How to check email works with no SMTP(dotnettipoftheday.org)

submitted by manovich(755) 4 years, 4 months ago

Testing code that sends email has always been a pain. You had to set up a SMTP service just to test that your .NET application sends the e-mail correctly... read more...

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The VB.NET Salary Gap(vbnotebookfor.net)

submitted by vbnotebook(655) 4 years, 8 months ago

Have you ever wondered what the salary difference is between a VB.NET and a C#, C++ or Java job? I did a little research on this tonight, courtesy of Indeed.com, the job listing aggregation site. What I found really wasn’t all that surprising but it was interesting none the less. read more...

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Phone Number Validation and Formatting with JavaScript(dynamicajax.com)

submitted by RyanSmith(40) 4 years, 8 months ago

Yet another approach to validating phone number input with JavaScript. Unlike many of the other schemes, this validation function takes any valid 10 digit phone number in any format, validates it, then sets the value of the text field to the desired format of the programmer. Much more user friendly than those rigid validation schemes where the user is forced into a format. read more...

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Don't Be a Validation Nazi(haacked.com)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 4 years, 8 months ago

"Postel wrote that in an RFC that defined TCP, but it applies much more broadly. It’s natural that developers, used to the exacting nature of writing code for a compiler, where even the most minor of typos can bring a program screeching to a halt, have a tendency to apply such exactitude on their users." read more...

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Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tools(hanselman.com)

submitted by wooyay(695) 4 years, 9 months ago

Scott's fantastic list of essential tools updated for 2007 read more...

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DotNetKicks Beta 1 Available For Download(blog.incremental.ie)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 4 years, 9 months ago

I have just tagged and uploaded SVN revision 132 as DotNetKicks Beta 1. Enjoy! read more...

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Creating Excel Spreadsheets from VB.NET(dynamicajax.com)

submitted by RyanSmith(40) 4 years, 10 months ago

This article provides a nice simple introduction to creating Excel spreadsheets with multiple worksheets programmatically from VB.NET Simple straight-forward tutorial with full source code. read more...

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The real reason SELECT * queries are bad: index coverage(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 4 years, 10 months ago

Are SELECT * queries bad? Sure, everyone know that. But, why? read more...

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Getting with it: Test-Driven Development(blog.jagregory.com)

submitted by JGregory(375) 4 years, 10 months ago

Introduction to Test-Driven Development, from a developer who should have learnt sooner. read more...

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ASP.NET AJAX Chat Tutorial(dynamicajax.com)

submitted by RyanSmith(40) 5 years, 1 month ago

A nifty little tutorial that teaches you how to create an AJAX driven web chat with ASP.NET and SQL Server as the back end. read more...

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