How to disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) in Windows Server 2008/R2

One of the first thing I do when I get a new development environment is to disable IE ESC. But what is the IE ESC? Quoting from Technet: Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration places your server and Internet Explorer in a configuration that decreases the exposure of your server to potential attacks that can occur […]

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Nice Learning Resources: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, AJAX, Visual Studio, Silverlight

Scott Guthrie has provided some nice resource links for ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Silverlight on his Blog Link Quoting to ScottGu ASP.NET URL Routing in ASP.NET 4: Scott Mitchell has a nice article that talks about the new URL routing features coming to Web Forms applications with ASP.NET 4.  Also check out my previous blog post […]

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Update Silverlight Client for Facebook for Silverlight 4 RC

At the end of January 2010, Microsoft released a new application for Facebook based on the Beta development milestone of Silverlight 4. Users that have downloaded and installed the first version of Silverlight Client for Facebook now have an update available, as the Silverlight Client for Facebook was refreshed in accordance with the release of […]

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Introducing the Facebook Azure Toolkit

An open source project hosted on CodePlex promises to streamline the development of Facebook applications that also leverage Microsoft’s Cloud platform. The Facebook Azure Toolkit is currently available for download under a Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL), which is an open source license. Ahead of anything else, the toolkit is designed as a resource for developers […]

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jQuery JavaScript Library 1.4.1 Included in VS2010 and ASP.NET MVC 2

Developers leveraging Microsoft’s development platform and tools have already been able to take advantage of the integration with jQuery JavaScript. If memory serves me correctly, at the end of 2008, Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President, .NET Developer Platform, announced that Microsoft would be shipping jQuery as an integral part of Visual Studio moving forward. Two […]

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