Tag Archives: Screencasts

Why Choose NoSQL and Document Databases over RDBMS

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Do you want to know the biggest single reason you should choose document databases over SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL? Hint: It’s not performance or scalability.

Here is a short screencast which shows you the stark contrast in simplicity between an application using a relational database and one using a document database such as MongoDB, CouchDB, or RavenDB.

This is an excerpt from my upcoming online MongoDB course for DevelopMentor. You can take the first 1 1/2 hours for free here:

Early access: MongoDB and NoSQL for .NET developers

Cheers,
@mkennedy

Installing MongoDB on Windows and OS X

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Ready to get started with NoSQL and MongoDB? Here are two 7-minute walkthroughs for installing MongoDB as a Windows service / OS X daemon.

These are both excerpts from my upcoming online MongoDB course for DevelopMentor. You can take the first 1 1/2 hours for free here:

Early access: MongoDB and NoSQL for .NET developers

Windows:

OS X:

Feedback welcome.

cheers
@mkennedy

Take the first hour of any online developer course for free at LearningLine

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[Note: reblogged from blog.learninglineapp.com. I'd like to personally invite you to check out our work over at LearningLine - just follow the links below.]

We believe that LearningLine is the most effective online training for developers, period. Today it gets even better. We are announcing the ability to preview any of our online courses, for free without entering any payment information.

This is not a trial that becomes a subscription or a silly 5 minute preview like other company’s offer.  You can now study approximately the first hour of any one of our courses. And you can spend as much time as you like doing so.

To get started, just head over to our schedule page, click on any course title you’d like and choose “Preview course for free“:

   preview-online-developer-course-for-free

This means there is now a lot of content available to you right now. At a typical student speed working for an hour a day, it would take over a month to complete all the content that is available for preview. Continue reading →

Announcing LearningLine: Instructor-led online training from DevelopMentor

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I am very proud to announce an exciting new online learning platform from DevelopMentor:


http://www.learninglineapp.com

At DevelopMentor we have been thinking deeply about online training. We wanted to create an environment that combines the best parts of online learning and classroom training, the best parts of self-directed exploration and expert-led mentoring. We believe we have created just such an environment and I am thrilled to publicly announce it today.

Here’s a short 2-minute video which will give you a quick overview. You can get more details at http://www.learninglineapp.com.

Online training today

There are many shortcomings in how developers learn online today. Continue reading →

Screencast – Validating ASP.NET MVC Forms with DataAnnotations

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Here’s a new screencast for you MVC guys and gals out there.

Validating ASP.NET MVC Forms with DataAnnotations

In this short screencast, I will show you how to leverage ASP.NET MVC’s excellent model binding as well as the DataAnnotations attributes to easily add both server-side and client-side validation for MVC websites.

Introduction to ASP.NET MVC Routes

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Here’s another screencast, this time on MVC and routing.

In this short screencast, I’ll show you everything you need to know to get started with ASP.NET MVC routing. You’ll see how default routes in MVC map to controllers and actions. Next you’ll see how to map additional data from query-strings in addition to simple route data. Finally, we’ll create a custom route to pass additional data in a clean, URL based manor.

Nested Layouts in ASP.NET MVC

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In this screencast, I’ll show you how easy it is to create ASP.NET MVC layout pages based on existing layout pages. This let’s you achieve a nested layout which you can compose to build beautiful websites in MVC with minimal code duplication or effort.

You can download the code if you’re interested.

Screencast: Refactoring with Partial Views in MVC

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In this screencast, I show you how to create maintainable and readable ASP.NET MVC razor views by refactoring them into smaller, reusable blocks with partial views.

Download the code: Refactoring-with-Partial-Views-in-MVC-Kennedy.zip

Screencast: Strongly-Typed Views in ASP.NET MVC

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In this screencast I discuss the how to create strongly-typed razor views in ASP.NET MVC. We look at how Models can be used to pass data (both simple and complex) from controller action methods down to razor views. We also look at the concept of ViewModels which hold aggregate data to pass to views. Finally, we cover some of the tooling for generating views in Visual Studio.

Download the code: Kennedy.Mvc.StronglyTypedViews.zip

Screencast: ViewBag and View Data in ASP.NET MVC

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In this screencast I discuss the ViewBag and ViewData properties in ASP.NET MVC. We look at how they can be used to pass data (both simple and complex) from controller action methods down to razor views.

Download the code: Code-Kennedy.Mvc.ViewBagsAndViewData.zip

Understanding the MVC Project Folder Structure (ASP.NET MVC Foundations Series)

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Here’s a short screencast I did on understanding the ASP.NET MVC folder structure.  As you will see, MVC uses the philosophy of convention over configuration. There are many benefits to this. You simply drop a file here or there, give a class a certain name, etc, and things start to happen. But you must understand how MVC expects you to layout your project.

Cheers,
@mkennedy

Asynchronous Programming in .NET 4.5 (Video)

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Here’s a recording of a webcast I did for DevelopMentor covering .NET 4.5 and .NET 4 asynchrouns programming concepts, including Task<T>, async, and await.

Enjoy!
@mkennedy

PS – Be sure to watch it in 720p quality.

Webcast: Building Rich Input Forms in ASP.NET MVC Tuesday April 10

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[Update: View the recordings and downloads.]

Want to learn more about building great forms in MVC? Attend my free DevelopMentor webcast this Tuesday.

Webcast: Building Rich Input Forms in ASP.NET MVC

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/559059054

In this webcast we will explore the powerful features of ASP.NET MVC that allow us to build rich forms that accept user input. We’ll begin by discussing the built-in HTML Helpers and Model Binding. Next we’ll add validation and show how we can do both client- and server-side validation using DataAnnotations. Finally, we’ll see that sometimes using domain models as our form-bound objects doesn’t make sense. We’ll look at more advanced scenarios using View Models.

Cheers,
@mkennedy

Screencast: Building ASP.NET MVC Forms with Razor

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[note: This screencast has been adapted from my earlier blog post.]

In this ASP.NET MVC Foundations screencast, we’re going to look at building an ASP.NET MVC page which allows users to create and edit objects in our domain. We’ll cover just the basics of using HTML helpers to map model properties to our HTML form and Model Binding to convert our HTML form back into our rich domain object.We’ll start with a very basic store website which has read-only data and we’ll add the ability to create and edit products in our store. Be sure to watch in HD mode for a crisp screen.