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Understanding CSS Specificity
CSS Specificity is the litmus test used to decide which of the ‘cascading’ styles in CSS will ultimately take precedence when the page is rendered in the browser. This short video demonstrates a quick...
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Painless Virtual Machine Management with XP-More
Working with beta software is hazardous to any developer’s machine, but betas are also a way of life. Therefore a good virtual machine strategy is important in order to keep those beastly betas at bay....
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Podcast: Advanced MVVM with Josh Smith
Author, Microsoft MVP and accomplished pianist Josh Smith, Sr. UX Developer at IdentityMine, joins the show to discuss some of Model View ViewModel’s more advanced scenarios.Full Speed:downloadFast...
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Podcast: MVC Turbine with Javier Lozano
<p><a href="http://lozanotek.com/blog/">Javier Lozano</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/jglozano">@jglozano</a>) joins the show to discuss his project <a...
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The Fundamentals of WebMatrix
Earlier this week Scott Guthrie announced the release of WebMatrix– a new developer tool and development stack based off ASP.NET. I’ve been playing around with WebMatrix and the new view engine called...
View ArticleQuiz: Is WebMatrix Right for You?
Last week I published a few posts on WebMatrix and Razor. The first was a preview of a jQuery Rating Control in WebMatrix with Razor from Infragistics and the other was a fun post displaying my...
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Podcast: HTML5, CSS3 and More Developer Enhancements in IE9
Senior Project Manager for Internet Explorer, Pete LePage (@petele), joins Pixel8 to discuss the upcoming HTML5 and CSS3 support for IE9 along with a review additional developer enhancements coming in...
View ArticleProfessional Activity August 2009 to Date
Every year around this time I turn my attention to what I’ve done over the past year in order to update my MVP profile. While the engine Microsoft provides has many ways to list accomplishments and...
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How a User Group Gave Away Over $65,000 in Prizes with Class
I had an amazing time last night at the Inland Empire .NET user group run by Founder and President James Johnson (@latringo). The celebration marked the 3rd annual Most Valuable Member awards...
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Software Craftsmanship with David Starr
David Starr (@ElegantCoder) is the Curriculum lead on Developer Tools and Practices with Pluralsight. His enthusiasm and passion for raising the bar in software development makes him perfect to join...
View ArticleASP.NET Sprite & Image Optimization Framework Intro in WebForms
The ASP.NET team released a preview of the Sprite and Image Optimization framework yesterday. Here's a quick video to get you started.Note: Make sure to watch it in HD by following this link or...
View ArticleFundamentals of HTML5 Talk at SoCal .NET User Group
I had a great time last night presenting the Fundamentals of HTML5 to the friendly faces at the SoCal .NET User Group. Lionel Wong and Art Villa run a great group!During this talk, I discussed the new...
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Podcast: Introduction to HTML5
The web is a-swirl with talk of HTML5. (Seemingly even Windows 8 programming is soon to include HTML5). With all this talk come some questions:What exactly is HTML5 anyway?Is HTML5 just the next...
View ArticleFree HTML 5 Training - Today is the Day to Begin Your HTML 5 Journey!
If you haven’t noticed yet the guys at Pluralsight have made my Introduction to HTML 5 course available for FREE for the next couple of days during BUILD. While this course is available you’ll learn...
View ArticleHTML 5 Offline Web Applications Webinar Downloads
Thanks to all who joined me this morning for my HTML 5 Offline Applications webinar compliments of the guys at Pluralsight. I had an opportunity to dig a bit into the application cache API as well as...
View ArticleThe Dark Art of Regular Expressions
I've been avoiding regular expressions for a long time. Between the cryptic nature of the expressions to the differences in implementations among languages, I've always been able to limp along by...
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