http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog Fri, 22 May 2009 16:45:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cleaning up my hard drives and found this The site is dated back to 2001, the first site I've ever worked on (and get paid for it) back when I was in high school grade 10. I guess I've come a long way since then :). http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/22/the-first-website-ive-ever-worked-on/ DevTeach 2009 is coming to Vancouver early next month. This is an event that you should not miss if you are around the area. I've been to a number of tech conferences and I must say DevTeach is my favorite. (and I don't have any sponsor for the endorsement!) =]. The ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/21/devteach-vancouver-and-altnet-canada/ Last week I presented at BC .NET user group and there are a number of good questions I didn't have time to answer. So here's a recap. Download sample code here Why would I choose ASP.NET MVC over traditional WebForms? The answer to this question deserves its own post. So you can read ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/13/aspnet-mvc-qa/ During my presentation on ASP.NET MVC  last week, an audience asked me the question of why he should consider MVC over ASP.NET WebForm. Hence this blog post. ASP.NET MVC is an alternative to implement web site/application on Microsoft Platform. It has been emphasized countless times that it's not a replacement for ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/11/why-would-i-choose-aspnet-mvc-over-webform/ Yesterday I worked on fixing up a legacy Java code and I found it laced with a lot of  "//TODO" comments. A class with most TODOs topped at 12. Worse, these TODOs are mostly critical make-or-break feature and assumptions. Here's an example: public void run(){   ... //TODO: Should notify user for failure and rever the ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/18/when-to-do-the-todos/ Next month I'll be presenting at BC .NET user group on ASP.NET MVC framework. The talk will be focusing on how and why you should consider ASP.NET MVC for you next project. Instead of the usual "presentation" I decide to kick it up a notch and make it more of a ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/15/aspnet-mvc-presentation-at-bc-net-user-group-next-month/ Lately I've been doing quite a lot of work in the area of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). To people unfamiliar with this subject, it would seem like it's a part of marketing but I found out first hand that this is not true. Especially if you are a web ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/29/seo-for-developers-1-start-with-planning-your-seo-campaign/ Recently a client asked me to help speeding up his business website (built with ASP.NET MVC beta). He's got a few complaints from customers of how slow the site is. So I ran YSlow extension to see how bad it was and...not surprisingly it was really bad. First of, it got an F on YSlow. ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/28/yslow-web-page-optimization-for-aspnet-mvc/ Though it's a bit late but let me congratulate ASP.NET MVC team on 1.0 release. The official announcement was made by Scott Guthrie at MIX 09 in Vegas. You can read the full blog post about this release on Phil's blog. This is a great achievement for both Microsoft and the community. As we all know, MVC ... http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/21/aspnet-mvc-10-is-released/ Angad forwarded this to me a a few other. This pdf is an essential for anyone who's starting out or already involved with FOSS. Click here to download the PDFnote: Kudos for Shakthi Kannan, the creator. http://teera.seriyagroup.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/24/must-knows-of-the-open-source-world/