The monthly Tuesday meetings for the user group are going to be postponed one week to July 8th, 2008. David Yack will be covering ASP.NET Dynamic Data. David always puts on a great talk with very useful and pertinent examples. Be sure to check it out over lunch at ConfigureSoft!!! South Colorado .NET User Group ...<< MORE >>

Troy Goode has just released an updated version of his very excellent MVC Membership Starter Kit. Check it out if you want a good resource for integrating web site membership, authentication, and the MVC Framework Microsoft has in preview bits. ASP.Net MVC Membership Starter Kit - Release: Preview 3 (1.3) ...<< MORE >>

I have been troubleshooting an ASP.NET application with respect to e-mail notifications going out. One of the most useful things I've run across with respect to this is Dave Wanta's site at www.systemnetmail.com. This site helped provide very in-depth details in a well organized fashion to the System.Net.Mail classes, configurations, and workings. The tip that helped me specifically the most was his explanation of how to capture a log file of the Smtp session – this tip is at http://www.systemnetmail.com/faq/4.10.aspx ...<< MORE >>

Microsoft has just launched the MSDN Code Gallery, a portal for snippets, samples and other resources. The code gallery is designed to contain code samples, supporting documents and screenshots, and design documents. There are also hosted conversations about these samples, sample projects or other resources that have been provided to the community. This destination is open to the entire community to contribute content to. The MSDN Code Gallery is designed to be a community enabled site where developers can share code, information and resources that will be integrated into the MSDN experience. ...<< MORE >>

The site for the INETA user's group SouthColorado.NET has just been updated with a new web site. There is a new theme and look, and blog posts that will update users as to the schedule for upcoming meetings. Also of note is a signup form for being enrolled in SouthColorado.NET's e-mail updates. Be sure to update your address on the mailing list to stay in touch with current developments. For February, Dave Yack is speaking on the flexibility of a whole new platform Microsoft has released. It is very powerful, very ...<< MORE >>

Details follow, but you can register here. If you want to go I would get registered, these events often times fill up. The Big Event! Do you miss the old Dev Days events? Do you wish that you could attend a TechEd or PDC, but don't have the time or budget to get to one? Well the Big Event is for you. Come spend a day with us as we delve into developer and architect topics during the day. With a mix of some ...<< MORE >>

There is a link to complete documentation for Chameleon at http://communityserver.org/files/folders/documentation/entry580101.aspx ...<< MORE >>

I like to keep up on advancements in the C++ realm, as it was an early on language of choice for me dating back to college days. "Soma" Somasegar, one of the few Microsoft execs who blogs consistently, announced the results of Microsoft's ongoing investment in native libraries in his blog. According to Soma with the the new MFC library, developers will be able to create applications that feature the "look and feel" of Microsoft's most popular products – including Office, Internet Explorer and Visual Studio. Great new features for the ...<< MORE >>

One of the first things I hear from people working with CommunityServer for the first time is "where are all the codebehind files?" As an educational process, I thought I would trace some of the Community Server 2007 functionality through a page lifecycle and highlight some of the systems involved. This overview is written for the CS 2007 SDK, or version CS2007.1_3.1.20917.1142.sdk We'll start with a simple request to page login.aspx in the home directory. Here is an overview of how Chameleon, the CS2007 theme engine and the URLRewrite module handles the request and how ...<< MORE >>

I am working with a dispersed team in a software development scenario, and am acting in the role of educator on the Scrum practice. So here is a list of resources that are my initial "required reading" for working on a Scrum project. Scrum at Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28development%29 ScrumAlliance - http://www.scrumalliance.org/view/scrum_framework - read about the 3 roles, 3 ceremonies, and 3 artifacts. Ken Schwaber's site and overview of Scrum (Ken "invented" Scrum) - http://www.controlchaos.com/ - base web site. See the "Learn more" link. Thanks for all your efforts in reading up on ...<< MORE >>