I’ve got love for Twitter… I can’t even lie.

Twitter is Smart 

• Migrator.Net

I’d never heard of this and it’s a nice way to help migrate DB changes.. loving it and I intend to look into it even though I’m using Fluent nHib at the moment. via @rockarts

• Starting With Migrator.Net
• Migrator.Net

• 16 sites every .NET developer should read daily

Useful,

• Free ASP.NET 4.0 beta hosting available
• jquerylist.com

.. And Funny

• How To Write Unmaintainable Code
• http://www.metacafe.com/watch/266087/the_end_of_the_world/ via @HuntJason

I’ll try to start tracking where I get these links so you know who to follow on Twitter…

My laptop fell off my laptop table last week, I have bought a new MacBook Pro and installed Win7 on it using BootCamp… so for the past week I’ve been installing all the programs I use..

A few glitches here and there until I was wondering where SQL Management Studio was hiding.. installed it seperately a few times before I figured something was wrong.

I was able to google and find this post.. the problem is choice, too many links and downloads form Microsoft and they refuse to link them in a cohesive way. They have their main site but will not on the actual download page ( assuming you surf in directly to the download page that there are other options.. jeez )

 Anyway, I blame my tired eyes because I should have noticed it during the install seeing as I just installed it on my old laptop a few months ago. Here is the solution and a great blog post.. with the fix if you find yourself in the same vicious circle (installing over and over and nothing is working )

Fix: Can’t install microsoft sql server 2008 management studio express

 

I have been twittering a lot lately and I have to say a few things about MVC vs WebForms discussions on Twitter today.

MVC to me will not stay a niche solution only meant for the ultra-hip, uber-fly web developers. I think it will eventually be well received and widely accepted. It might be a pain in the neck if your first experience developing for the web was with WebForms but it shouldn’t be avoided, they’re just growing pains.

To put it bluntly, I’ll say.. learn MVC. Learn it and when you eventually love it yourself, bring it forward as a solution over WebForms but not because anyone told you to do it.

We all know MVC is the shiny new toy in the MS box – undoubtedly the best way to stunt on your peers right now, but when it comes down to it, don’t fret. I think it’s okay to “switch lanes” and pay the bills with WebForms at work. The whole point is not to be a one trick pony and if you’re not in the position to deliver a solution with MVC where you know it is the superior choice then just let it go.

Pick a lane pick a lane. That’s all I ever heard.
But I’m just trying to swerve.
Without hitting the curb.
-Drake, Stunt Hard

The discussion will probably last a long while and nobody will back down, and that probably isn’t serving the community at large. This is why I say, don’t follow blindly, play with it yourself and then still be CAPABLE of switching lanes when you need to!

A few hours into Fluent nHibernate. I decided to log some of these errors. As time permits I’ll update this one post. Eventually once I’m running smoothly I may do a post on Fluent nHibernate and my findings. This is assuming I stick with it, but so far, so good.

I will also add that the docs for Fluent nHibernate have been very good so far which is why I’m able to ge so far in such a short time. Shout out to Fluent nHibernate team… they need a shorter name though…

…click here to read more

 

As this blog has evolved, and will inevitably continue to do so, I feel I can take some time out from technical posts to vent a little about the frustrations I’ve had in the past few weeks surrounding the Tools of the trade.

While I’m tempted to list in agonizing detail, each error and issue I’ve faced, for brevity’s sake I won’t. What I will do is say simply state the general area’s most damning to your happy use of any tools.

Documentation

Too much or too little are a bad thing. Wading through an avalanche of documentation, demo’s, sample projects, video’s can be daunting, tiresome and confusing but I’d rather have too much than too little. With too much, you can cherry-pick and track ( see resources ) with too little, you end up posting questions, reading vague forum/group/blog posts trying to figure out what’s going on. Don’t do this to yourself.
Lesson learned:
If all they have are a sparsely populated Wiki, avoid this tool!! All the blog posts in the world can’t make up for lack of documentation or a “How To’s”, “FAQ”, “Demo”, “Sample”

…click here to read more