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ProudMonkey Controls for ASP.NET 4.0 - Version 3

First of all I am so happy to know that many developers around the world uses my controls (~ it's really a big surprise to me. =} ). Thank you all and hope you'll continue to provide feedback or feature suggestions so that I can work on it on my free time. I've seen a lot of developers asking me via email, forums, blog comments, and private messages requesting how to use those controls in ASP.NET 4.0 with the latest release of AjaxControlToolkit. As you may know the previous dll of ProudMonkey controls...

A Monkey Talks about ASP.NET

Last week, I was interviewed by Zandra Nilocas from Microsoft Philippines. It was my first time experience to talk about something in front of the camera so it's not surprising that I looked like an idiot in that interview (you know swiveling my chair back and forth without noticing it). Anyway in the interview we talked about ASP.NET WebForms, MVC and Web Matrix in general and just to elaborate a bit of what we talked about and to clarify things out, I have decided to write this post... WebForms...

Analyze and Manage your Code with Visual NDepend

NDepend is an awesome tool by Patrick Smacchia (C# MVP) which the primary goal is to let you analyze your application and to get clear idea about cross dependencies between objects, level of association between them and to know the condition of your code easily. With NDepend you can get the summary of everything on what’s happening in your project at glance and provide a lot more cool features that would help you in analyzing your application. Here's a sample screen shot of the tool: Note that just...

Moderator at CodeASP.NET

Today, I was surprised to know that I have been selected as one of the moderators at the Code.ASP.Net community. I feel honored to be one of the moderation team. I know this is not an easy role but I will try my best to contribute more and help grow the community. I hope to be able to keep up the good work there for years to come. Technorati Tags: Community...

Create, Build, Run,Test and Debug codes online with CodeRun Studio

Hajan posted a blog at codeasp.net and discovered an awesome tool that would let you Create, Build, Run, Test and Debug codes online. I find this tool very useful and handy because I can easily run and test codes without Visual Studio and without installing something in my computer. What is this awesome tool by the way? They called it CodeRun Studio - CodeRun is A free, cross-platform browser-based IDE designed for the cloud. It enables you to easily develop, debug and deploy web applications using...

Microsoft MVP Again for 2010

Just got an email from Microsoft stating that I have been re awarded as an ASP/ASP.NET Microsoft MVP for 2010!! I am very honored to receive the award the second time. Feels really great! =) Here's the email below: Dear Vincent Maverick Durano, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions...

Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail

Microsoft just gave a sneak peek to the new Window Live Hotmail, representing the next generation in personal email. Practical innovations has been introduced to help people manage the clutter and regain control of their inboxes – efficiently and the new features will become available to customers world-wide from mid-2010. A quick overview of the key updates: Stay better organized Today’s inboxes are overflowing with mail that most people consider junk, even though it’s mail that’s legitimate. To...

Joined the 100,000 Recognition Points Club in the ASP.NET Forums

I am the fourth person who reached the 100,000 recognition points in the ASP.NET forums and I am really honored be one in the club. Feels great

Why double quotes does not work in inline databinding statement?

Over the ASP.Net forums where I frequently participate, a member asked the difference between using single quotes and double quotes in a databinding expression. So I thought of sharing the answer that I have provided on that thread as a reference to others. Here's the actual question of the user: I have always been wondering what can be the reason behind the following? <asp:GridView runat="server"> <Columns> <asp:TemplateField> <ItemTemplate> <asp:HiddenField runat="server"...

Free Developer Training: Silverlight 4 Training Kit

Channel 9 is offering a free Silverlight 4 Training Kit. The training kit includes a whitepaper explaining all of the new Silverlight 4 features, several hands-on-labs that explain the features, and a 8 unit course for building business applications with Silverlight 4. The business applications course includes 8 modules with extensive hands on labs as well as accompanying videos that walk you through key aspects of building a business application with Silverlight. Key aspects in this course are working...

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