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Wcf facility - IWcfClient, AsWcfClient, AsWcfService and PublishMetada

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:49:24 GMT

The WCF facility for Castle Windsor has had some changes a couple of weeks ago. This blogpost briefly discusses some changes.

WCF facility for Castle Windsor - Client

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:15:39 GMT

Last blog post I talked about using the WCF facility to provide a us with a WCF service in a hosted environment. In this blog post I will show you how to three ways to use a WCF client inside your components, of course one being about using the WCF facility to provide you with a WCF client.

WCF facility for Castle Windsor - Service

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:17:35 GMT

In this blog post I will talk about using the WCF facility for Castle Windsor to create a WCF service in a hosted environment, like a ASP.NET Web Application or a WCF Service Application.

TDD, Contracts, and Reading the Fine Print

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:09:40 GMT

Jimmy Bogard on coming to TDD and interface oriented Jesus and the aha moment of why we use interfaces: An interface is a contract, that any implementation needs to adhere to. Consumers of the interface do not care about implementation details, nor can they, as the interface provides no other information besides the signatures it provides.

How to get Cross Browser Compatibility Every Time

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:31:10 GMT

Cross-browser compatibility is one of the most time consuming tasks for any web designer. We've seen many different articles over the net describing common problems and fixes. I've collated all the information I could find to create some coding conventions for ensuring that your site will work first time in every browser. There are some things you should consider for Safari and Firefox also, and IE isn't always the culprit for your CSS woes.

15 Tools to Help You Develop Faster Web Pages

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:16:14 GMT

Response times, availability, and stability are vital factors to bear in mind when creating and maintaining a web application. If you're concerned about your web pages' speed or want to make sure you're in tip-top shape before starting or launching a project, here's a few useful, free tools to help you create and sustain high-performance web applications.

Nice VS 2008 Code Editing Improvements

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:16:02 GMT

Good improvements to take notice of when utilizing VS 2008

Using Thread Pool for Multi-Threading application

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:31:22 GMT

How to use thread pool for multithreading in a .net application ..

ReSharper 4.0 Released

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:07:08 GMT

Version 4.0 of our favourite productivity tool for Visual Studio has come out of beta and been released. Follow the link see the new features and then download it. If you haven't tried ReSharper yet, give it a try, its worth it.

Building a better web forms: Context highlighting using jQuery

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:16:02 GMT

This article shows how to highlight a current context on a complex web forms using jQuery. You can see how to highlight current row or current group of rows, and how easily it could be done by uisng powerful jQuery selectors.

Give way to the yield keyword!

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:31:02 GMT

A brief description of what you can do with the yield keyword.

3 mistakes to avoid when using jQuery with ASP.NET AJAX

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:31:14 GMT

Three common problems that I've seen when using jQuery with ASP.NET AJAX, their underlying causes, and simple solutions to them.

Code based ASP.NET MVC GridView

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:31:05 GMT

Maarten Balliauw shows you how to build an ASP.NET MVC html helper extension method which generates a nice gridview-like control using pure code and MVC framework.

enum to friendly string extension method

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:01:02 GMT

We use enums quite extensively in our application as they are a great for representing integral values in a strongly typed way using symbolic names. The enum names are not very friendly to the user and I recently read a some good articles which tried to solve this problem. However, I think i've found a better solution to this problem using extension methods.

Exception handling best practices in ASP.NET web applications

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:31:08 GMT

Exception handling plays an important part of application management and user experience. If implemented correctly it can make maintenance easier and bring the user experience to a higher level. If not, it can be a disaster. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of what exception handling is from the user perspective and the perspective of people who maintain the application, and to show the best practices of how to implement useful error handling in ASP.NET web applications.

ASP.NET MVC Support with Visual Web Developer 2008 Express

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:16:03 GMT

Last week I blogged about the ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 release. One important thing I forgot to mention about this release is that you can now use it with both Visual Studio 2008 as well as the free Visual Web Developer 2008 Express edition...

Viewstate monster

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:10:20 GMT

Viewstate it's an useful things, but not knowing the internals and how to disable it (in some cases), can lead you to really serious performance issues. Here you will find a compilation of articles about this topic (Viestate internals, how to disable ViewState in Dropdownlists, ...).

Awesome web development and web design articles and sites in May 2008

Fri, 30 May 2008 21:31:12 GMT

This article shows a reviews of 16 great articles and sites I found in May 2008. There are articles about web development with ASP.NET, Ajax and jQuery. There are also a great web design resources, tools, plugins, BlogEngine.NET extensions and one great usability article.

Introducing TextBox Limiter Control Ajax Control Toolkit Extender

Fri, 30 May 2008 01:16:08 GMT

An extender that overcomes the inability to limit the multiline textboxes

ViewData "dot" Notation Expressions in ASP.NET MVC

Thu, 29 May 2008 22:16:13 GMT

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 introduced a new concept that I'm calling "dot" notation expressions off of your ViewData. See how these expressions can be used and how powerful they are.

Using jQuery to directly call ASP.NET AJAX page methods

Thu, 29 May 2008 23:01:02 GMT

An example of how to use jQuery to call an ASP.NET AJAX page method, without using a ScriptManager.