Eric Hexter

MSDN License Giveaways for Open Source Projects

I am totally excited to support the folks over at Devlicio.us and their giveaway. They are giving away MSDN Licenses to Open Source projects in need of said licenses. As a Microsoft MVP, I was given three MSDN License’s to help spread...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 9:14 PM by erichexter

Filed under: OSS, Open Source Software

Converting from webforms to MVC presentation?

I just posted the video from the Community for MVC presentation by Matt Hawley about how Codeplex has been converting the site from ASP.Net Webforms to ASP.Net MVC . The video is posted here . Checkout the rest of the C4MVC presentations here:

Published Fri, Jul 16 2010 6:56 AM by erichexter

Filed under: mvc, Asp.Net, .Net, Asp.Net MVC, Usergroup

Signup for MvcConf – Virtual ASP.Net MVC Conference

When: Thursday in July 22nd 8am - 5pm CDT Cost: Free Where: Virtual (Live Meeting) Register: http://mvcconf.com MvcConf is a online conference where you can learn about real experiences creating MVC applications as well about what the future holds for...

Published Thu, Jul 08 2010 6:47 AM by erichexter

Filed under: Asp.Net, .Net, IIS, Asp.Net MVC, Community, Usergroup, jQuery

Using ModelMetaData in ASP.Net MVC 2 to wire up sweet jQuery awesomeness

I recently came up with an approach to wiring up some jquery plugins that modify the behavior of standard input text boxes. The approach is not original by any means.I got the idea from the built in client side validation for MVC2, which was inspired...

Published Wed, Jun 23 2010 12:26 PM by erichexter

Filed under: mvc, Asp.Net MVC, jQuery

Using Mercurial as a local repository for Team Foundation Server / Start Front’N

This post covers how to setup mercurial(HG) as are local source control repository to sit in front of a Team Foundation Server . I am not going to go into the details of why you would want to run this way in this post. You can look at the StackOverflow...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 11:01 PM by erichexter

Filed under: mercurial, source control, TFS

Setting up automatic test runs after compilation in VS2010

I lifted some scripts from the interwebs so that after every compilation in visual studio unit tests are automatically run. I have been a long supporter of the TestDriven.Net addin and Resharper but I found auto running unit tests to be pretty freeing...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 4:46 PM by erichexter

Filed under: agile, .Net, VS2010

Portable Area excerpt from MVC2 in Action

If some of you want to know why I have not been blogging as much for the last few months.. and this is why. I have been putting my energy into this book as a co-author. I am excited to be part of it and glad to share the results of all of...

Published Thu, Apr 22 2010 11:23 AM by erichexter

Filed under: mvccontrib, Asp.Net MVC, Portable Area, mvcinaction

MvcContrib - Portable Area – Visual Studio project template

I just uploaded a visual studio project template for creating portable areas. You can find the release here: http://mvccontrib.codeplex.com/releases/view/43162 This project template includes a little msbuild trick to automatically include all of...

Published Wed, Apr 07 2010 11:53 AM by erichexter

Filed under: mvccontrib, OSS, Open Source Software, Portable Area

MVC Virtual Group will have Phil Haack the ASP.Net MVC Program Manager, on Wed 4/7 12pm CDT

I am excited to have Phil Haack present to the Community For MVC virtual Usergroup. He is going to be presenting on the MVC 2 features. Now that it has been released, I hope anyone using MVC 1 gets their projects updated right now! ...

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 3:01 PM by erichexter

Filed under: Asp.Net MVC, Community, Usergroup, c4mvc

Redgate is a Platinum Sponsor of Austin Code Camp 2010

Red Gate Software makes ingeniously simple tools for over 500,000 Microsoft technology professionals working with SQL Server, .NET, and Exchange Server. The company’s product line includes must-have tools for .NET developers who program in...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 8:49 AM by erichexter

Filed under: Community, AustinCodeCamp

DiscountASP.Net is a Platinum Sponsor of Austin Code Camp 2010

DiscountASP.NET delivers the best value in cutting edge, enterprise-class shared ASP.NET Hosting through continuous innovation. We offer One Hosting Plan and Add-ons in the US and UK. Information at www.discountasp.net On behalf of the Austin .Net Users...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 8:25 AM by erichexter

Filed under: Community, AustinCodeCamp

DevExpress is a Platinum Sponsor of Austin Code Camp 2010

Developer Express Inc. develops Feature-Complete Components for ASP.Net and Winforms, Reporting Tools, IDE Add-ins, and Business Application Frameworks for Visual Studio. Information at www.devexpress.com On behalf of the Austin .Net Users Group (ADNUG...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 9:02 AM by erichexter

Filed under: Tools, Community, AustinCodeCamp

Deploying your Server Roles: Using MSDeploy for Enterprise Deployments.

This is an update that builds upon the previous posts about how We do Deployments. Part 1: Using MSDeploy to automate your Enterprise Application remote deployments. Part 2 Update on using MSDeploy for remote deployments. The development...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 10:46 AM by erichexter

Filed under: .Net, IIS, continous integration, continous improvement, MSDeploy, Deployment, headspring

A Call for Help – Vote for my Codeplex Issues

This is my second time of calling to the community to support some feature requests I have made for the CodePlex website. The first time I did this, I got a great response. The community voted my issue up and the codeplex team promptly implemented...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 11:10 AM by erichexter

Filed under: mvccontrib, OSS, Open Source Software

Update on using MSDeploy for remote deployments.

This is a follow up to the post http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/hex/archive/2009/11/06/using-msdeploy-to-automate-your-enterprise-application-remote-deployments.aspx The only trouble I have run into using this approach is that the runCommand does...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 9:02 AM by erichexter

Filed under: agile, .Net, MSDeploy, Deployment

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