generic list into a JSON string

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;

List<Person> myResults = GetNames(searchFor);
           JavaScriptSerializer jes = new JavaScriptSerializer();
           string jsonResults = jes.Serialize(myResults);
          //return as JSON result
          context.Response.ContentType = "applcation/json";
          context.Response.Write(jsonResults);

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Need some spreadsheet functionality in your website or web application?

We have discovered GrapeCity’s Spread.Net.

Spread.Net is a remarkably easy to implement spreadsheet solution.

Need

We had a need to show data in concise easy to read format with cells and columns with an occasional graph.  Spread.Net was our BINGO moment.

GrapeCity Cool stuff

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Learn MVC3

Here is a good training video to get started in MVC3

http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/players/PSODPlayer?author=scott-allen&name=mvc3-building-intro&mode=live&clip=0&course=aspdotnet-mvc3-intro

 

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Quote

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” –Steve Jobs
Originally posted by and art by http://juxtagill.tumblr.com/

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sJobs

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DateFormats

M       display one-digit month number         
d       display one-digit day of the MONTH     
h       display one-digit hour on 12-hour scale
mm      display two-digit minutes
yy      display two-digit year                 

d    2/27/2009
D    Friday, February 27, 2009
f    Friday, February 27, 2009 12:11 PM
F    Friday, February 27, 2009 12:12:22 PM
g    2/27/2009 12:12 PM
G    2/27/2009 12:12:22 PM
m    February 27
M    February 27
o    2009-02-27T12:12:22.1020000-08:00
O    2009-02-27T12:12:22.1020000-08:00
s    2009-02-27T12:12:22
t    12:12 PM
T    12:12:22 PM
u    2009-02-27 12:12:22Z
U    Friday, February 27, 2009 8:12:22 PM
y    February, 2009
Y    February, 2009

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SQL Saturday 49 Orlando

There were great attendees to the SQL Saturday presentation “Spatial Queries in SQL 2008”

First, here are the slide,database , SQL, and ASP.Net code in one zip file.

Download from SQLSaturday website

Here are some links mentioned during the presentation.

1) Geocoding addresses using Google See sample on Codeplex.com

2) BING maps SDK AJAX version

3) Bing maps SDK Silverlight version

4) Window Mobile 7 toolkit Download the Tools

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SQL Saturday Tampa – Spatial Data

Thank you all for attending my session here are the files to download and get stated with spatial data with SQL Server 2008 and Virtual Earth.

Everything (PPT,ASP.NET,Database)

Just the ASP.Net code

Just database backup

Just the script to build the database

Just the PowerPoint

Bing Maps AJAX SDK

Bing Maps Silverlight SDK

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Tampa Code Camp 2009

As promised here are the slides from the presentation.

PowerPoint Slides

PDF version on the slides

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I made it on TV … sort of

I am featured on MSDN’s channel 9 ( as an audience member ).  I attended a Tool Shed Episode at MS HQ in Tampa and they televised the sessions. 

It’s a good session introducing Windows Live Writer, Silverlight 3, Expression Blend 3, Expression Encoder, and Windows Mobile 6.5.

Watch Tool Shed Episode #4

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