley:
“Sinofsky’s newest blog post also makes it clear (to me, at least) that the new HTML5/JavaScript/Metro apps are going to be the new, cool showcase apps from Microsoft’s perspective.”
Can’t wait to see what MS announces at the Build conference in a couple of weeks…