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Limit uploaded files size in FCKeditor

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Set the maximum size allowed for uploaded files in FCKeditor

HttpCompression on IIS7 (Using MbCompression library)

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:08:30 GMT

If You have full control on the server, you probably don't need my compression library MbCompression, But if you are using share hosting, sure you do.

I Spose I'll Just Say It: Still Waiting For a GOOD Reason to Learn MVC

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:31:13 GMT

Why you shouldn't learn MVC Earlier today Rob Connery posted about why he thinks You Should Learn MVC. Rob is a great guy and we always have lively discussions whenever we meet at conferences. I was in the middle of writing a long comment on his blog when I decided it might be better as it's own post.

Cropping image using jQuery, Jcrop and ASP.NET

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:31:02 GMT

Fast and easy cropping image with ASP.NET, jQuery and Jcop (C#)

Why I think I will stick with WebForms

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:45:53 GMT

The MVC concept is clear and logic and the guys at Microsoft did a very good job with the new MVC Framework , But I think I will stick with the 'old fashioned' WebForms and this is why:

Generate thumbnails on the fly - Yet another version

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:05:32 GMT

Generate thumbnails on the fly. You can specified maximum height, maximum width, both, specified quality (1-100) and if the image will be cached or not. It is working well with .jpg, .bmp, .png and .gif.

Events from Accordion control are not being fired problem

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:13:54 GMT

Events from control inside Accordion control are not being fired on first click

The .NET 3.5 IEnumerable.ForEach Mistake...

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:08:20 GMT

Today I'll talk about ForEach Extension Method which already exists on List<>. But why not on IEnumerable in order to make it available on any Collection Type ?

The Controls Collection Cannot Be Modified...

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:25:26 GMT

Have you run across this show-stopper before? If so, here's why it's happening, and here's an easy way to fix it.

TryParseGuid - Try/Catch vs Regex

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:45:11 GMT

Need to TryParse a Guid? Guess which is faster: try/catch or Regex.Parse. The results may surprise you.

Mapping Enums To Strings and Strings to Enums in .NET

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:00:33 GMT

How to easily map enums to strings and vice versa using the Description attribute.

Remoting in .NET Framework 2.0

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:08:14 GMT

Introduction Remoting is distributed application technology built in the Framework 2.0 with new features which allows the developer to build wide range of distributed applications. Introduced some new features in Remoting in .NET FW 20. The applications are now more secured and performanent.

Fast version of the Activator.CreateInstance method using IL

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:49:48 GMT

Fast version of Activator.CreateInstance(Type) and Activator.CreateInstance<T>() methods using IL to improve performance.

I am a LINQ-A-HOLIC

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:07:10 GMT

When you first start using LINQ you can quickly fall in love with it. Suddenly, everything looks LINQ-able. But don't thow away everything you know and love just for this new tool.

High performance css minifier

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:02:11 GMT

CSS minifier based on jsmin idea that produce a small CSS file, much faster, and with much less memory overhead.

Create your own new Type and use it on run-time (C#)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:46 GMT

It is not something you will use on daily bases. It doesn't have good performance. But one day, you will have to use it so it's good to know that it is possible and how it can be done. As you can understand from the title, I'm talking about creating a new type with fields and properties (it can also have methods), create instance/s from it and use it - on run-time!

An open source library to compress css, js, aspx and Webresource.axd

Tue, 27 May 2008 04:35:22 GMT

MbCompression is a library of handlers and modules to compress Css files, JavaScript files, pages and compress WebResource.axd It is easy to implement and improve the overall performance of your web project. The most unique Feature of that library is that the System.Web.Handlers.AssemblyResourceLoader that load the WebResources was rewritten to enable compression and better performance, without making HTTP request each time WebResource need to be served.

Prevent from the user to submit any 'not legal' input, in client side

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:20:33 GMT

Prevent from the user to submit any 'not legal' input, using client side validation. What if you have a rule that is for all inputs in the page, or in the site? for example, you want to prevent the user to submit any input that contains 'fuc*' , 'shi*' or what ever words that are not 'legal' for you, or input that is not valid for the ASP.NET such '<'or '/>' ?

Use ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem With Anonymous Types

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:01:02 GMT

Use the power of anonymous types, anonymous delegates and type inference to make ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem type-safe and easier to read.

Sorting a collection using Linq and 'SortExpression' string

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:30:51 GMT

Already happened to you that you had a collection of object from type 'X' with some properties, and you had to sort it one time by property 'ID', and another time by property 'Name' ?

best programming jokes

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:46:05 GMT

a very big good collection of programming jokes, WOWwwwwwww

Beanstalk - Version Control with a Human Face

Wed, 07 May 2008 23:21:59 GMT

Hosted Subversion source control. Wow. Nifty.

Exception Handling - Do's and Dont's

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:16:02 GMT

Exceptions provide a consistent mechanism for identifying and responding to error conditions. Effective exception handling will make code more robust and easier to debug. Exceptions are a tremendous debugging aid because they help answer...

Some basic but useful C# methods implemented in JavaScript

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:21:27 GMT

Some basic but useful C# methods implemented in js: Cach object (ok, it is not a 'method') , String.Format(), String.IsNullOrEmpty(), StartsWith(), EndsWith() and Trim()

Windows XP SP3 Released

Mon, 05 May 2008 02:01:22 GMT

Windows XP SP3 Released