Pass Number 1: ActiveRecordEngine for ASP.NET
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -
I have a SubSonic prototype that’s been sitting on my hard drive for a while – something I’ve been meaning to spruce up for a bit and release. As of right now I’m happy I didn’t – the code would be considered SubSonic’s and I’d rather it get pulled into a larger effort (wink wink, nudge nudge… bat over the head).
I massaged the interfaces I’ve been using and in this post I thought I’d lay it out for comment.
It’s Time for This: ActiveRecordEngine for ASP.NET MVC
Saturday, November 14, 2009 -
I had dreams of this when I joined Microsoft a few years back – that SubSonic would be the database juice in the ASP.NET MVC story. Or if not the juice then the ActiveCherryOnTop.
The pieces didn’t quite fall into place, though I tried many a time. The issues that I faced were pretty simple – everything I tried didn’t quite fit. No one wants to take a dependency on a specific data access library (which is precisely the thing that Rails does most of the time – and it’s quite freeing to not think about it) – so working SubSonic into MVC didn’t quite fire on all cylinders.
It’s understandable – but I have a better idea now and I want to see if others are willing to engage with me on it. “Others” being the troupe of ORM-dudes out there: NHibernate, LLBL, and the for-pay guys…
Be a Good Jedi: Build Your Own Blog
Monday, August 10, 2009 - Every developer has a blog, and every developer bitches about it – mostly because (and this is my theory) they always think they can do better themselves. The only people who don’t bitch about their blogs are the guys who are building the engines (they just bitch about each other’s :).
Uncle Bill Never Reads Rob’s Blog
Monday, August 03, 2009 - I got a comment on my post suggesting you learn ASP.NET MVC from a person whom I’ve talked to a lot over the years – Gerry Lowry: There are four nerd diner nerds, We've hear from one that's ornery, but what about the second, third, and the head honcho fourth?
What Should Microsoft Do For .NET Open Source?
Sunday, May 03, 2009 - I've been reading a lot of old blog posts tonite regarding Microsoft and Open Source - it really reminds me of the interesting stances the company has taken over the last 5 to 10 years (I've only been working with Microsoft for just about 2 years now). For instance - I read a post from Scoble that goes over why "Web 2.
…In Which We Discuss Writing a Book on MVC
Friday, April 24, 2009 - “I can’t believe you’re using your blog to pimp you’re book! You’re such a … [not a nice word]”.
I Spose I’ll Just Say It: You Should Learn MVC
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - I’m never shy about my opinion – why start now? I’ve been reading a lot of posts flying about on whether you should learn MVC, Summing up the differences so you can decide when to use it, I even found a post that offers a scorecard approach!
