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Building javascript minification into MSBuild scripts

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:56:50 GMT

How to use a tool called Packer.NET to automatically minify your javascript and CSS files during your build. Minification can really speed up the download of an ASP.NET application with lots of javascript.

VS2003 addin to recycle IIS app pools after build is finished

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:38:09 GMT

A nifty VS2003 add-in that will automatically recycle your IIS app pools when you rebuild to make sure you're running with the latest version of all assemblies.

Create custom LINQ providers fluently

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:01:02 GMT

Just released LinqExtender 2.0. Over previous release , it contains generally bugs fixes. Overall, I have focused on striping out complexity as much as possible to keep you focused on your business logic. You can see the full list of features in the documentation that comes with it.

How to Integrate with Facebook Connect

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:04 GMT

This article demonstrates how to integrate Facebook Connect into your existing ASP.NET site in just a few simple steps. It teaches the basics of integration with full sample code included for download.

Svelte asp.net: avoiding <form runat="server">

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:48:36 GMT

Postbacks in ASP.NET have a pretty heavy cost in terms of page size. Add a <form runat="server"> tag and now you have a big ugly viewstate tag to lug around each time you load a new page. Using a regular <form> tag with a post or get method can sometimes give you the functionality you need without the overhead of all the postback functionality.

JSINQ

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:03:41 GMT

LINQ syntax for querying DOM nodes in javascript.

Adding sweetness to the Microsoft ajax library

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:12:09 GMT

Make the computer take the work out of creating ASP.NET Ajax controls with some extensions to the framework that reduce creating a new property or function down to one line of code.

The Beauty of Closures

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:42:50 GMT

All about closures and using closures in C#. Free chapter of a book called C# in depth. Very interesting if you ever wanted to know what closures are and why you should be interested in them.

ParseChildren, PersistChildren and PersistenceMode.InnerProperty

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:38:03 GMT

An excellent explanation of how to use the ParseChildren and PersistChildren attributes to create controls that can persist their child tags. Children can either be added to the control's control collection or to a property of your choice. For example that's how the items in a DropDownList work.

JavaScript UI-components (Part 1)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:14:57 GMT

Series of articles, about different approaches to create JavaScript components. Howto operate between components. First article show: ideal scenario of cooperation between components and why use "classes"

Circuit Breaker pattern AOP style

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:52:16 GMT

In this post I suggest an implementation of Circuit Breaker pattern with aspect oriented programming

Small talk with a web designer

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:44:13 GMT

A flow chart explaining how a conversation can go when you explain you're a web designer.

Saving server control properties to ViewState with custom attributes

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:15:47 GMT

Here's a little tip for using .NET custom attributes to make a server control's ViewState property into a single line of code. Save yourself some boring repetitive coding and make the language do the work instead.

BlogEngine.net Post Security

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:46:10 GMT

BlogEngine.net 1.3/1.4 supports user roles. But we can't seem to be able to make it mandatory for users to sign in to see blog posts. That's not something you usually want on a public blog, but maybe for a corporate blog.

Object Oriented Programming with JavaScript : Timer Class

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:23:57 GMT

How to do object oriented programming with JavaScript by taking simple example to a timer class..

Three Free Tools Any Web Developer Must Use

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:33:38 GMT

Here are some great tools that will help you diagnose problems and errors on your applications. Don't leave home without them!

The @Reference Directive

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:02:40 GMT

When I want to add a user control to a page I use the @Register directive at the top of the page. and the I add the control to the markup. But what if I want to add a user control programmatically but I have no reference of it via the markup? That is where the @Reference directive comes to action.