Must see JQuery Example - amazing

jQuery Air - A passenger management interface for charter flights. A great Tutorial that you will enjoy.

ASP.NET MVC Linklist

• http://blog.wekeroad.com/
• Exploring System.Web.Routing
• Setting up authentication in asp.net MVC
• Using System.Web.Abstractions in Your WebForms Apps
• ASP.NET MVC Request Flow
• Hierarchical Treeview with ASP.NET MVC & jQuery
• ASP.NET MVC Tip #1 - Accessing TempData from a ViewUserControl
• ASP.NET MVC Tip #2 - Redirecting to another action and passing information to it
• ASP.NET MVC Tip # 3 - Getting an Absolute Url Using an Extension Method
• ASP.NET MVC Tip #4 - Handling Multiple Form Actions on One View
• ASP.NET MVC Tip #5 - Submitting an AJAX Form with jQuery
• ASP.NET MVC Tip #6 - Code Snippets for Quickly Testing Routes
• ASP.NET MVC Tip # 7 - Using a CAPTCHA with MVC (http://www.coderjournal.com/2008/03/aspnet-mvc-captcha/)
• Using the ComponentController in ASP.NET MVC CTP 2
• Fluent Filters, IQueryable and Linq To Sql for Easy Data Access
• HowTo: ASP.NET Chart Controls mit ASP.NET MVC nutzen
• HowTo: ASP.NET MVC Projekt erstellen (erster Einstieg)
• HowTo: ASP.NET MVC - Was ist es und warum sollte man es sich anschauen?
• LINQ to MSI - Part 0 - Introduction
• Linq to SQL Wish List
• # 7 - (re)Creating your DB with Linq’s DataContext for testing
• TDD Tips: Test Naming Conventions & Guidelines
• # 8 - Introduction to Mocking with Moq
• 3 mistakes to avoid when using jQuery with ASP.NET AJAX
• Implementing the Repository Pattern with Linq-to-Sql
• Mocking LINQ to SQL DataContext
• Code Generation Tool (SqlMetal.exe)
• More In LINQ to SQL with the Repository Pattern
• LINQ to SQL - Implementing the Repository pattern
• Getting Expressive: Digging deep into Expression Trees Part 1
• Getting Expressive: Digging Deep into Expression Trees Part 2
• Linq to SQL DataContext Lifetime Management
• Business Object wrapper around LINQ to SQL
• Visual WebGui and a LINQ to SQL quirk
• LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 2/4/2008+

Justin Etheredge: How To Guarantee That Your Software Will Suck

Justin Etheredge wrote an article: How To Guarantee That Your Software Will Suck

here is an overview:

1) Don't give your developers the tools they need to do their jobs.
2) Just jump right in, plans are for chumps.
3) Set strict deadlines on projects that will take "tens of thousands of man hours".
4) Spend hundreds of hours writing ridiculously detailed documentation.
5) Refuse to buy them more than one monitor.
6) Buy cheap hardware.
7) Keep asking them to multi-task.
8) Write everything yourself.
9) Expect your developers to sit quietly in front of their computer 8 hours a day.
10) Purchase tools without consulting those who will have to use them.

some of the points i absolutely agree with :-)

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools Explorer Extensions

I'm not a 100% sure but I think this is getting installed with Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools:





Especially I like the comparsion with workspace version :-)

TFS - Customizing Process Template's - especially iterations!

I don't know how much hours I spent over the last few day's with TFS (Team Foundation Server) and the configuration around it. I can't understand why Microsoft is making this so hard while alternative products of Microsoft are easy for installation and handling (e.g. Visual Studio / SQL Server / any many more.....)

Let's talk about customizing TFS process templates. You don't need to but I strongly suggest you download the "Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools". Once you have installed Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools you have a additional menu items below Tools->Process Editor.
Before you launch this you will have to download one of the provided Process Templates:

• MSF for Agile Software Development - v.4.2
• MSF for CMMI Process Improvement - v.4.2

To download a Process Templates you will have to choose from the menu: Template Process Manager

Choose your location on your drive and select "Save".




The output will saved as the following Print Screen display:

Now you can go back to your Visual Studio Menu and select: Tools->Process Editor
and select the File ProcessTemplate.xml on your disc.

You gone be surprised what you gone see !!!! At least I was it.



As long as you don't change anything within the iterations it should work when you make your changes save the file and upload it again over the Process Template Manager. But in case you are doing CHANGES AT ITERATIONS you gone face problems upon creating task when you try to add a new TFS Project Wizards.

The error you gone see in your TeamProjectCreation log file looks like this:
---begin Exception entry---
Time: 2008-12-21 14:09:12ZModule: Work Item TrackingEvent Description: TF26214: Cannot save the work item. Fields with errors: Iteration Path;IterationIDException Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.ValidationExceptionException Message: TF26202: Iteration Path is not a valid area or iteration path. In the Team menu, click Team Project Settings, and then click Areas and Iterations to review the valid area and iteration paths.Stack Trace: at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItem.PreValidate() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItem.PreBatchSave() at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.BatchSaveHelper.BatchSave(WorkItem[] items)
--- end Exception entry ---


How do you handle this.

1. Close your Process Template Manager
2. Navigate to your Location on the disc where you have saved your Process Template and from there you navigate to the folder: Work Item Tracking
3. Open the file: workitems.xml
4. Now you have to replace all "$$PROJECTNAME$$\Iteration 0" with the iteration you have created, in my case it is:
5. Upload and overwrite your Custom Process Template and you will be able to create your new project.

I hope VSTS is going to put a lot of efforts to make all this stuff much easier!