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Are you a Control Freak?

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:31:12 GMT

Since the very early ASP.NET MVC previews, the most common argument I've heard against using the framework is the lack of user controls. In my opinion, this is a mixed blessing, however, for some, this is a show stopper. What can you do to provide a rich user interface with the MVC framework, while not reinventing the wheel?

ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate shipping in January

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:01:02 GMT

ScottGu talks about the upcoming Release Candidate of ASP.NET MVC V1 and the features it brings to the table

BlogEngine.NET Christmas update

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:16:03 GMT

Some exiting things have been going on with BlogEngine.NET lately...

When Should I Write Tests?

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:46:03 GMT

The definitive answer to a question that comes up all the time...

jQuery for Absolute Beginners: Video Series

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:46:02 GMT

This is a 9 parts video series for beginners to learn jQuery.

Programming Asp.Net MVC by O'Reilly

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:16:07 GMT

Well, it is about time we (Tim, Chris and myself) actually made this announcement. We will be doing a MVC book with O'Reilly titled 'Programming MVC'. We are super excited and super pumped to get this out the door. All three of us are huge fans of the MVC framework and know that this is framework going to be smashing success.

How to Call Controllers in External Assemblies in ASP.NET MVC

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:16:05 GMT

In this post Simone shows you how to call ASP.NET MVC controllers that are embedded in external assemblies.

Cloud Computing (and Azure) - Right for your site?

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:16:02 GMT

A quick overview of cloud computing options and benefits from a web hosting standpoint.

Gravatar with ASP.NET MVC

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:46:11 GMT

Ryan Lanciaux discusses a class for retrieving Gravatar images -- this class was mainly written to facilitate using Gravatar with ASP.NET MVC.

jQuery Intellisense Updates from Microsoft

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:46:21 GMT

With Microsoft's recent releases of the jQuery Intellisense file plus the hotfix released this week using jQuery in Visual Studio has become a lot easier and more convenient. Here is a little more detail on what you need and how it works.

ScottGu:Nov 6th Links: ASP.NET, AJAX, jQuery, ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:46:02 GMT

Great collection of links. Again.

Donut Caching in ASP.Net MVC - Revisited by Phil Haack

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:01:04 GMT

In this article Phil makes an improvement to the Maarten Balliauw's MVC OutputCache substitution ActionFilter Attribute

C# Structs

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:16:02 GMT

What are the benefit of structs in C#? When can they improve performance and memory use? See examples and benchmarks as well as screens from CLRProfiler and the Visual Studio debugger. Is this is the best struct article in the world? Maybe!

Exploring System.Web.Routing

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:31:11 GMT

An overview of the new System.Web.Routing namespace that was included in .net 3.5 SP1.

jQuery and the ASP.NET MVC Framework

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:46:02 GMT

With WebForms, integrating with Ajax libraries other than ASP.NET AJAX was slightly painful. With the new ASP.NET MVC Framework, however, you can use jQuery without these additional headaches.

7 principles of clean and optimized CSS code

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:01:02 GMT

With the popularity of CSS layouts and JavaScript-enriched web page experiences, it's not uncommon, particularly for large sites, for the CSS files alone to grow in size, but there are some principles to consider during and after you write your CSS to help keep it tight and optimized. Optimization isn't just minimizing file size - it's also about being organized, clutter-free, and efficient. You'll find that the more knowledge you have about optimal CSS practices, smaller file size will inevitably come as an direct result of their implementation. You may already be familiar with some of the principles mentioned in this article, but they are worth a review. Being familiar with this concepts will help you write optimized CSS code and make you a better all-around web designer.

Visual Studio Theme Generator

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:16:02 GMT

A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every color to make a decent theme is way too repetitive. This web application automatically chooses complements / contrasts based off your initial color selections (and uses jQuery to let you preview your theme before creating). Check it out and let me know what you think.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:16:02 GMT

Customers and partners worldwide confirm mission-critical applications, enterprise-class data warehousing support.

Recursing into Recursion - Memoization

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:17:05 GMT

Matthew Podwysocki continues his series on Recursion. In this post he deals with memoization (speeding up your programs by avoiding repetitive calculations for previously processed function inputs). This is a great read; especially if you are into functional programming.

Software I can't work without

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:46:10 GMT

I'm about to configure a new development machine this week. It's going to be my 3rd install from scratch in the last 12 months, which I know is not all that much, but certainly more than I wish I had to.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 5

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:46:15 GMT

In part 5 of the IronRuby versus C# series, we talk about Arrays in Ruby and how they are a different beast from what we are used to in C#.

ASP.NET MVC: Avoiding Tag Soup : Rob Conery

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:46:15 GMT

"Every time I do a demo or post something about MVC, I invariably get the comment: "this is Spaghetti Code from the bad old days of ASP Classic". Gimme a break. Have we been handheld for so long that we forget how to do this stuff?"

Enhance your input fields with simple CSS tricks

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:16:02 GMT

We're all trying to build an effective and good looking web forms. But there are always a new challenges. If you read my previous articles on how to build a better web forms, you could have noticed there are so many details about it. This article will show you how you can make a usual, boring web forms more effective and exciting with just a few simple CSS tricks.

ASP.NET MVC UserControls Start to Finish

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:46:12 GMT

The ASP.NET MVC framework ships with a number of Visual Studio project and item templates to ease our development tasks. One of these templates is a UserControl built specifically for the MVC framework. We are going to walkthrough building a re-usable Header control that can be added to the top of related pages (in this specific case, this Control will be added to all Account pages).

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 3

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:46:09 GMT

Part 3 in a multi-part series on learning Ruby using IronRuby and C#. Justin continues his series using familiar C# code to explain Ruby programming concepts. In this post, he goes over static methods (class methods in Ruby), parameters, conditionals and loops.