Microsoft recently released the RC version of its now famous Web Platform Installer.  The Web Platform Installer is a compilation of powerful frameworks, servers, tools, database and popular open source web applications that can be installed from a single package and prepare your Windows machine to become a powerhouse in web development. You can download the Web Platform Installer directly h... [More]

Most ASP.NET developers know their way around Microsoft SQL Server.  From a fresh installation of Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer they can start building data driven applications targeting this Database software.  Sometimes SQL server is not a choice we have; or perhaps the SQL Server space that the host provider is offering is just not enough for our web application needs but the ... [More]