We just launched a new Design Gallery for ASP.NET MVC websites at: http://www.ASP.net/mvc/gallery You can vote on the designs that you like and that you don't like. You also can contribute new designs of your own.   After you download a design from the gallery, you can use the design by following these steps: 1) Copy the files from DesignTemplateCS or DesignTemplateVB folder into your project (use DesignTemplateCS for C# projects and DesignTemplateVB for VB.NET projects) 2) Do a search and replace the string [YourProjectName]. Replace [YourProjectName] with the actual name of your project as displayed in the Solution Explorer window. This last step is necessary...

I just flew back from Barcelona where I gave three talks last week at Tech-Ed EMEA. Lots of excitement, and great feedback, on all of the new Ajax features being added to the ASP.NET framework. I've included the Power Points and demo code from my presentations below. In my first Ajax talk, I focused on several newly released features of ASP.NET AJAX including Browser History, Script Combining, jQuery integration, and the ASP.NET MVC AJAX Helpers. Download the Power Point Download the  Demo Code Download the Demo Code (MVC App)...

Thank you to everyone who came to my jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX PDC talk!  As promised, I've added a link to the demo code from the talk to this blog entry. There are three separate downloads: jQuery Demos -- Contains sample code that demonstrates how to use jQuery selectors, animations, and plug-ins. PhotoGallery Application -- Contains a simple Photo Gallery application in which photos are fetched by making Ajax calls to a web service. Demonstrates using the new Client Side Templates features of ASP.NET AJAX. MovieDatabase Application -- Contains...

In this blog entry, I list the essential tips and tricks that every developer who uses Visual Studio 2008 should know. I wanted to keep this list brief. I also wanted to focus on only those tips and tricks that I use on a daily basis. Almost all of these tips and tricks are just as useful regardless of whether you are building an ASP.NET Web Forms or ASP.NET MVC application. Tip #1 – You don’t need to select a line to copy or delete it I always cringe whenever I see someone select an entire line of...

Now that ASP.NET MVC Beta 1 is out, how do you learn how to use it? How do you learn how to build ASP.NET MVC applications? Here are my recommendations. The main website for all information related to ASP.NET MVC is located at: http://www.ASP.net/mvc This website contains a large number of videos, tutorials, and links to blogs and documentation. Here is how I would suggest navigating all of this material. First, I would recommend watching the video Creating a Tasklist Application with ASP.NET MVC located at: http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc-videos/video-395.aspx...