Maarten Balliauw is a cloud and web development expert specializing in .NET, C#, Microsoft Azure, and application performance. Frequent international speaker and Head of Customer Success at Duende Software.
438 articles from this blog
Announcing MvcSiteMap, an open-source ASP.NET MVC sitemap provider for flexible navigation and security trimming.
A tutorial on connecting to and using Windows Azure Blob Storage from PHP, including code examples for basic operations.
A screencast demonstrating how to use Visual Studio tooling to build a CRUD interface with ASP.NET MVC in under 15 minutes.
A tutorial on building an offline-capable ASP.NET MVC notebook application using Google Gears for local data storage and synchronization.
Author announces and reflects on writing his first book, 'ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Quickly,' a hands-on guide for ASP.NET developers.
A review of Packt's book on software testing using Visual Studio Team System 2008, covering test types, deployment, and reporting.
A tutorial on extending PHPExcel to save spreadsheets directly to Google Docs using a custom writer class and Zend Framework.
The new VISUG (Visual Studio User Group Belgium) website is now live, featuring an updated layout, RSS feed for events, and aggregated member blog content.
A tutorial on implementing form validation using the IDataErrorInfo interface in the ASP.NET MVC release candidate framework.
Announcing PHPLinq 0.4.0, a PHP library bringing .NET's LINQ query capabilities to arrays, XML, and databases.
The agenda for the Belgian TechDays 2009 conference has been published online, with details available on the event website and a related blog.
A developer updates the CarTrackr reference application to ASP.NET MVC 1.0 RC, detailing key changes like view type syntax and compile-time view validation.
Microsoft releases ECMA-376/OpenXML implementation notes for Office 2007, aiding developers in understanding document handling and improving libraries like PHPExcel.
A review of the book 'ASP.NET 3.5 Social Networking,' focusing on its practical lessons in building scalable, maintainable software using modern design patterns.
A screencast tutorial on using jQuery and ASP.NET MVC to check username availability during user registration.
A tutorial on using Microsoft's Pex tool for automated white-box testing and code verification in .NET, including a practical example.
A developer's top 5 technical blog posts from 2008, focusing on PHPExcel, ASP.NET MVC, and Visual Studio profiling.
A review of the book 'ASP.NET 3.5 Application Architecture and Design', covering its content and target audience for developers new to architectural concepts.
Final part of a series detailing the deployment of an ASP.NET MVC application (CarTrackr) to Windows Azure, covering challenges and solutions.
Part 4 of a series on migrating an ASP.NET MVC app to Windows Azure, focusing on implementing authentication using Windows Live ID.
