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Removing unused CSS Classes from your web application

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:31:14 GMT

2 ways to clean up your Css by removing unused classes.

Three C# 2.0/3.0 Syntaxes That You Didn't Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:31:02 GMT

Working with other colleagues, I found these C# syntaxes are still not well-known and used

UK Software Consultant Nightmare: The IT Recruiting Agents

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:16:02 GMT

The definite guide to the tricks and tactics employed by some IT recruting agents that made the UK software consultant's recruting process a nightmare.

How Not To Compromise Security Through ASP.NET Validators

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:31:11 GMT

A guide to closing some security holes that might be left open when using or building ASP.NET Validator controls.

The Three Steps of Building an ASP.NET Validator Control

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:46:10 GMT

A clear walkthrough on how to build an ASP.NET validator control in three steps with an example of how to apply this to build a credit card number validator.

Searching for files using LINQ

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:05 GMT

An LINQ example

Google Sandbox: When? Why? And How to Dump it!

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:26:06 GMT

Your website does not appear on search engines, there is a probability that it is sandboxed. This post tells you what is a sandbox and how to avoid it.

Codebehind Files in ASP.NET MVC Are Evil

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:46:05 GMT

Having Codebehind files for Views in ASP.NET MVC tempts developers to use web forms style programming in MVC applications. Removing them from the default application templates and new File->ASP.NET MVC View templates will help developers fall into a "pit of success" by eliminating the temptation to put code into codebehind files that should really go into Controllers.

Three Rules That ASP.NET Developers Should Know About SEO

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:01:05 GMT

Focuses on three important rules (with code snippets) that ASP.NET developers should follow to do their part of the SEO process.

Two ASP.NET/VS 2008 Performance Tricks That Even Microsoft Didn't Know

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:46:02 GMT

Two interesting ASP.NET with Visual Studio 2008 performance tips that were not documented and discovered by chance

LINQ to SQL: The Data Access Layer (DAL) Shrinker

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:33:05 GMT

Focuses on the way LINQ has affected the way we implement our data access layer and reduced the written code and argues about the advantages of "shrinking" the DAL. The post also shows code snippets before and after introducing LINQ.

Session Keep-Alive Web Control

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:37:45 GMT

Session expiration in ASP.NET is a nasty problem. Imagine yourself filling a long form, hitting submit then boom you get the login page! That happened to me before and probably happened to you.

Check Validator - An ASP.NET Validator Control

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:42:57 GMT

Thanks! Just what I needed.

Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer Demystified

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:13:23 GMT

Detailed comparison between ASP.NET's Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer

How to HTTP Post in .NET and handle the 500 errors

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:38:01 GMT

Doing an HTTP post via .NET and handling the returned 500 error and getting access to the returned mesage.