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A new validation framework for F# and ASP.NET MVC

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:37:32 GMT

Write your validators once and have it work both server side and client side.

Review of SubSonic 3 from a SubSonic 2.x user perspective

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:00:00 GMT

A quick review of SubSonic 3.0.0.3 from the perspective of a developer who's implemented SubSonic 2.x on numerous projects. An overview of initial likes and dislikes and a little bit of code snippets to bring back 2.x functions missing from 3.0.

OpenForum - new ASP.NET MVC based forum

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT

There is new project in CodePlex called OpenForum. With source code you get also some samples you can run on your machine. OpenForum is pretty new and simple. There are no advanced forum features and currently it is suitable for smaller forums. You can change the look of OpenForum and write your own user repositories. Let's see how OpenForum looks like.

My Take On Variable Length Lists in ASP.NET MVC

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:46:07 GMT

Another solution to the variable length list problem.

List of countries, cities, languages

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:31:03 GMT

You will find in the following links list of countries, cities, and their languages in CSV format, you can import into any database:

Using C# 3.0 (.Net 3.5) syntax in a .Net 2.0 application

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:16:02 GMT

An overview of using C# 3.0 syntax in a .Net 2.0 application.

Programmers & Business Value (Or Lack There Of)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:15:58 GMT

Goes into details about how you can improve your code, and your communication with others to show business value.

DRY Programming - Don't Repeat Yourself Awareness

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:32:27 GMT

DRY Awareness - And How to make extremely reusable code

Move ASP.Net ViewState to SQL Server

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:16:03 GMT

ViewState is a great feature, but it can get really bloated with data, especially if you have loads of controls on a page, repeaters etc. You could think about setting enable viewstate to false, but you'll need it for posting pages back. This tutorial moves the viewstate to a SQL database, by implementing a simple class that all your pages will inherit from.

How to disable web.config Inheritance for Child Applications?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Each ASP.NET Web Application has its own configuration file called web.config file. In fact every directory in ASP.NET application can have one. Settings in each web.config file apply to the directory where its placed, and all the subdirectories of that directory. This is called Configuration Inheritance and it can cause serious headaches if you are not fully aware of how it works...

Must Have Tool for ASP.NET Developer

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:01:02 GMT

NetFXHarmonics DevServer is a web server hosting environment built on .NET 3.5 using WPF, WCF, and LINQ technologies that allows multiple instances of VS-like web servers to run in parallel

Howto get live detailed info about all online visitors of your website

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:16:02 GMT

If you ever had 'Online visitor counter' feature on your website, at some point of time, you have undoubtedly asked yourself: "who are those 17 people that are currently browsing my precious website ?" "What are their IP addresses? When did they come here, what page they first opened and from where did they came from?" Here is the complete tutorial on how to display detailed list of all visitor currently browsing your ASP.NET website.

Compile C# to Javascript!

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:01:03 GMT

Script# enables more productive Ajax application development by allowing you to compile your C# source code into JavaScript. It allows you to use standard .NET tools like msbuild projects, Visual Studio and IDE intellisense, reflector, refactoring tools, amongst various others.

Downgrade a VS 2008 .sln or .csproj to VS 2005

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:46:02 GMT

I just had to convert a Visual Studio 2008 Solution and Project to Visual Studio 2005. It is actually pretty straight forward. At least in my case...

Coolite: Ext JS .NET Controls

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:31:02 GMT

Coolite Studio is an Ext official suite of ASP.NET Web Controls based on the Ext JavaScript Framework.

Free Web.config editor

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:31:02 GMT

A free tool that enables editing the Web.config.

SubSonic: Version 2.1 (Pakala) Preview: The New Query Tool

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:01:05 GMT

Eric and I have been working just about non-stop on our bug list as well as some very cool innovations that he and I have cooked up over the last six months. We've had to wait a bit for the dust to settle in the .NET world (not to mention our personal lives), but I think the wait has been worth it. Over the holidays I was able to create the querying API I've been thinking on for the last year, and it has come together nicely. I'd like to show you what I've come up with, and ask for your comments and help before we release it with version 2.1 of SubSonic.

free e books

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:01:04 GMT

Microsoft has opened 3 MS Press books completely FREE for public.

Hybrid Accordion/TreeView Sitemap

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:31:02 GMT

Extend AjaxControlToolkit.Accordion to display your ASP.NET SiteMap.

Krypton 2.7.0 UI Controls released

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:16:02 GMT

Phil Wright has released the latest version of his awesome .net UI toolkit with loads of new UI components. It's great, and a fair chunk of it's free too.

RML Utilities for Sql Server released

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:15:42 GMT

RML Utilities are a collection of programs used by the Sql Server support team at MS to diagnose customer issues. They are now available to the public.

Variables - Do we realy need them? (Blog Parody)

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:02:42 GMT

Parody about strong emotions on programming

ASP.NET MVC Direct Link

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:31:02 GMT

ASP.NET MVC Direct Link

MVC Toolkit

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:01:03 GMT

MVC Tool kit direct link

Windows 2008 Moves to RC1 Status

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:30:53 GMT

Windows 2008 Moves to RC1 Status