DNN 8 is almost complete.  Later this week we plan to launch DNN 8. Today I am happy to announce that you can get an early peak at what we expect to be in that final build.  Go and download the DNN 8 RC now.

Since we released the Beta in December, the team has been hard at work closing out issues and generally working to ensure a solid, stable DNN 8 release.  In that time we have fixed 113 issues.  As a result we feel that DNN 8 is almost ready to go.

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Grunt (or Gulp) are a critical cornerstone for modern style web development - without these it's basically impossible to create anything complex. Let me show you some real life examples where we use Grunt in the development of 2sxc. 

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The move to JavaScript applications has a profound impact on the concept of Platform Market-Share. A JavaScript App could run on any kind of host from Apache to Azure - so the only question of compatibility is if the hosting platform (like DNN) has an appropriate JSON-WebAPI to answer the requests of the JS-App. Oh brave new world…

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In October I announced the DNN 8 Module Challenge.  I challenged DNN developers to create modern DNN 8 modules using the new DNN 8 MVC and SPA module types. While I know that some developers were able to get started right away, others were waiting for new module templates to aid in building their modules.  Other developers were also waiting on certain platform features to be completed in order to build their modules. Our goal with the contest is to make it as easy as possible for developers to participate and to encourage development of modules that really show off the power of the DNN platform.

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DNN 8 has reached another major milestone. After more than 9 months of development, I am pleased to announce that DNN 8 Beta has been released.  In the month since DNN 8 CTP 7 was released, the team has spent a lot of time reviewing the features planned for DNN 8 and working to stabilize the release.

DNN 8 has a long list of features.  Since the beginning we have been very focused on delivering valuable features that address key developer challenges.  With the introduction of MVC and SPA module types, DNN 8 will provide more options for developers, and allow them to build modules using their .Net framework of choice.  In addition, we have been working to provide additional authentication options for developers using the DNN Service Framework.

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This is an interview I have recorded with Stephen Lim, Owner @ Revindex.com, the creator of Revindex Storefront, an e-commerce solution for DNN and an Evoq Preferred Product. Continue Reading »

Here's a little Christmas present from 2sic to the DNN community: we just pimped ADAM, the Automatic Digital Asset Manager.

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A common use case for an app like disqus is to include it in a list/details scenario like a blog, where you only want the discussion items to appear on the details page. Since most such setups use the same DNN page for the list and the details, we need another mechanism to sometimes include this functionality. I present to you: conditional server-views in apps.

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What I really, really love about 2sxc is they way you can leverage existing tools and integrate them into DNN in minutes. Here's what I just did with the disqus service…

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Very often you'll create a custom input-type (like a select-value-from-json-feed) and then want to provide the web-designer with additional configuration options - like specifying the web service which will deliver the json-feed. Here's how…

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