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Open Tabs to the Right in Visual Studio 2010

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:01:06 GMT

It really annoys me that files are opened in the tab bar in Visual Studio by default to the left.

Autocorrecting unknown actions using the Levenshtein distance

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:51:59 GMT

This weekend I prototyped an idea I had earlier this week: autocorrecting unknown actions in ASP.NET MVC.

Calling Console Application from Web Form

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:27:46 GMT

To call the console app from the Web form code-behind we use the Process.Start method. We can avail of the ProcessStartInfo class to set up any properties in advance of making the process call.

Programming for the future of mobile

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:31:27 GMT

I have been working on something small on the side lately. I hardly have anything to show for it though, most of it is still being shaped in my head. Anyhow, a very important part of the front-end is built using jQuery mobile. Although the framework hasn't been released - release candidates are available though -, it's something you should start looking into today. Why? Because the browser is the future of mobile applications. With the Flash and Silverlight bombs that were dropped today, I am even mo...

Responsive Web Design - Stop and Think

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:29:09 GMT

This article by Ethan Marcotte on Responsive Web Design has been widely touted as the designer's panacea for all things mobile. Other leading designers such as Jeffrey Zeldman and Andy Clarke have all jumped on the band wagon. Considering the amount of influence these guys have on young designers, it saddens me that leading designers, of all people, would sacrifice their art on the altar of a quick fix.

Very High Quality Image Resizing in .NET

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:46:59 GMT

Here is how to implement an image resizing technique in an ASP.NET MVC controller. The resizing techniques are implemented in different action methods in an ASP.NET MVC controller. These action methods receive the width and height of the destination image as their parameters. I can set up my routing to handle this controller, called ImageResizeController. Click read article to see the code.

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Web Platform T

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:51:21 GMT

The following update fixes an issue in Visual Studio 2010 SP1, where the IDE may crash when you undo a change to a table of a webpage in Design view.

Video Web Helper in ASP.NET MVC 3 RC 2 - Add Videos to your Web Pages

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:35:31 GMT

The following article demonstrates how to use the Video Web Helper ASP.NET MVC 3 RC 2, to add videos to our web pages.

Turn your Razor helpers into reusable libraries

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:19:48 GMT

David Ebbo looks at wrapping up helpers using the Razor View Engine into libraries which you can share amongst your projects, using the Razor Single File Generator Visual Studio Extension, and a little T4

wcf.codeplex.com is now live

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:45:52 GMT

The WCF Team have been busy building a variety of projects which bring better support for HTTP based services, and better support for JavaScript/jQuery based clients. These projects have all been collected together and are being hosted on CodePlex.

Dean Hume - HTTP HEAD Request - Benefits / Usages

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:52:03 GMT

Until recently, I had heard of the HTTP HEAD method but never actually used it, or quite understood it's usages. I'm sure most of us have used some of the common HTTP Verbs before such as GET or POST. Let me explain a little bit about the HTTP HEAD request method.

LINQ To Objects Tutorial

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:58:17 GMT

A seventeen part tutorial explaining the use of LINQ to Objects with examples in C#. Begins by describing LINQ query expression syntax and standard query operators. Continues to cover all major LINQ operators.

ASP.NET MVC 3: Building simple image editor using WebImage helper

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:03:18 GMT

In my previous posting about WebImage helper I introduced how to use WebImage for different image manipulations. In this posting I will show you how to build simple online image editor using WebImage helper.

Dean Hume - SmushMySite Image Optimization Tool - Smush.itT

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:33:56 GMT

When I am developing a web site, I am always looking for ways to improve the speed and page load times. I have used a few tools such as Yahoo's YSlow and Google's Page Speed Analyzer. If you have played around extensively with YSlow you may have noticed that there is a small column on the components tab called "Smush.it".

ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta: Strongly-typed views in Razor

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:18:14 GMT

One of the new features of Razor view engine is support for strongly-typed models. In this posting I will show you how to use strongly-typed model with Razor using simple view page.

HTML 5 Intellisense In Visual Studio 2010

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:45:52 GMT

Someone recently asked me if Visual Studio 2010 supports HTML 5 Intellisense. Well the answer is not out-of-the-box, but there is a free tool that makes it possible.

Order in Chaos: .NET Collections - Arik Poznanski's Blog

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:15:51 GMT

Order in Chaos: .NET Collections This is a review of the current available collection types in .NET Framework 4.0 Note that I don't plan to explain all the history of the different collection. If a class is obsolete, that is enough information. The intention is to use this post as a reference when you need to decide which type of collection you should use. Also, I'm not going to give the complexity of each function. You can find such information in the relevant class documentation on MSDN. Anywa...

Chronology of the ASP.NET Security Alert

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:09:21 GMT

Earlier this week, on the lead up to the ekoparty Security Conference in Argentina, a pair of security researchers announced that they would demonstrate an attack to exploit the way that ASP.NET handles encrypted session cookies.

How Good C# Habits can Encourage Bad JavaScript Habits: Part 1

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:45:52 GMT

This is the first post in a multi-part series covering common mistakes C# developers tend to make when they first start writing JavaScript.Introduction Many people come to jQuery and believe that their knowledge of a previous classical language (C#, Java, etc) will help them be successful at client-side scripting. You can use your classical language skills to accomplish a large amount of functionality with jQuery. However, the more client-side code you write you will find yourself uncovering strange bug...

Five rules for writing effective UI tests

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:44:46 GMT

Effective, maintainable UI tests are definitely possible. They can be written in such a way that it doesn't require lots of babysitting or dedicated personnel to maintain. They can even be automated to run after every commit. They can provide value, catch bugs, and expose all those unintended consequences from changes that complex applications tend to have.

Scott Hanselman - Introducing NuPack Package Management for .NET

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:15:52 GMT

Microsoft's been filling out the Web Stack with more and more right-sized LEGO pieces lately. NuPack is a package management system for .NET. The goal of NuPack is to make the process of incorporating third party libraries into your solutions as simple as possible.

Introduction Tips to Workflow 4.0

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:45:52 GMT

Introduction Tips and materials to Microsoft Workflow Foundation 4.0

How to workaround Visual Studio 2010 Publish Web Site via FTP Bug

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:46:06 GMT

VS 2010 Publish Web via FTP worked well the first couple of times until we started receiving errors on the staging server.

Technical Debt Is Like Your Friend, The Mafia Bookie

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:15:52 GMT

You've known the guy for years. he's your friend and you've never had any troubles in spite of his job. Then one day, you're hard up for some money to pay rent or get a car repair done. Fortunately your friend is there to help. In spite of your misgivings about taking money from him, he assures you that it's just a friendly loan between people that have known each other for years. It has nothing to do with his professional life, he says. In fact, it was such a small amount of money that he may not even ask you to repay it. You can relax knowing that it's not a big deal and you took care of your needs.

jQuery Cycle Plugin on the Microsoft Ajax CDN

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:45:52 GMT

Start using the jQuery Cycle plugin directly from the Microsoft Ajax CDN in your ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web Forms applications. The jQuery Cycle plugin enables you to display fancy slide shows with over two dozen transition effects such as "toss", "shuffle", and "zoom".