ASP.NET MVC Presentation now up on Fekke.com
I added my ASP.NET MVC presentation to my presentations page on Fekke.com. I have not posted my code from the presentation on my site yet, but you download samples from asp.net/mvc.
SQL Saturday registration almost capped
The registration for SQL Saturday is almost capped for this coming weekend. Go to www.sqlsaturday.com, and click on the registration link for Jacksonville. I am presenting on Linq this year first thing in the morning.
Microsoft Shipping jQuery with Visual Studio
jQuery has been popular in the ColdFusion community, but it is also popular in the .NET community. It is popular enough that Microsoft is including the jQuery library with Visual Studio going forward.
Microsoft already includes AJAX .NET libraries with Visual Studio 2008 as part of the IDE. The 15k jQuery library will be included now as well. jQuery is an open source library, so it is nice to see Microsoft carrying an open source library with one of their products.
Scott Guthrie has a blog entry about this along with some jQuery examples.
I am thinking about having a presentation on jQuery at the next JaxFusion meeting in October.
Jacksonville SQL Server 2008 Launch this Friday
This Friday will be Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 coming out event in Jacksonville. The Jacksonvile SQL Server Users Group is promoting the introduction of SQL Server 2008 this Friday, September 12th at the Modus building in downtown Jacksonville.
Here are the details;
Join us next week on Friday, September 12, 2008, for a one day deep look at the new features of SQL Server 2008 as we celebrate the launch of the latest version. This free event will be located at the Modis Building, 1 Independent Dr, Jacksonville, FL. We'll have 15 sessions across two tracks on SQL Server 2008 and other supporting technology. Downtown, there is a fee for parking that ranges from $5-10 depending on the parking location you select. Breakfast and lunch will be provided by our event sponsors. This event is being coordinated by members of the Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group ( http://www.jssug.com ), Idea Integration, Modis and Pragmatic Works.
There are only about 250 seats total and we already have 200 registered so please get your seat quickly by registering at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx?eventid=10 . Below, you can find some of the sessions that will be at the event. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you there!
There are only about 250 seats total and we already have 200 registered so please get your seat quickly by registering at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/eventhome.aspx?eventid=10 . Below, you can find some of the sessions that will be at the event. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you there!
Last Day To Register for Jax Code Camp
Today is the last day to register for Jax Code Camp. The code camp is free, and will be this Saturday. Be there or be square.
Code Camp Schedule is Out
The Jacksonville Code Camp final schedule has been posted. I am giving all of my presentations in the morning in room 203.
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool does not work
I tried to install the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 update, and the install failed. I did some searching, but I was not able to find anyone else who is having this problem.
I have been running the SP1 beta for Visual Studio 2008. When I went to run the actual SP1 installer yesterday, I got prompted to run the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool.
I tried running the tool, and was prompted to locate "x64/Setup/vs_shell.msi" file on the Visual Studio installer disks. No such file exists on my original installer. The Visual Studio uninstaller does completely remove the IDE, so I am dead in the water until Microsoft Fixes this issue.
Update: I uninstalled the Visual Studio 2008 shell, and I was able to run the visual studio patch tool.
Jax SQL User Group tomorrow on SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements
From the Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group;
April JSSUG Meeting Wednesday 16th at 6pm (From jssug.com)
JSSUG will be meeting Wednesday at 6PM at the BOA campus.
Where: "Driftwood" room (2nd floor) in Building 500, Bank of America, 9000 Southside Blvd: Map and Directions
Topic: SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements
This intermediate session by Plamen Ratchev, will focus on some of the T-SQL enhancements in SQL Server 2008 like the new MERGE functionality. These enhancements can cut your coding significantly and can run much faster than SQL Server 2005. Those that came to Plamen's last session requested to see him again.
SQL Saturday Jacksonville Schedule Posted
The final schedule for the SQL Saturday Schedule has been posted on the SQL Saturday site.
I will be giving two presentations at the conference on the Business Data Catalog and Linq for SQL. These mini conferences are very good and they are free.
Vista SP1 Update and Parallels breaks Genuine Advantage
Like many other web developers on the Mac, I use Parallels desktop 3.0 on the Mac. I go back and forth between Boot Camp and Parallels depending on what I am testing.
I ran the most recent Windows update on my version of Vista while I was in Boot Camp. Now when I try to start Vista in Boot Camp, I get a Genuine Advantage error, and Vista will not continue to start. I have to restart in Boot Camp, and re-enter the serial number. I am running Vista Enterprise which allows virtualization.
Old and Busted: 32 bit hardware; New Hotness 64 bit hardware
I am taking a class on Microsoft SharePoint architecture this week. I learned today in the class that the next version of SharePoint will be 64 bit only. If you are going to be buying new server hardware, get 64 bit hardware.
Not only does SharePoint run better on 64 bit hardware, so does MS SQL Server and ColdFusion. You can also take advantage of much more RAM. I believe that 32 bit hardware is limited to a maximum of 2-4 GBs. 64 bit hardware can go up to 256 Terabytes in theory.
