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ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta - Strongly Typed UI Helpers

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:45:06 GMT

The following article demonstrates how to use ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta's strongly typed UI helpers.

6 Of My Favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:30:01 GMT

A few of my favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts to make my life and yours just a bit easier!

5 Very Useful C# Attributes

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:30:09 GMT

A look at some of the useful attributes in c#

Exploring .Net 4 Features - Tuples

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:15:00 GMT

Taking a look at some of the new features which are part of .Net 4. We will be focusing this episode on Tuples. Tuples allow you to return multiple values from a method with simplicity and ease by allowing you to dynamically create a return object which is typed for your specific needs.

131 jQuery Snippets for Visual Studio 2010

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMT

I've started a new project to create jQuery Code Snippets for Visual Studio 2010 now that it supports HTML and JavaScript snippets. There are 131 so far.

Server Side Validation With ASP.NET MVC And Data Annotations

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:03 GMT

The following article demonstrates how to perform server side validation using ASP.NET MVC and data annotations

Localize ASP.NET MVC 2 DataAnnotations validation messages

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:30:01 GMT

Living in a country where there are there are three languages being used, almost every application you work on requires some form of localization. In an earlier blog post, I already mentioned ASP.NET MVC 2's DataAnnotations support for doing model validation. Ever since, I was wondering if it would be possible to use resource files or something to do localization of error messages. Here's how!

xVal v1.0 is now released

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In case you're not aware, xVal is a validation helper for ASP.NET MVC that lets you use your own choice of server-side validation framework (e.g., Microsoft's DataAnnotations attributes, or Castle Validator, or NHibernate Validaion) and dynamically generates client-side validation code from your rules. Version 1.0 adds new features including dynamic client-side validation summaries and remote (ajax) validation rules.

Introducing PostSharp 2.0: #1 - NotifyPropertyChanged

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Gael Fraiteur does first revelations about PostSharp 2.0 on a real-life example: implementing the INotifyPropertyChanged pattern with an aspect. Be safely seated!

Implementing the Passive View -- a Derivative of the Model-View-Contro

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:45:00 GMT

This article demonstrates an implementation of the "Passive View Pattern" (based on the "Model View Control Pattern") for windows user controls.

Amazing jQuery Plugins

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:45:00 GMT

jQuery Plugins : Amazing and useful jQuery framework Plugins for tooltips,menu and Accordion.

Url.Action() and RouteValue Encoding

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:45:02 GMT

When creating custom URLs with the UrlHelper.Action() method is a great way to create links to other URLs in the current Web application. However, you need to be careful of certain encoding issues as certain characters are not correctly encoded to work properly as parameters.

Compare Design Patterns in C# and Ruby: The Observer Pattern

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:00:01 GMT

A look at how the Observer pattern can be applied in the two languages

A Simple .NET Profanity Filter

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:45:00 GMT

A website I am working on right now accepts public comments, and one of the requirements is to do a basic check for dirty language. Surprisingly for such a common problem I wasn't able to find any code on the net that did what I wanted and so I've ended up writing my own. The Censor class is pretty simple: you give it a list of words you want to censor, either simple text or with wildcards, and the censor will star out any matches it finds.

Pulling others up

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:45:00 GMT

What should you do when you're in a situation where the people you're working with aren't using the latest and greatest technology and might not be using the so-called "best practices" that you subscribe to?

Session Attacks and ASP.NET - Part 2

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT

In Session Attacks and ASP.NET - Part 1, I introduced one type of attack against the session called Session Fixation as well as ASP.NET's session architecture and authentication architecture. In this second post, I'll delve into a couple specific attack scenarios, cover risk reduction, and countermeasures specific to ASP.NET for protecting against session attacks in ASP.NET

Session Attacks and ASP.NET - Part 1

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:30:01 GMT

I've spent some time recently looking for updated information regarding session attacks as they apply to ASP.NET and am still not completely satisfied with how Microsoft has decided to implement session management in ASP.NET 2.0+. Part 1 explores ASP.NET session management, authentication, and session attacks against ASP.NET with a comparison of how ASP.NET stacks up against mitigation techniques against these attacks.

Visual Studio 2010: Web.config transforms

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:15:00 GMT

Recently I wrote about Visual Studio 2010 and multiple web.config files support. Let's see how to play with web.config transformation so we can use one configuration on development environment and the other for production environment.

Model View Presenter (MVP) design pattern and data binding

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:45:00 GMT

Model View Presenter (MVP) design pattern is the evolution of the MVC design pattern and it's aimed at providing a cleaner separation of concerns between the view, the model, and the controller improving the architecture (you can use several UI technologies without recompiling the business logic components) and testability of the enterprise solution. The pattern was originally developed at Taligent in the 1990s. In this article, I will explain the principles and how to use the MVP design pattern along with data binding with an example using C# language in Microsoft.NET.

What is Interim Table - Simple Definition of Interim Table

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:15:03 GMT

Sometimes a simple question like What is interim table? can initiate a never-ending discussion between developers. I experienced this recently while I was on phone helping my friends working in Los Angeles. In a conference call, one of the developers kept on talking about first interim table and second interim table and so forth, while another developer was of the opinion that that there cannot be more than one interim table. Well, as this was not enough a third developer interrupted the debate and said that all the tables are interim tables. The heated discussion seemed never ending.

The Greatest Exception Handling WTF?!? of All Time

Thu, 28 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The Exception object has ONE purpose and ONE purpose only - to represent a runtime error, nothing more. Exceptions should never be used for purposes for which they were not intended -- or you could end up with this monstrosity...

Parameter count mismatch Error

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:22:17 GMT

Yesterday, I spent a whole day chasing a very weird and strange error - I was getting an exception at the main method. The error description was: "Parameters count mismatch".

Book Review - Wrox Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:19:48 GMT

A review of Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 from Wrox. A great book from Rob Conery, Scott Hanselman, Phil Haack, and Scott Guthrie.

Top 10 .NET Twitterers

Sat, 02 May 2009 11:46:11 GMT

If your not on Twitter you are missing out - here are some .NET tweeps to get you started.

Using AutoMapper to map view models in ASP.NET MVC

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:46:03 GMT

Mapping code between Domain Models and Data Transfer Objects/Presentation Models is often boring and tedious to write, so when I first read about AutoMapper it triggered my interest. This post takes a first look at AutoMapper, and show how it can be used to map a complex domain model to a view model in an ASP.NET MVC application.