September 2011 Posts

Free ASP.NET MVC ebook Tutorial

Post Date: September 30, 2011 - Tags: ASP.NET MVC, Free ebooks

There has been a lot of excitement in the community about the ASP.NET MVC framework. Many people already started working with ASP.NET MVC and there are many ASP.NET MVC websites to get an idea about the capabilities of ASP.NET MVC framework. In this post I have decided to share a Free ASP.NET MVC ebook tutorial covering almost all the steps of developing successful ASP.NET MVC websites. The application the tutorial builds is called "NerdDinner". It provides an easy way for people to organize, host and search for new topic-based dinners online. The tutorial covers how to:

Create a database
Build a model with validation and business rules
Implement data listing/details UI on a site using Controllers and Views
Enable CRUD (Create, Update, Delete) data form entry
Use the ViewModel pattern to pass information from a Controller to a View
Re-use UI across a site using partials and master pages
Implement efficient data paging
Secure an application using authentication and authorization
Use AJAX to deliver dynamic updates
Use AJAX to add interactive map support
Perform automated unit testing (including dependency injection and mocking)

Android App Developers GUI Kits, Icons, Fonts and Tools

Post Date: September 09, 2011 - Tags: Android

If you are new to Android development, you may want to have some good resources to quickly develop your android apps. Paul Andrew has compiled a very useful collection of some cool android resources for you to help you streamline your app design and development, with a fairly comprehensive collection of Android GUI kits, icons, fonts, .psds and tools, that will allow you to focus on developing rather than having to design everything from scratch.