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Microsoft Philippines Event - Windows Azure Cloud Camp

Vincent Maverick Durano — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:59:42 GMT

The Microsoft team will be conducting an event in Cebu regarding Windows Azure this coming December 8, 2011 at 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. So if you are new to Azure and want to learn this new exciting developer platform then don't hesitate to join and register!

For more details please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/philippines/azureu/default.aspx

See you guys there! =}

Microsoft MVP Again for 2011

Vincent Maverick Durano — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:29:26 GMT

I just got a great news from Microsoft that I’m re-awarded as Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for this year. This is my 3^rd year in a row as an MVP and I’m of course very happy about and feel honored by it. Woohoo!!

Here’s the Proof =}

“Dear Vincent Maverick Durano,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 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 in ASP.NET/IIS technical communities during the past year.

The Microsoft MVP Award provides us the unique opportunity to celebrate and honor your significant contributions and say "Thank you for your technical leadership."

BIG thanks to Microsoft, my MVP Lead Lilian Quek, readers, and everyone who has supported me!!!

I'm on the Top of the World...

Vincent Maverick Durano — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:32:36 GMT

I just noticed that I get to the top contributor list again for the last 30 days at the Microsoft official Asp.net Community Forums (http://forums.asp.net/).

Feels great! =}

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A Monkey Talks about ASP.NET

Vincent Maverick Durano — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:50:55 GMT

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 and MVC are two approaches for building ASP.NET applications. Both are good choices and both have their place in the market. WebForms is a development approach for Rapid Applications in which you can take advantage of the design surface, powerful server controls and components. So if you are familiar with drag-and-drop and event driven model or if you are coming from a Windows Application development and want to jump on web development then you can start with WebForms. ASP.NET MVC on the other hand is another approach for building up dynamic web applications and provides a clean separation of concerns (the Model, the View and the Controller) and gives you full control over your codes, HTTP, Request, Response, JavaScripts, CSS, HTML, Get and Post and so on...Aside from WebForms and MVC there's another web development tool from Microsoft called WebMatrix and it's absolutely free . It is basically designed to provide easier entry into ASP.NET development - especially for those used to scripting technologies like PHP and classic ASP or those completely new to dynamic web development. With WebMatrix you can easily build a dynamic website within less than an hour because everything you need for web development is bundled into one including IIS Express, IDE, Sql Server Compact Edition, Razor, and a new programming Framework - Web Pages. It also provides a lot of built-in web templates that you can use.

Now which development approach would I follow?

Well the answer depends on the business needs. Again all approach are good choices but here's what I would like to suggest:

If you are a windows application developer (I'm actually referring to VB6 or .Net windows forms programmers) and want to get started with ASP.NET then you can start working with WebForms.
If you wanted to build up web applications in just a short amount of time then you can go for WebForms.
If you are coming from a classic ASP, PHP or even WebForms and wanted to embrace the web, value unit testing, separation of concerns then you can go for MVC.
If you are an experienced WebForm developer and wanted to know the real web development then you should get to know MVC.
If you used PHP or classic ASP before, love scripting and wanted to enter the ASP.NET world then you go for WebMatrix.
If you wanted to build up web applications in just a short amount of time and you are already familiar with scripting technologies such as PHP or classic ASP then you go for WebMatrix.

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Selected as one of the GWB Influencers

Vincent Maverick Durano — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:52:34 GMT

Today, I'm surprised and honored to be one of the Geekswithblogs.net Infuencers. You can find more information here: http://geekswithblogs.net/Influencers.aspx

Quiz Master at Beyond Relational

Vincent Maverick Durano — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:19:55 GMT

Last month a friend of mine invited me to join BeyondRelational.com and asked me to nominate myself as a .NET Quiz Master. In order to qualify I must submit an interesting question related to .NET and their .NET team will review the information and will select 31 quiz masters for the .NET quiz category. This seems insteresting to me so I go ahead and submit one entry. Luckily I was selected as one of the 31 Quiz Masters in the .NET category. I hope to be able to keep up the good work there for years to come. Big Thanks to Jacob Sebastian and his Team!

And oh.. I didn't get a changce to blog about this last week but just to let you guys know that the .NET General Quiz just started last january 1st 2011. The quiz will be a series of 31 questions, managed by 31 .NET quiz masters. Each quiz master will ask one question and will moderate the discussion and answers and finally will identify the winner of each quiz. Each answer that is correct will get a certain score ranging from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest. The scores of all 31 questions will be added up to identify the final winner.

So what are you waiting for? Sign-up and register now and get a changce to win some exciting prizes!

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Joined the Professional Level at CodeASP.Net Community

Vincent Maverick Durano — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:54:22 GMT

I just noticed that I have reached the Professional level at the http://www.codeasp.net.

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Moderator at CodeASP.NET

Vincent Maverick Durano — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:04:48 GMT

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.

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Microsoft MVP Again for 2010

Vincent Maverick Durano — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:52:14 GMT

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 in ASP/ASP.NET technical communities during the past year.

Also in this email:

About your MVP Award Gift
How to access www.mvpaward.com to begin taking advantage of your award benefits
Your MVP Identification Number
MVP Award Program Code of Conduct

The Microsoft MVP Award provides us the unique opportunity to celebrate and honor your significant contributions and say "Thank you for your technical leadership."

I would like to thank Microsoft for bestowing this award on me, my MVP Lead Lilian Quek, readers, and everyone who has supported me.

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

Vincent Maverick Durano — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:25:39 GMT

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!