For those in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area, you might be familiar with the “Come Jam With Us” project. Every week, we get together for an hour and code on a particular topic. It is usually led by one or two people and the rest of the group codes along in order to learn about the topic at hand. It is a really great forum for learning new concepts and technologies. This week, on Tuesday, March 2nd, I will be hosting an MVVM jam session at 5:30 (directions). I will be taking you through the process of...

Part 2 This is the first in a many-part series in which I will be writing about using YAML in the .Net space – particularly within C#. I will cover the whys, the hows, and show some tricks using the dynamic capabilities of C# when using YAML. I might even explore IronRuby a bit. Why YAML? I got the chance to sit in on four days of Ruby on Rails (RoR) training from Joe Obrien a few weeks ago. I hadn’t played with RoR in a few months, and this training was amazingly useful. I always like to see what...