Monday, February 20, 2012

ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient Available on NuGet

ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient Available on NuGet

ASP.NET Web API and HttpClient Available on NuGet

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:35 AM PST

If you don't need the full ASP.NET MVC 4 installer with project and item templates for Visual Studio 2010 then you can download the various ASP.NET Web API packages directly from NuGet (see list of packages below). If you are new to NuGet then it is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to add, remove, and update libraries and tools in Visual Studio projects that use the .NET Framework (check out the NuGet overview ). NuGet Packages Here are the relevant NuGet packages depending on what you want to build: Web API hosted in ASP.NET: AspNetWebApi Self-hosted Web API: AspNetWebApi.Selfhost HttpClient including XML and JSON formatters: System.Net.Http.Formatting JsonValue for navigating and manipulating JSON: System.Json Additional Information...(read more)

Windows 8 and the future of XAML: Part 3: Using WinRT

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 09:33 AM PST

In this third part of our exploration of Windows 8 and WinRT, we're going to start applying the concepts we learned about in the 2 first parts by using them in code. By now, you should have a good understanding of what Windows 8 Metro style applications...( read more )...(read more)

Visualising StackOverflow Tag Relationships with Silverlight

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:52 AM PST

Recently I have been wondering about the wealth of information that can be gleaned from the 2.5 million programming question on Stack Overflow. A few weeks back I found a tag trending tool, which can be used to measure the rise and fall in popularity...( read more )...(read more)

ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 06:00 PM PST

A few days ago we released the ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta .  This is a significant release that brings with it a bunch of great new features and capabilities.  The ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta release works with VS 2010 and .NET 4.0, and is side-by-side compatible with prior releases of ASP.NET MVC (meaning you can safely install it and not worry about it impacting your existing apps built with earlier releases).  It supports a "go-live" license that allows you to build and deploy production apps with it.  Click here to download and install it today. The ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta will also be built-into the upcoming VS11 / .NET 4.5 beta that is coming out shortly.  This week's beta doesn't work with the previous VS11 developer preview that shipped...(read more)

Impressions, slides and code from TechDays Belgium and Netherlands

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 02:30 PM PST

This week I was "on tour" in Belgium and Netherlands and presented 3 times: "MVVM Applied, From Silverlight to Windows Phone to Windows 8" (in Belgium and Netherlands) The goal of this session was to make people feel confident that the skills they acquired...( read more )...(read more)
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