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5 Tips to get the most out of your coding time

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

I remember seeing an add from Microsoft I believe for hiring programmers and the jist of it was "We give you an office with a door". Why you might wonder?

Get Countries Name in .Net

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:30:09 GMT

In this post, I will explain you how can we get the countries name filled in any collection using .net without using any database. It is a regular task, which we all as developers did some past day but the difference is we used database table or xml file to hold the country names. But .net framework provide us with all the countries information in Globalization namespace.

Ajax survey 2009: jQuery and MS Ajax are almost tied

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Simone posts the results of the survey about ajax adoption among .NET developers. jQuery gained 58% since 2007 and now is almost tied to the MS Ajax stack (Control toolkit and ajax core)

SubSonic 3.0: ActiveRecord

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Google's project site is down for a while and I have some perf tests running in the background so I thought it might be time to crank out a few more "preview" posts of SubSonic 3.0. This one's about ActiveRecord - one of my favorite patterns for its ease of use and versatility.

11 keystrokes that made my jQuery selector run 10x faster

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:15:00 GMT

An in-depth analysis of the performance concerns when using a popular jQuery selector and a couple ways to dramatically speed it up, including benchmarks.

Survey: Ajax usage among .NET developers in 2009

Fri, 22 May 2009 16:04:40 GMT

Take the survey to see how the adoption of Ajax among .NET developers changed since the survey held in 2007

Kona 3: Learning Behavior Driven Development (BDD)

Fri, 15 May 2009 20:46:26 GMT

Holy cow! Another *DD - man I really must have an IV with that Alt.NET Punch just coursing like a train in my veins! I ask for your patience with this one - cause I think BDD is a really good tool to know - whether you use it or not - knowing the workings of it will allow you to have some intelligent conversation the next time you're in Austin :).

13 ASP.NET MVC extensibility points you have to know

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:46:06 GMT

One of the main design principles ASP.NET MVC has been designed with is extensibility. Everything (or most of) in the processing pipeline is replaceable so, if you don't like the conventions (or lack of them) that ASP.NET MVC uses, you can create your own services to support your conventions and inject them into the main pipeline. This post shows 13 extensibility points that every ASP.NET MVC developer should know, starting from the beginning of the pipeline and going forward till the rendering of the view.

$(document).ready() and pageLoad() are not the same!

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:16:02 GMT

A few examples about how $(document).ready() and pageLoad() differ, practical examples of when both are useful, and a third alternative that is more suitable in some cases.

WebForms or MVC? What about the third option?

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:01:19 GMT

I've read a lot of posts and articles about why and when you should choose WebForms or the MVC framework to build your ASP.NET websites. They are all pretty good, but for some reason they forget or ignore the obvious third option - standard ASP.NET without the WebForm.

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate Now Available

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:01:18 GMT

Finally Scott Guthrie announced ASP.NET MVC 1.0 RC. Check it out.

Search Engine friendly error handling

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:46:13 GMT

Explains best practices of error handling in ASP.NET web application considering being search engines friendly.

Generic Repository

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:16:08 GMT

The purpose behind the repository pattern is to provide a layer of abstraction between your domain and data layer. For smaller projects, this typically isn't needed. However, larger projects can really benefit from a broker that specifically handles the back and forth between the two layers. With repositories your domain objects aren't burdened with infrastructure details and can therefore better focus on domain-specific behavior.

3 reasons why you should let Google host jQuery for you

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:16:16 GMT

Three reasons why you should use the Google AJAX Libraries CDN for your public facing sites that use jQuery (or several other AJAX libraries) and examples of how to do so.

Improving the SEO of your blog

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:16:02 GMT

Did you know that yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com are actually different sites? Are they both serving the same content? If so, it may be negatively impacting your search engine rankings. Using HTTP 301 redirects, you can combine these synonymous URLs to increase your page ranking.

ASP.NET Podcast Show #128 - AJAX with jQuery

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:01:05 GMT

A quick example of using AJAX with jQuery.

Controlling HTML in ASP.NET WebForms

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:16:09 GMT

"Developers want control. Developing for the web is seemingly more of a love/hate relationship with the tools at our disposal. Sometimes our tools and frameworks give us power, but not control. While we love the functionality and ease-of-use of many of the stock server controls found in ASP.NET WebForms, sometimes we find that the underlying HTML isn't exactly what we need."

Silverlight: Live Mesh Integration, Surviving the Olympics and Futures

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:12:46 GMT

Scott Guthrie and Craig Shoemaker take some time out of PDC 2008 to discuss Silverlight and highlights from the keynote address. Scott shares about current-day Silverlight integrations with Live Mesh, living through the Olympics and what might be expected from Silverlight in the future.

SubSonic 3.0 Preview 1: Linq Has Landed

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:16:16 GMT

Rob Conery explains some features of SunSonic 3.0 Preview 1

Crack.NET - A runtime debugging and scripting tool for .NET

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:16:15 GMT

Crack.NET is a runtime debugging and scripting tool that gives you access to the internals of any .NET desktop application running on your computer. If you love Snoop and Mole for Visual Studio, you'll love Crack.NET, too. Crack.NET allows you to "walk" the managed heap of another .NET application, inspect all kinds of values on objects, and even manipulate those objects via IronPython scripts.

Tool: Crack.NET

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:31:02 GMT

Introducing : Crack.NET

When the Random Class Lies

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:18:06 GMT

Philip Japikse shows you when the Random class can break down

ScottGu: ASP.NET MVC Beta

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:46:03 GMT

One of ScottGu´s monster blogposts

10 Programming Proverbs Every Developer Should Know

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:01:02 GMT

Proverbs are used to express universal truths or life lessons in a short and memorable fashion. I find that they are a great way to keep things in perspective, both in life and in work. Because of this, I have assembled 10 programming proverbs that every developer needs in their arsenal.

October 2nd Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:31:06 GMT

Here is the latest in my link-listing series. Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past.