David Fekke's Blog

Screencast on how to integrate the Web API with the iOS SDK

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:20:00 GMT

I posted a video that explains how to use the Web API with the iPhone SDK onto Youtube last night. Click on the following link, and you can watch the demo.

Powerpoint and Sample Code from Tonights Presentation

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:02:00 GMT

I have posted the slides and the sample code from tonights presentation at the Jax ARCSIG presentation on this site.

I am speaking at the Jacksonville Software Architecture Group this Tuesday on developing with Web API for iOS

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:15:02 GMT

I am speaking at the Jacksonville Software Architecture Group this Tuesday, April 24th on how to leverage the new Web API for building services that can be consumed on mobile devices. Microsoft's new Web API makes it very easy to develop light weight rest based web services that can be consumed on any platform.

My presentation on Tuesday will demo how to develop services very quickly using the Web API. I will also be demoing how to consume those services in an iPhone app.

The meeting starts at 6:00 PM, April 24th at building 500 on the Bank of America campus off Southside Blvd.

ASP.NET MVC and JQuery presentation

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:55:44 GMT

I wanted to thank everyone for coming out tonight and supporting the JaxDUG group. I just posted my presentation on using ASP.NET MVC with JQuery 1.7.1. All of my powerpoint presentations are up on this site at the fekke.com/powerpoint. The presentation I did tonight can be found at the following link.

I plan on publishing the source code up in segments when I get the time. Please let me know what you thought of the presentation if you attended tonight.

Presentation on ASP.NET MVC3 and JQuery this Wednesday

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:48:02 GMT

I am going to be giving a presentation on Wednesday on using JQuery with ASP.NET MVC 3 at the JaxDUG. JaxDUG is moving their meeting space to a different building on the LPS campus. The meetings will now be held at the Penn building in the auditorium.

The meeting starts at 6:00 PM this Wednesday, March 7th.

I am going to covering four areas in this presentation. Those areas are as follows;

Validation
Interactivity
AJAX
Widgets and UI

I am going to have lots of examples on how to use JQuery with ASP.NET MVC3. The MVC Framework was designed with JQuery in mind. Microsoft has taken full advantage of the JQuery framework in MVC, and they are actively making additions to JQuery as part of their open source initiatives.

I will post my slides after the presentation on Wednesday. I look forward to seeing you there at the meeting.

SQL Saturday coming to Jacksonville, FL on Apr 28, 2012

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:37:03 GMT

I do not know if I will be speaking this year at SQL Saturday. SQL Saturday #130 is coming to Jacksonville, Fl on April 28th. Here is the statement from SQL Saturday.

SQLSaturday #130 is coming to you on Apr 28, 2012 at 1 UNF Drive, Building 50, Jacksonville, FL 32224.

How I Got Started in ColdFusion

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:59:40 GMT

I was reading some of the ColdFusion blogs, and I saw that Steve Bryant had suggested about writing a post on how developers got started in ColdFusion development. I decided to write a blog post on how I got started doing ColdFusion development, and how it changed my life for the better.

I after I finished college in 1992, I got a job working for a company called Impact Publishing. I was hired initially to typeset black copy in a program called Aldus Pagemaker. That job eventually led to me to running a pre-press department for that company. Part of that job was making sure all of the Apple Macintosh computers ran properly on the network, and writing AppleScripts for automation. I also was starting to do web design using HTML.

By the end of the 90's I had moved into the IT department. While working for the technology group I heard that the company was sending group of our web developers to a three day training class on how to use ColdFusion 4.5. I convinced my boss to let me tag along with the developers since it would only cost an extra $200.00. During the class I fell in love with the language because it was built with the web in mind. I did not realize at the time, but ColdFusion is a DSL (domain specific language). Since it was based on <CFTags>, similiar to HTML tags, the code mixed with the other tags in a very natural way.

SELECT username FROM tblusers WHERE clue > 0
#username#

I did ColdFusion development for nearly six years exclusively. As ColdFusion grew and improved with new versions, I grew and improved with the language. When ColdFusion MX/6 came out, I started using ColdFusion Components to do object oriented programming. Then when ColdFusion 7 was released, I started using the new gateway features for integration. ColdFusion led me into SQL Server development, which led me into .NET development, which led me into iOS development.

One of the nice things about the ColdFusion community is that they are pretty progressive about adopting good practices and new technologies. In a lot of ways they are more advanced than the ASP.NET community. A lot of the good practices and frameworks have been adopted in the ASP.NET community, such as the JQuery library and the ASP.NET MVC framework.

I really enjoy doing ASP.NET MVC development. It is about the closest experience I have had to doing ColdFusion development

ASP.NET MVC 3 PowerPoint Presentation and Notes from Jax Code Camp

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:43:52 GMT

I have uploaded a copy of my presentation from my MVC 3 presentation today at the Jacksonville Code Camp.

Here are the links for from the presentation;

If you liked the presentation, or hated it, please leave comments.

Jax Code Camp Sessions Times have been Posted

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:17:01 GMT

The session times for tomorrow's Jacksonville Code Camp have been posted. It is still not too late to register for Jacksonville's 7th annual Code Camp.

A code camp is essentially a day of free software development training. I have been going to and presenting at the Jacksonville Code Camp for the last six years.

I am giving a presentation on ASP.NET MVC 3 and code first database prototyping. My presentation is also going to touch on the next version of MVC, and how you can start using those features today.

I look forward to seeing you there tomorrow.

My MVC Presentation this Saturday at the Jax Code Camp

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:21:52 GMT

I will be giving my presentation on ASP.NET MVC 3 and 4 at this Saturday's Jacksonville Code Camp. My presentation will cover the MVC framework, code first databases and scaffolding. MVC is getting much broader adoption in the enterprise, and it is certainly worth learning more about this framework.

The MVC team is working on version 4 of the framework that will be coming out at the beginning of next year. Part of my presentation will be on some of the new features that are coming out in this version. Some of these features include better mobile support and the web api.

I look forward to seeing you there on Saturday.

All of our iOS applications will be native on the iPad when iOS 5 is released

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:48:36 GMT

We will be releasing new versions of all of our applications for iOS 5 when it is released. All of our apps are being optimized so they will run natively on the iPad.

Currently all of applications run on the iPad, but in iPhone mode. The new versions will be able to take full advantage of the screen size of the iPad.

Fekke.com has been upgraded to Orchard 1.2

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:24:52 GMT

I just made the upgrade to from Orchard version 1.0 to Orchard 1.1 for the Fekke.com site. The upgrade was relatively easy following the instructions in the orchard documentation.

Orchard 1.1 was demoed at the MIX11 keynote a few months back. You can watch a video of the new features and modules at the following link.

I will be giving a demo of how to create and add modules to an Orchard site at the Jacksonville Code Camp this summer.

Jacksonville Codecamp Site 2011 is Now Up for Registration

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:02:01 GMT

The Jacksonville Code Camp site for 2011 is now open for registration. The Code Camp is a free software conference on the last Saturday of August every year. I will be presenting this year in the web track. I hope to see you all there again.

Here is the writeup from the home page;

What: All day geek fest focusing on code and not marketing fluff.
When: Saturday, August 27, 2011 All day (registration opens at 7:00am)
Where: Univeristy of North Florida - 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville FL 32246
Cost: Free!

Sessions will range from informal "chalk talks", hands on labs, to presentations. All are welcome to attend and speak. We will have a mix of speakers ranging from MVPs, Regional Directors, Authors, and most importantly, local developers like you! Thanks to the generosity of our contributors we will be able to provide breakfast, snacks, lunch, and LOTS and LOTS of SWAG.

Hotel Information:Hampton Inn--Jacksonville 9A & Baymeadows
8127 Point Meadows Drive
Jacksonville, Florida, 32256

JaxDUG meeting tonight at LPS on SilverLight

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:23:57 GMT

John McFetridge will be presenting tonight at the JaxDUG meeting. The meeting will start at 6:00 PM at the Fidelity/LPS Riverside campus in downtown Jacksonville. Here is the description of tonights meeting;

I have done a few Code Camp talks on why Silverlight is a great platform for developing business applications. This talk is a case study on the actual delivery of a such a product, IXReveal’s uReveal Pro that uses Silverlight for the delivery of a stunning UX to empower its very sophisticated advanced analytics engine. IXReveal’s unique and patented approach enables users to simultaneously fuse, manage, and analyze 100% of e-data. See a real product example of why Silverlight is such a great platform for Line of Business Apps. This will be demod on a Windows 7 Tablet, the Asus by Jeramiah Nazuruk of IxReveal.

Here are directions to our campus;

601 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32204
Room: Building 1 (Tower) - Room G01

Come to SQL Saturday in Jacksonville on April 30th

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:43:06 GMT

SQL Saturday 74 will be in Jacksonville, Fl next weekend on April 30th. From their website;

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Apr 30 2011 at Jacksonville, FL. Admittance to this event is free, all costs are covered by donations and sponsorships. Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleages know about the event.

I will be giving a presentation on the new version of SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0 for the desktop. This presentation will show how you can use SQL Server CE for prototyping and code first development.

Fekke.com has been upgraded to Orchard 1.1

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:10:46 GMT

I just made the upgrade to from Orchard version 1.0 to Orchard 1.1 for the Fekke.com site. The upgrade was relatively easy following the instructions in the orchard documentation.

Orchard 1.1 was demoed at the MIX11 keynote this week. You can watch a video of the new features and modules at the following link.

Orchard Upgraded to version 1.1

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:56:26 GMT

The Orchard CMS project is now at version 1.1. There are upgrade instructions at the Orchard documentation site. Future versions of Orchard will be able to take advantage of the new import/export feature that was added to 1.1.

I am currently using version 1.0 for this site, but I plan on upgrading to version 1.1 soon.

JAXDUG meeting tonight on M-V-VM

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:22:02 GMT

Phil Japikse will be giving a presentation tonight at the JAXDUG meeting at the LPS campus at 6:00 PM tonight. Here is the writeup from the JAXDUG site;

Implementing M-V-VM (Model-View-View Model) for WPF

Now you are writing WPF applications, and wondering – what is all this code in the code behind? Shouldn’t we be doing something different? Our cousins working with ASP.NET MVC don’t even have a code behind! The answer is YES – you should indeed be doing it differently. The M-V-VM pattern is the WPF adaptation of the Presentation Model pattern (first documented by Martin Fowler). I will show how the M-V-VM pattern is utilized for building SOLID WPF applications that are also testable.

4/7/2011
LPS - Lender Processing Service
601 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32204
Room: Building 1 (Tower) - Room G01 from 6 to 8 PM

About The Speaker

Philip Japikse | 1 Meeting(s)

Phil Japikse has been working with .Net since the first betas, and developing software for over 20 years. Phil is a Microsoft MVP and also holds MCSD, MCDBA, CSM, and CSP certifications. Phil is an international speaker and a passionate member of the developer community, speaking at events all around the world as well as serving as the Lead Director for the Cincinnati .Net User’s Group.

Phil works as the Patterns and Practices Evangelist for Telerik (http://www.telerik.com/), is a Firefighter/Paramedic, and a volunteer for the Ski Patrol. You can follow Phil on twitter viawww.twitter.com/skimedic and read his blog atwww.skimedic.com/blog.

I Will Be Doing a Presentation on the Latest .NET Goodies at JAXDUG

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:14:58 GMT

I will be giving a presentation at the next Jaxdug meeting on March 2nd at LPS. Here is the writeup below;

Microsoft recently released new bits for Visual Studio 2010, ASP.NET MVC 3.0, SQL CE 4.0, the Razor view engine, WebMatrix, and the new NuGet package installer. They also released the Orchard CMS. This presentation will cover some of the new features that were part of this release.

The meeting will be held the Tower at the LPS campus in riverside.

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Facebook Like Widget for the Orchard CMS

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:21:54 GMT

I recently uploaded a new Orchard module to the Orchard CMS Gallery for adding a Facebook Like widget. I also created an associated codeplex project for the widget.