Author Archives: Eric Hexter

About Eric Hexter

I am an Architect for Dell.com on the Engineering Excellence team. I (co)Founded MvcContrib, Should, Solution Factory, and Pstrami open source projects. I have co-authored MVC 2 in Action, MVC3 in Action, and MVC 4 in Action. I co-founded online events like mvcConf, aspConf, and Community for MVC. I am also a Microsoft MVP in ASP.Net.

Using Mercurial as a local repository for Team Foundation Server / Start Front’N

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Eric Hexter

This post covers how to setup mercurial(HG) as are local source control repository to sit in front of a Team Foundation Server . I am not going to go into the details of why you would want to run this … Continue reading →

Posted in mercurial, source control, TFS | 3 Comments

Setting up automatic test runs after compilation in VS2010

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Eric Hexter

I lifted some scripts from the interwebs so that after every compilation in visual studio unit tests are automatically run.  I have been a long supporter of the TestDriven.Net addin and Resharper but I found auto running unit tests to … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, agile, VS2010 | 4 Comments

Portable Area excerpt from MVC2 in Action

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Eric Hexter

If some of you want to know why I have not been blogging as much for the last few months..  and this is why. I have been putting my energy into this book as a co-author.  I am excited to … Continue reading →

Posted in Asp.Net MVC, mvccontrib, mvcinaction, Portable Area | 5 Comments

MvcContrib – Portable Area – Visual Studio project template

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Eric Hexter

I just uploaded a visual studio project template for creating portable areas.  You can find the release here: http://mvccontrib.codeplex.com/releases/view/43162 This project template includes a little msbuild trick to automatically include all of your content files as embedded resources, so you … Continue reading →

Posted in mvccontrib, Open Source Software, OSS, Portable Area | 1 Comment

MVC Virtual Group will have Phil Haack the ASP.Net MVC Program Manager, on Wed 4/7 12pm CDT

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Eric Hexter

  I am excited to have Phil Haack present to the Community For MVC virtual Usergroup. He is going to be presenting on the MVC 2 features.  Now that it has been released, I hope anyone using MVC 1 gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Asp.Net MVC, c4mvc, Community, Usergroup | Comments Off

Redgate is a Platinum Sponsor of Austin Code Camp 2010

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Eric Hexter

  Red Gate Software makes ingeniously simple tools for over 500,000 Microsoft technology professionals working with SQL Server, .NET, and Exchange Server.  The company’s product line includes must-have tools for .NET developers who program in C# or VB.NET. Download your … Continue reading →

Posted in AustinCodeCamp, Community | Comments Off

DiscountASP.Net is a Platinum Sponsor of Austin Code Camp 2010

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Eric Hexter

DiscountASP.NET delivers the best value in cutting edge, enterprise-class shared ASP.NET Hosting through continuous innovation. We offer One Hosting Plan and Add-ons in the US and UK. Information at www.discountasp.net On behalf of the Austin .Net Users Group (ADNUG) and … Continue reading →

Posted in AustinCodeCamp, Community | Comments Off

DevExpress is a Platinum Sponsor of Austin Code Camp 2010

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Eric Hexter

Developer Express Inc. develops Feature-Complete Components for ASP.Net and Winforms, Reporting Tools, IDE Add-ins, and Business Application Frameworks for Visual Studio. Information at www.devexpress.com On behalf of the Austin .Net Users Group (ADNUG) and every attendee of Code Camp 2010, … Continue reading →

Posted in AustinCodeCamp, Community, Tools | Comments Off

Deploying your Server Roles: Using MSDeploy for Enterprise Deployments.

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Eric Hexter

  This is an update that builds upon the previous posts about how We do Deployments. Part 1: Using MSDeploy to automate your Enterprise Application remote deployments. Part 2 Update on using MSDeploy for remote deployments.   The development environment … Continue reading →

Posted in .Net, continous improvement, continous integration, Deployment, headspring, IIS, MSDeploy | 1 Comment

A Call for Help – Vote for my Codeplex Issues

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Eric Hexter

This is my second time of calling to the community to support some feature requests I have made for the CodePlex website.   The first time I did this, I got a great response. The community voted my issue up and … Continue reading →

Posted in mvccontrib, Open Source Software, OSS | 4 Comments