Screen Capture in Windows 7 for demos

I often have to do screen capture for demos. There are 3 different ways you can capture screen images in Windows 7. Two of them come with Windows 7. Third  one needs Microsoft Expression Encoder which is not free.

1. Using traditional PrintScreen method. Either you can use PrintScreen button which will capture the entire screen or use ALT PrintScreen to capture the active window. Then you have to copy it to a program like Paint. Take a screen capture (print screen)
2. Using the Snip tool. This is a cool feature. Type snip in the Start programs. You can use the snip in 3 different modes. I use the rectangular mode to capture portion of a screen, for example Windows Phone 7 emulator screens. It automatically produces a JPEG image which you can save. Use Snipping Tool to capture screen shots
3. Expression Encoder. This is a powerful tool which you can use not only for capturing static images, but also videos of actual demos.Expression Studio

MVC Widgets, RenderAction, partial views, sub controllers and RenderPartialRequests part 2

This has become a long post, so I am continuing with the links

1. ASP.NET MVC Preview 4: ComponentController Is Now RenderAction by Rob Conery
2. ASP.NET MVC Namespaces in Web.config instead of Views - ASP.NET MVC Best Practices  by David Hayden
3. Quick Tips About ASP.NET MVC – WebPart Framework by Nunos
4. Developing Web 2.0 Portal Using Asp.Net MVC, Microsoft Ajax Client Templates And JQuery With Drag And Drop Widget Personalization – Part 1 by Lakkakula
5. Renderpartial conditionally on masterpage in asp.net mvc in Stack Overflow
6. RenderPartial vs RenderAction by Derik Whittaker
7. Dynamic Views in ASP.NET MVC 2 by Greg Shakles
8. ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Using Multiple Actions by Brian Mains
9. Web 2.0 AJAX Portal using jQuery, ASP.NET 3.5, Silverlight, Linq to SQL, WF and Unity by Omar Al Zabir
10. Dropthings

MVC Widgets, RenderAction, partial views, sub controllers and RenderPartialRequests – Part 1

Have been spending some time on MVC. It is a fascinating technology with very little documentation! Did lot of web search to find the following interesting topics:

1. Partial Requests in ASP.NET MVC by Steve Sanderson
2. Html.RenderAction and Html.Action by Phil Haack
3. ASP.NET MVC Tip #50 – Create View Models by Stephen Walther
4. ASP.NET MVC Partial Views and Strongly Typed Custom ViewModels by Mike Brind
5. ASP.NET MVC and the templated partial view (death to ASCX)  by Jeffery Palermo
6. Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0 by Damon Armstrong
7. SubControllers in ASP.NET MVC by Matt Hinze
8. Quick Tips About ASP.NET MVC – WebPart Framework by Nunos
9. MVC Contrib Portable areas download
10. MVC Widgets with RenderAction  by Steve Michelotti
11. Creating a Stock Widget in ASP.NET MVC Application by Azam Sharp
12. Creating an MVC based website with reusable widgets by Geert van der Cruijsen