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My Favorite Helpers For ASP.NET MVC

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:15:01 GMT

Rob shares some of his frequently used helpers for working with ASP.NET MVC.

.NET Framework 4.0 Poster

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:30:00 GMT

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Poster in DeepZoom - Silverlight

Yahoo YUI Compressor vs. MS AJAX Minifier vs. Google Closure Compiler

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:00:00 GMT

A while back, YUI Compressor was king of the hill, and for the most part the only game in town that was really designed for production use. Since then a number of new competitors have been released by Google and Microsoft, and Nick Berardi checks out how they stacked up against the YUI Compressor.

Use .NET Built-in Methods to Save Time and Headaches

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:45:00 GMT

During our everyday programming tasks we run into several repetitive code blocks that after the 20th time you implement them become really annoying. In this post I will take you through several of such blocks and show you how to implement them using built-in .NET methods.

How you can force the Ajax Script Loader to use jQuery 1.4

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:45:01 GMT

How to modify the new ASP.NET Ajax Script Loader to inject jQuery 1.4 instead of 1.3.2, without waiting on the team to update Start.js. Also covers how to make it use jQuery Validate 1.6 instead of 1.5.5.

How Fanboys See .NET ORMs

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:15:00 GMT

A play off of the recent "How Fanboys See Operating Systems" post.

jQuery 1.4 Released!

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:00:07 GMT

In celebration of jQuery's 4th birthday, the jQuery team is pleased to release the latest major release of the jQuery JavaScript library! A lot of coding, testing, and documenting has gone into this release, and we're really quite proud of it.

Write C# instead of JavaScript - gain the productivity of C# dev.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:15:07 GMT

SharpKit is a Web Toolkit that enables you to write C# and convert it to JavaScript during compilation. Writing and maintaining JavaScript code can be very expensive. Migrating from JavaScript to C# enables you to: *Leverage Visual Studio C# productivity *Maximize cross-browser compatibility *Streamline client-side code review

ASP.NET MVC 2 - ScottGu's Blog

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Over the last six months the ASP.NET team has been steadily releasing preview, then beta, and now release candidate builds of ASP.NET MVC 2. Given that the final release is not too far away, I thought it was a good time to start a new multi-part ASP.NET MVC 2 blog series that discusses the new features and how best to take advantage of them.

Fastest Way - Comma Separated Values (CSV) from Table Column

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Learn the Fastest Way to get Comma Separated Values (CSV) from Table Column

Using jQuery To Hijack ASP.NET MVC Form Posts

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:15:00 GMT

The following article demonstrates how to hijack ASP.NET MVC form posts using jQuery.

Supporting OpenId in an asp.net MVC site

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:30:04 GMT

Introduction to OpenID on an asp.net MVC web site. On 3 minutes or so.

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.

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.

Windows Azure in 20 Minutes!

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:15:01 GMT

I had the opportunity to present The Windows Azure Platform at the 2nd Annual ISV Architects Workshop in New York City on December 10,2009. My thanks to my associate Gunther Lenz who is the local Microsoft ISV Architect Evangelist for the opportunity.

Simplify calling ASP.NET AJAX services from jQuery

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:00:05 GMT

I was happy to learn that jQuery provides an excellent solution for consolidating settings to be used in multiple instances of $.ajax. In this post, I'll show you how to use that consolidation feature, and exactly how I am now using that to more simply call ASP.NET AJAX services with jQuery.

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.

5 Most Common Asked Questions When Using .Net RIA Services

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:01:03 GMT

From the comments on my previous articles on .Net RIA Services and from the search queries that lead to those articles, a pattern of a recurring set of questions showed up and I am sure that most .Net RIA Services enthusiasts face the same issues. This post address a few of these issues

WorkGrabber.com - Sweet ASP.NET MVC 1.0 + jQuery Application

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:01:24 GMT

Mike Bosch shows us his latest creation using ASP.Net MVC: WorkGrabber.com is a social marketplace for local contractors and customers to interact and get projects done.

Setting up a minimal ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio, part 2

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:31:15 GMT

Second part on how to set up a minimal asp.net mvc solution, without the craft of the default template.

Being a software startup in a recession

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:01:02 GMT

Lessons learned about being a software startup in a recession.

Setting up a minimal ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:46:02 GMT

In this post we will walk through the required steps to create a project that contains the minimal amount of configuration and code to get ASP.NET MVC running. In the course of this post you will get a better understanding of Routing and the MVC framework.

Verifying and Restoring a Differential Backup using T-SQL In SQLServer

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:31:15 GMT

Quick guide to verify and restore a differential database using T-SQL.

Add Twitter to your blog the right way with caching

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:16:03 GMT

Twitter offers a JavaScript API to add Twitter to your blog or other website. This post looks at the various approaches to using Twitter's JavaScript API and how to improve user experience by caching Twitter content client side.