Random .NET Ramblings

After many delays I finally have the socalcodecamp.com web site up and running!

This is a total redo of the original site, we had been hosting the site using dotNet Nuke but there was quite a lot of pain around that so we have moved to a pure ASP.NET 2.0 code base. I started with the Club Web Site Starter Kit from www.asp.net and started from there.

I have also included the AJAX tool kit in the site but have yet to implement any features using it but I hope to have some cool stuff in there soon.

If you go watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SZzAT-S5DQ (don't complain to me about it I did not make it) you will find a url at the end there you will find an offer to get a copy of Vista Business or Office Professional 2007 for free. You will need a passport account and you can't show that you work for a Microsoft partner or if you have a MSDN licence (snip from the web site You are not eligible to receive these offers if you or your employer is a participant in the Microsoft Partner Program or the Microsoft Developer Network).

Have fun and get it while the getting is good.

The Southern California launch events for VSTS for Database Professionals is coming...

December 6th in San Diego (register here) and December 7th in Los Angeles (register here) they are both in the local Microsoft offices. The agenda looks great for anyone who wants to lean more about this product.

Please let me know if you are going to come to either event so I can have an excuse to come ;)

A good friend of mine (David McCarter) is going to be teaching a class on the ASP.NET AJAX control toolkit at UCSD. I am looking forward to this class as I am sure it will be digging deep in to AJAX. For more information check out the course class information.

Let me know if you are going to attend.