Subkismet is a set of tools as a framework to fight against spam in .NET applications. Keyvan announces the first public release of this open source framework.

A primer to different testing methodologies and when to use them and how

How does the easy approach of ASP.NET affect you as a developer?

Get real-time stock quotes with this simple class. It updates it self every minute with the latest quotes. Easy to modify.

A method that checks what types a string can be converted into. It could be integers, guids, booleans, enums etc.

Exposes JavaScript variables to the C# code such as WindowHeight, ColorDepth or whatever JavaScript variable you can think of. Plug 'n play HttpModule - no code required.

Plug this simple HttpModule to your existing web application and all your query strings will automatically be encrypted without you have to change your code.

This method will add a meta-tag that specifies the same content-type as the HTTP header does. That way you just have to change the encoding in the web.config and it will automatically change the meta-tag accordingly.

How to cause a postback with Javascript on any element, and pass through parameters

The problem begins when your web application is set to automatically resolve the culture through the browser. It is by default. All these different cultures have different ways to look at numbers and decimals and that’s all built directly into the .NET Framework.

The module is a high performance and lightweight protection from Denial-of-Service attacks and very easy to implement.

The thread pool gives you an easy and safe way for creating multithreaded applications, and even though the stateless nature of the Internet isn’t the best place for multithreading, it can still be the right thing to do for certain scenarios.

When an IP address is blocked it stops the response and sends a “403 Forbidden” header.

By using this simple method it is very easy to build your own web server checking tool.