Category Archives: Community

Speaking in Detroit area this week

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

Not because I’m a Tigers or Yankees fan at all, I promise. I’m doing a mini-user group tour this week in the Detroit, MI area. October 16th – NWNUG (Northwest Ohio NUG, Toledo, OH) – Functional Testing with ASP.NET MVC … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Design Patterns, Javascript, Principles and Patterns | 12 Comments

Backbone Fundamentals, Intro To Marionette, TodoMVC, And More

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Derick Bailey

I’m very happy to announce that this week’s addition to Addy Osmani’s Backbone Fundamentals book is a chapter on Marionette! I was lucky enough to be able to contribute a large portion of the chapter to the book, including a … Continue reading →

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Registration is open for aspConf

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Eric Hexter

We are really excited about this conference! This is a free, online, two day conference that will focus on web development on using .Net.  We will have great speakers from the community and industry lined up. We already have speakers … Continue reading →

Also posted in Kanban, Management, Metrics, Tools and Vendors | 11 Comments

Help Me Improve The Marionette Wiki

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Documentation is difficult to write, and even more difficult to write well so that it covers all of the nuances and details that the people building the actual project tend to assume and forget. My Marionette project is no different. … Continue reading →

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ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Razor and Open Source and what it means

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

In case you missed it, a large part of ASP.NET is not only going open source, but will be developed in the open on CodePlex and will accept contributions. Now, ASP.NET MVC has always been open source, but has always … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, HTML5, Javascript | 36 Comments

Speaking at San Diego DNUG tonight

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

If you’re in the San Diego area tonight, I’ll be giving my talk on domain modeling. Details below: http://www.sandiegodotnet.com/ I’ve been told that there is free pizza. If not, I might be able score some stale bagels from my hotel’s … Continue reading →

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CodeMash 2012 wrap up

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jimmy Bogard

This year was my first to attend the bacon debauchery that is CodeMash. I had been suggested to go by pretty much everyone that I’ve met that has gone, and this year I was fortunate enough to be selected as … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Hugo Bonacci, To LosTechies!

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Derick Bailey

Not quite a year ago, I interviewed a developer while working at my previous job. He struck me, my boss, and the other people that interviewed him, as some one who is passionate about and dedicated to building great software … Continue reading →

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Re-learning The Meaning of ! in Ruby Methods

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Derick Bailey

Hugo Bonacci has been tweeting a lot about the Eloquent Ruby book, so I decided to pick up a copy. In spite in my year or two of working with Ruby, I still feel like a n00b most of the … Continue reading →

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Do Unto Others

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Sean Chambers

There are many concepts that software development processes and management can learn from. Many of them we use for our technical engineering, others apply to processes and still more apply to the organization as a whole. But none come as … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, C#, Principles and Patterns | 1 Comment