Web forms and mvc

An article by Dino Esposito on Mixing Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC.

Sql server 2012 replication

“Fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 Replication” by Sebastian Meine is a free PDF downloadable book, and introduction to the world of SQL Server Replication. The download is available from the RedGate website.

Maths in c#

Eric Lippert on Maths in C#

Tech weekly startups

The Guardian Tech-Weekly podcast on Start Ups.

Global game jam experience

RT @msdevUK The Global Game Jam, and why game developers should participate: http://t.co/9h141puP6K

Code clubs

Google backs Code Club Pro scheme to boost UK teachers' computing skills http://gu.com/p/3mgpt

Web testing tools

Testing tools for Web Developers from Microsoft, including an online web page scanner that gives all sorts of hints and tips on how to improve a web page.

MSDN magazine

The February issue of MSDN magazine is out

Modern web application development training

Scott Hanselman posted links to a day of training “Building Modern Web Apps with ASP.NET”

Javascript design patterns

An online book on Learning Javascript design patterns.

TM should not apply to single words

'Candy' trademark prompts protest

"Super candy handy mandy saga" sounds like an interesting game. It is daft to let companies trademark a single word.

How large companies innovate

It seems one way large companies innovate is to make their staff redundant.

Javascript games

Html5 and javascript games articles

E-books

Microsoft e-books landing page

MVC drop down list boxes

A nice example from Jon Galloway of using the new Enum Support in ASP.NET MVC Views and the “Html.EnumDropDownListFor” helper to create a drop-down list box.

What’s new in MVC 5.1

What’s new in MVC 5.1

Daniel Roth announces Release of ASP.NET MVC 5.1

Daniel Roth announces Release of ASP.NET MVC 5.1, ASP.NET Web API 2.1 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.1

Azure deep dive

A week-long series of live, interactive sessions from the experts who built Azure that will show you how to start using Windows Azure in your solutions today.

EF identity

K Scot Allen on Entity Framework and ASP.NET identity

Ex Nokia employees launch phone

Jolla:Ex-Nokia employees launch smartphone

Ex-Nokia employees launch a non-Windows smartphone.

I wish them good luck with this, if it is the phone Nokia would have made without the intervention of Microsoft then it deserves to succeed.

From the pictures it looks to be an attractive phone,the homescreen has none of the (IMHO) awful hideousness of the current Nokia phones. Great that it runs Android apps too.