Geek Book Give-Away!

Since this is our last meeting of the year, I want to make it a little extra special. We have 4 cases of books leftover from the last Geek Book Exchange. So, everyone who attends the meeting in November will be given a ticket that they can exchange for one book, while supplies last. Happy Holidays!

WebMatrix

WebMatrix is everything you need to build Web sites using Windows. It includes IIS Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). It streamlines Web site development and makes it easy to start Web sites from popular open-source apps. The skills and code you develop with WebMatrix transition seamlessly to Visual Studio and SQL Server.

http://www.asp.net/WebMatrix

Razor View Engine

ASP.NET MVC has always supported the concept of “view engines” – which are the pluggable modules that implement different template syntax options. The “default” view engine for ASP.NET MVC today uses the same .aspx/.ascx/.master file templates as ASP.NET Web Forms.  Other popular ASP.NET MVC view engines used today include Spark and NHaml. The new view-engine option is optimized around HTML generation using a code-focused templating approach. The codename for this new view engine is “Razor”.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/02/introducing-razor.aspx 

Jason is CEO and lead architect of Ingen Systems. He has more than 10 years experience in the development and implementation of web strategies and architecture in varied industries, including financial services, public utilities, energy, hospitality, retail, manufacturing and high-tech. His extensive background incorporates leading companies in data management, portals and content management in Microsoft technologies