This site is a testing zone for ASP.NET 3.5
I programmed in .NET from 2001 to 2005 at which time I saw the trend here in Berlin going toward PHP, so I jumped on the object-oriented PHP 5 band wagon and have been doing PHP/MySQL projects since then, amazing what open source can do.
However, following the changes that Anders Hejlsberg and team has been making to C# over the last couple years, I decided that 2009 was year to get back in the .NET pool and check out LINQ, dynamics, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET AJAX (they'll be shipping with JQuery), Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008, the free Express applications, IronRuby, IronPython, plus the whole WPF, WCF, Silverlight technologies, and the upcoming OSLO project and the Azure cloud. In short, Microsoft hasn't been sleeping and I want to be part of it again. As of January 1, I'll be working as an ASP.NET developer and am totally excited about getting deep into the now much more mature .NET Framework.
This site is my experimentation zone for everything cool I learn in ASP.NET 3.5.
Silverlight meets the Berlin Marathon 2008
Move the pictures around with your mouse. Use your mouse roller to zoom in and out.
SQL Server Test
This is a test of the SQL Server connection.
| ID | First Name | Last Name |
| 1 | Jim | Thompson |
| 2 | Joe | Meyer |
| 3 | Alice | McCarthy |
| 4 | James | Rogers |
LINQ
string[] names = { "one", "two", "three" };
IEnumerable query = names
.Where (n => n.Contains("t"))
.Select(n => n.ToUpper());
foreach (string name in query)
r += name + "|";
"Anything But SourceSafe."
.NET in Your Ear
To keep up on the Microsoft buzz, listen to Scott Hanselmann, probably one of the most prolific people doing podcasts today. He now works for Microsoft and interviews random, interesting people around the campus, yet keeps up on external trends as well, always to the point, very accurate, a joy to listen to and learn from.
IT Forum on Speed
If you haven't experienced it yet, go to stackoverflow and ask a question on any programming topic you have. Come back about 2 minutes later and start reading answers to your question. It is an awesome free service that uses reputation points to encourage people to answer your questions as fast and accurately as they can. Nice!