UPDATE: While the solution I presented is fine for builds, what you really want is for the JavaScript file to be regenerated when you save the TypeScript file. The current TypeScript plug-in doesn’t do this. Lucky for us, Mads Kristensen has updated the Web Essentials 2012 plug-in to support TypeScript. It will rebuild your .ts files when you save them. This one is an easy fix. Here’s the situation: You downloaded and installed the TypeScript and opened up your existing ASP.…

I Need One of Those For My Office Kicking off TechEd 2012 was a DJ on stage manipulating a SmithsonMartin Emulator DJ Touch machine. This translucent large panel multitouch display runs only on Windows and filled the big room with soothing grooves to get the show off to a nice start. We won’t take too much mention of the fact that he was using his iTunes library to supply the tracks.…

Recently, I went over how to setup SQL Server on Amazon RDS from within Visual Studio. In that article, I noted that there are differences between SQL Azure and SQL Server on Amazon RDS and that we needed more work to thoroughly investigate any limitations of SQL Server on RDS. I specifically called out the ability to run .NET assemblies (otherwise known as SQLCLR) as a possible deal breaker for some.…