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Comment on ASP.NET MVC3 and 404’s for Area Controllers by Dave Bouwman

Dave Bouwman — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:23:39 +0000

Michael,

I like that but here’s the thing – the “basic” jsapi app can be done without a server side framework (it’s all JS talking to ArcGIS Server). The value in adding it into ASP.NET MVC is to utilize some server side goodies – security, custom data indexing/searching (i.e. with Lucene), real-time services or what have you, and typically that takes things past “super simple” and into the realm of data specific.

We’ve got some DevSummit talks that will make their way into blog posts – 2 “real-time” demo apps implemented on node.js and asp.net mvc, as well as another on using BackboneJs in a map app. Since those are not at all related to client work, we can easily put them up on github, and the write posts dissecting them. All great things, but time is the limiting issue

Cheers
Dave

Comment on ASP.NET MVC3 and 404’s for Area Controllers by Michael Rut

Michael Rut — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:35:02 +0000

recommendation:
Write a post about creating a super simple mapping application using a javascript api within the ASP.NET MVC3 architecture. Include basic functionality such as navigation, search, and selecting features.
Love your blog… very helpful!

Comment on ASP.NET MVC3 and 404’s for Area Controllers by Craig

Craig — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:30:02 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I went through a similar headache searching Google for and answer. Your post helped me to identify that the namespaces created by visual studio were the culprit… a very frustrating issue to identify from a ’404′ error. As for Dave’s comment, our team of developers glean from each others diverse experiences from front end development to integration development. It would be nice to have the time to read through books before jumping into something new but not a luxury many developers have.

Cheers and Thanks for considering your piers.

Comment on Using Log4Net in ArcMap COM Extensions/Commands etc by Dave Bouwman

Dave Bouwman — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:29:23 +0000

Sorry Dejan, but it looks like I misplaced the source code. Anyhow – this tool would not do you much good as this post is about how to add logging to your own tools

Dave

Comment on Using Log4Net in ArcMap COM Extensions/Commands etc by D Gregor

D Gregor — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:56:56 +0000

Can you post the compiled tool maybe for ArcGIS Desktop 10?

Comment on Changing Gears for 2012: Getting Real with Rails by James Kelly

James Kelly — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:38:33 +0000

Maybe a way to dip your toe in is to use the VsVim plugin for Visual Studio 2010. You can get used to the key bindings and general movements in your everyday environment, then practice and hone your VIM fu on the rails projects in spare time. VsVim still has intellisense support, so the learning curve is pretty low.

I bit the bullet with VIM because I was sick of playing on a Linux server and not being able edit anything. Personally, I don’t regret it for a second.
In addition to what Bob has mentioned, try http://vimcasts.org/episodes/archive for a lot of easy to digest stuff for free, very much like http://railscasts.com/

Comment on Changing Gears for 2012: Getting Real with Rails by Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:05:52 +0000

Yes it is a royal PITA to learn VIM. I will say though, that from using VIM I ‘learned’ the framework better than searching with TextMate.

If you want to learn VIM, I found http://www.derekwyatt.org/vim/vim-tutorial-videos/vim-novice-tutorial-videos/ to be an awesome set of tutes.

Comment on Changing Gears for 2012: Getting Real with Rails by Dave Bouwman

Dave Bouwman — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:01:34 +0000

Thanks for the link to those screencasts – I’ll check them out.

Watching VIM guru’s is truly awe inspiring! I’d love to start with VIM, but from what I’ve seen, you need to really know the framework so you know exactly where you want to go next… and I’m certainly not there yet!

Cheers,

Dave

Comment on Changing Gears for 2012: Getting Real with Rails by James Kelly

James Kelly — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:53:08 +0000

As another coming from GIS into .NET and using Rails in my spare time, I am also happy (like Bob) to see this. I too found Rob Conery’s screencasts very useful.

If your are interested, I can recommend https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts, the host Gary Bernhardt came from Python to Ruby, and his skills in VIM are phenomenal. They are nice and short, and pack a LOT in. All TDD showing him developing or fixing stuff. I don’t watch them just to learn, but as something to aspire to.

Comment on Changing Gears for 2012: Getting Real with Rails by Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:40:31 +0000

Coming from a world of GIS and Python, I have followed you on twitter for some time now. I am happy to see that you are trying out Ruby on Rails.

I have NOT tried out the Geo-Rails gem yet but I plan to try it in the future. There is a nice writeup for it at http://www.daniel-azuma.com/blog/archives/60