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Lucene.net - Ultra-fast search for MVC or Webforms

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:44:03 GMT

Mikhail T. has put together an article showing how you can integrate the Java-based Apache Lucene project with your .Net based MVC or WebForms sites, giving you ultra-fast and slick search capabilities.

Communication between two usercontrols using Event Aggregator in SL

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:45:52 GMT

I found many posts in the asp.net, silverlight.net fourms regarding communication between user-controls, so i thought to blog a bit about communication between user-controls using Event Aggregator in silverlight which i found is the best way to communicate. The main advantage for using an event aggregator to communicate between user-controls is, it removes the tight coupling between a publisher and a subscriber, by which a publisher/subscriber can evolve independently. Pre-requisites for understanding this blog post is to have a bit understanding of Event Aggregator.

Book review: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:41:59 GMT

Lately I finished reading the famous patterns book by Martin Fowler - Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. This book introduces and describes design patterns you will usually see when building enterprise applications. There are also examples for patterns and although they are simple and primitive they give you the idea how to implement or use specific patterns. Read more why I suggest you to read this book.

Welcome to the new DotNetKicks

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:14 GMT

Welcome to the new DotNetKicks - Lots of improvements and even more on the way!

Trick to resize transparent images

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:00:46 GMT

Small trick to resize transparent .gif and .png images using asp.net c#

Free EBook for Developing High Quality Applications using .NET

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:30:00 GMT

The Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition is a Must Have EBook for Developers and Solution Architects

Capture text from your screen with TextGRAB SDK

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:45:00 GMT

TextGRAB SDK is a library that allows screen text capture in Windows applications. You can use it to capture text from any application that doesn't provide communication API's in order to feed another program. TextGRAB SDK can be used in different types of software like automation software, dictionaries and translation tools, organizer applications, etc. For example: - TextGRAB SDK can be used in dictionary software to obtain text under user mouse pointer and translate it or - in some integration software where you need to extract data from one application and send to another. Includes C# and VB.NET sample applications.

How to create a DropDownList with ASP.NET MVC

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:15:00 GMT

The DropDownList html helper differs a bit from the standard Html helper methods, and, not surprisingly, the way it works is one of the questions I get asked the most. So in this post Simone dissects this helper method, and shows you how to use it.

Subsonic 3 released

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:45:05 GMT

Just read Rob Conery's Blog and saw that Subsonic 3 is now available for download. For those unfamiliar with Subsonic it really is the ONLY no BS ORM out there, in fact it is so easy to get up and running that it is easy to forget that you ever set it up in the first place. The whole Subsonic ethic is to remove the hoops that other ORM's have you jump through and essentially to get you home earlier.

Asp.Net vs php : Speed Comparison

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Why is the myth that php is faster than Asp.Net so prevalent? Asp.Net is faster than php, here are the facts. So many times I have heard php pushers claim that php is so much faster than Asp.Net and that Asp.Net is clunky and slow. The most annoying part is that everything I have read (that is not factless opinion), and I mean everything, says that this is wrong; but for some reason, this myth is widely accepted. It has become a religious argument that ignores the facts...

LINQ to SQL is NOT dead!

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:00:03 GMT

Ever since Microsoft announced that the Entity Framework was their ORM of choice, people everywhere have been saying, "LINQ to SQL is dead!" A lot of people feel like they're not allowed to use LINQ to SQL anymore and that they have to use Entity Framework instead. In fact, LINQ to SQL is not only alive and well, Microsoft has even announced LINQ to SQL improvements in .NET 4.0, including finally adding using ITable<T> for tables instead of Table<T>, which makes it much easier to test. Combine that with this open source tool that will create an IDataContext interface for you and you're on your way to testable LINQ to SQL. So no, LINQ to SQL is not dead!!

Visual Studio 2010: Multiple web.config versions

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:30:00 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 has support for multiple web.config files. It is one feature of new web application packaging and deployment system. We can create now separate web.config files for each configuration we have for application.

SubMain acquires GhostDoc

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:45:03 GMT

An agreement between SubMain and Roland Weigelt, author of GhostDoc, will place future development of GhostDoc in the hands of SubMain. GhostDoc ( http://submain.com/ghostdoc ) is the popular XML Comments and documentation helper tool which SubMain will continue to maintain as a free product.

JQuery selectors - selecting elements by a partial id

Fri, 08 May 2009 06:53:59 GMT

Describes how to use JQuery selectors to find elements by part of an id.

Linq-to-SQL vs Linq-to-Entities : Revisited

Tue, 12 May 2009 03:31:02 GMT

After 2 months of nothing but L2E, I feel I can give a decent comparison. Linq-to-Entities is fully capable and can do almost everything Linq-to-SQL can do, it just takes a bit more code some times; the almost is for multiple database utilization. L2E is a great ORM, but many of us were spoiled with L2S, so it is now up to Microsoft to live up to the expectations that they put out for us with this framework that they are deprecating. I hope and assume it will become a superior ORM, but that is in Microsoft's hands now; for the time being, it is not.

Serverfault.com is in beta test

Fri, 01 May 2009 04:05:22 GMT

Serverfault.com is currently in private beta testing. Server Fault is for system administrators and IT professionals, people who manage or maintain computers in a professional capacity. If you are in charge of .

Oracle support for ADO.NET Entity Framework

Fri, 01 May 2009 02:13:43 GMT

Download the Beta release of the DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET Entity Framework provider for Oracle today!

What ASP.NET Developers Should Know About jQuery

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:03:54 GMT

It's hard to believe that JavaScript is already well over a decade old. Often relegated to marginal tasks in its early years, JavaScript has grown to become a pillar of modern web development. With the current popularity of DHTML and AJAX, it can be difficult to find a site that doesn't use JavaScript anymore. One of the driving forces behind JavaScript's newfound popularity is a proliferation of JavaScript frameworks, such as jQuery. Why? Though JavaScript itself is a great programming language, t...

Comparison of Linq to Sql and Orasis Generated Data Access Code

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:46:08 GMT

This is a very good and fair comparison. What does not show here is the difference in performance which I suspect LinQ to SQL must be slower.

Ten steps on how to store Git repositories in Live Mesh!

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:51:55 GMT

Use Live Mesh to host your repositories. It gives you over 5 GB of space and it's completely free.

OpenSuse vs. Ubuntu for .Net Developers

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:31:03 GMT

Many .Net developers are playing with Linux on the side because it is free but which Linux should you choose to use if you are a .Net developer?

Creating your own site's search Engine

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:46:03 GMT

Setting up you search page for your web application is as easy as having a DB table where you retrieve data from by a simple query. I will illustrate the steps of setting up the configurations needed in this post, and will write another one for detailed stuff in custom search page.

SubSonic to Acquire NHibernate

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:01:18 GMT

Hanalei, HI - April 1, 2009: SubSonic (http://subsonicproject.com), a data access tool and "Super High-fidelity Batman Toolbelt" (according to its owner, Rob Conery), is set to acquire NHibernate, a much larger data access technology built on the .NET platform. The terms of the deal have not yet been announced but the stage has been set for what many see as a hostile transition of ownership.

Top VB.Net to C#, C# to VB.Net TOOLS

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:01:47 GMT

List of VB.Net to C#, C# to VB.Net TOOLS

List Of ORM tools ".Net"

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:48:56 GMT

ORM tools ".Net"