April 2011 Posts

Designing an SEO Friendly Website

Post Date: April 12, 2011 - Tags: General

Nearly every business from local plumbers, large blue-chip organizations and even churches have websites, and each and every one wants to spread the message about their products, services and profiles, and what they can offer you as a consumer. That is where SEO comes in. SEO has become a valuable online marketing tool for businesses of all shapes and sizes, but for an SEO campaign to be successful, solid foundations need to be in place. Doing things right from the offset can really reap the benefits, save time and money.

Dave Cain has posted some very useful tips and tricks for all of those who wish to learn how to increase website traffic by making their websites easy to find for search engines.

How Do I? Videos for Visual Studio 2010

Post Date: April 11, 2011 - Tags: Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is a powerful IDE that ensures quality code throughout the entire application lifecycle, from design to deployment. Whether you’re developing applications for SharePoint, the web, Windows, Windows Phone, and beyond, Visual Studio is your ultimate all-in-one solution.

Videos designed for Visual Studio 2010 developers, from novice to professional. This set of short videos will help guide you through common scenarios, features and functionalities.

ASP.NET MVC Video Training from Pluralsight

Post Date: April 11, 2011 - Tags: ASP.NET

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern separates an application into three main components: the model, the view, and the controller. The ASP.NET MVC framework provides an alternative to the ASP.NET Web Forms pattern for creating MVC-based Web applications. The ASP.NET MVC framework is a lightweight, highly testable presentation framework that (as with Web Forms-based applications) is integrated with existing ASP.NET features, such as master pages and membership-based authentication.

This free video training will get you up and running with ASP.NET MVC. It covers everything from setting up a development environment through to deploying an application, and provides details on models, views, controllers and working with data in SQL Server. Microsoft has made it possible for you to enjoy this professional "Pluralsight On-Demand!" training course free of charge.