Eric Duncan

EDIT: MSpec v0.3 now supports TestDriven.Net's v2.24 XCopy Deployable Test Runners . So this blog post is legacy information at this time. Machine.Specifications (MSpec) is my preferred Behavior-Driven Design (BDD) framework for Microsoft.NET. Aaron Jensen,

Over this past weekend, Microsoft released an updated Windows Azure SDK dated November 2009 for Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 Beta 2. It is great to hear this since my tinkering with with the old CTP release was a bit buggy (had to download a few hot-fixes).

All too often, I get involved with ticketing systems that have these set incorrectly. Or, they utilize them in a different manner than what they were intended for. Tonight, I am setting up another system and thought I would document the differences here

The ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Futures assembly (that is not included with ASP.NET MVC 1.0) has a powerful HtmlHelper extension method called RenderAction(). It sounds similar to the Html extension method called RenderPartial() for a good reason. RenderAction()

For the first time, Microsoft is licensing a number of software and servers to startups, small businesses, and actual independent web developers - for free.  And, it lasts for three years.  Scott Guthrie tweeted today about the new WebsiteSpark

In this post, I will show you how to strongly type some parts of MVC to get rid of those “magic strings.”  I will also publish a few extension methods that expand upon this concept later on.  So, this is a continuation of my Mvc series that

I am starting a new series that will be focusing on ASP.NET MVC design patterns.  What I will be focusing on is enterprise-ready patterns and practices that scales across cloud computing, coding with type safety, and abstractions of WebForms-like

This old Engadget post reminds me of my Dell mini-pc I hacked up to fit in a block of foam and fans to run my XP on 12V with 80GB of MP3s and videos, with wireless (to sync from outside in the car). Too bad I never finished the project; but, I did sell

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimizations. It is a term used to reference a website’s HTML source code and related metadata and url for search engine rankings. I recently was involved with interviewing and working with a number of SEO firms here in New

The odds are that your brand new 802.11n Draft N wireless router may get the same or worse signal than your previous "G" or even "B" setup. The odds are you are not getting a 5Ghz device, even though you see “Dual Band” and 802.11N plastered all over