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As an enterprise software architect, there are many difficult problems that I face at work.  Most of the time, these problems require an elegantly architected solution that promises to be both maintainable and efficient at the same time.  This is always a difficult balance to achieve. 
The thing that surprises me most is that many [...]

Missing Web Site Templates in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition

Continuing in my quest to experience the goodness of the new .NET 3.5 SP1 stuff from the ground up, I installed Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition.  After all, now that I have my AdventureWorks database up and running, I want to experiment with ASP.NET data scaffolding (ASP.NET Dynamic Data), JavaScript Intellisense, ADO.NET Entity Framework, [...]