Hey! It’s been a few years since I last blogged here! Let’s get this blog thing back in action, starting with something non-technical that I’ve had a few requests for – my story of two ye...
It’s a new year! Even though years are an arbitrary construct and all that, you feel reinvigorated! Alive! Ready to take on the world! And you’ve read all those posts and tweets and instatumb...
I'm really excited to announce that two of my latest courses on Microsoft Virtual Academy are now live! Both are recordings of live courses Christopher Harrison and I lead in the beautiful Channe...
Web devs in southern California, we've got a great Web Camp event coming up next week in Los Angeles on July 9. We're wrapping up the Summer Web Camps tour I announced a bit ago with a blowout! ...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/web-camp-in-los-angeles-with-scott-hunter-july-9
BACKGROUND ON NUGET PACKAGE RESTORE AND AUTOMATIC PACKAGE RESTORE NuGet Package Restore allows you to reference NuGet packages in your project without shipping them with your source code or com...
UPDATE: The course (including videos, slides, and links to the code) are published here: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/introduction-to-asp-net-mvc Join Christopher Ha...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/mva-introduction-to-asp-net-mvc-free-live-training-june-23
Between releases of my other book (Professional ASP.NET MVC , next release due out soon!) Jesse Liberty somehow talked me into collaborating with him on writing a book on Windows 8.1 develop...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/new-book-pro-windows-8-1-development-with-xaml-and-c
I'm incredibly happy to announce that my blog - and all 750 other blogs running under weblogs.asp.net - are now powered by Orchard and Azure Web Sites! That's 750 blogs, all hosted in 4 Azure Web...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/weblogs-asp-net-now-running-on-orchard-and-azure-web-sites
This week at TechEd, the ASP.NET team announced some pretty exciting updates on the way for ASP.NET. TOP LINKS BLOG POSTS ASP.NET vNext: the future of .NET on the Server (.NET Web Developme...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/a-30-minute-look-at-asp-net-vnext
Web Camps are free, no fluff, lots of code events where you can get learn what's new in the Microsoft web platform and how you can put it to use right away. They're by developers for developers -...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/upcoming-web-camps-summer-2014
You've agreed to present a full day training event, and the day's approaching. What do you do? I'm not a training expert, but I've learned a few lessons on the job over the past few years that ...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/lessons-learned-preparing-and-presenting-tech-training-events
Okay, you've had a week to digest all the video content from Build 2014? Done yet? Me, neither. Well, how about some tricks to make this easier? I'd written up a few tips and tricks for catchin...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/catching-up-on-the-channel-9-event-videos-for-build-2014
This is part 4 of a series covering some of the new features in the ASP.NET MVC 5.1 and Web API 2.1 releases. The last one! If you've read them all, you have earned twelve blog readership points....
This is part 3 of a 4 part series covering some of the new features in the ASP.NET MVC 5.1 and Web API 2.1 releases. Part 1: Overview and Enums Part 2: Attribute Routing with Custom Constraints ...
I'm continuing a series looking at some of the new features in ASP.NET MVC 5.1 and Web API 2.1. Part 1 (Overview and Enums ) explained how to update your NuGet packages in an ASP.NET MVC applicat...
This is the first in a four part series covering ASP.NET MVC 5.1 and Web API 2.1 Part 1: Overview and Enums Part 2: Attribute Routing with Custom Constraints Part 3: Bootstrap and JavaScript en...
There's something about getting into a new year that makes us step back and consider the bigger picture. Where is it all headed? Am I making the most out of my life? What web tools and products h...
https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway/asp-net-a-last-look-back-at-2013-looking-ahead-to-2014
I like Kickstarter. It's not a store, it's an easy way to help fund creative projects. You back projects you find exciting at different reward levels, and then follow along with the project's pro...
One of the most interesting announcements at the Visual Studio 2013 Launch today was the Monaco editor in Visual Studio Online. I've seen little hints of this coming - for example, Scott Hansel...
ASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 Release NotesASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 Release NotesSummary for lazy readers: Visual Studio 2013 is now available for download on t...