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Implementing KeyBoard Shortcuts on an ASP.NET Hyperlink Control

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:30:05 GMT

Popular Web apps like Gmail and Windows Live Mail feature Keyboard shortcuts, which help you save time by executing common operations using the Keyboard, without having to switch between the keyboard and mouse. Explore how to use keyboard shortcuts on Hyperlink controls using jQuery

Windows 7 Bible: Your Complete Guide to the Next Version of Windows fr

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Shane O'Neill of CIO Magazine has compiled a great series of technical articles on Windows 7 migration, deployment and feature sets.

Automating Azure

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:15:00 GMT

We are getting pretty close to the commercial release of the Windows Azure Platform at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in November. We recently released a set of PowerShell cmdlets that you can use to automate the management of your Windows Azure applications.  Using these cmdlets you can add or remove an existing deployment. You can also upgrade an application or part of an application.

How to deliver True HD with Silverlight and Smooth Streaming

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Learn how to deliver Web video with the quality and reliability of HDTV over HTTP. Dramatically increase viewing times and lower costs using this scalable online video delivery technology. High Definition Web video has long been promised, but plagued by the quality of the video (either too small or too blurry) and the reliability of the playback (constant rebuffering or stuttering). These two variables are interrelated: increasing the quality requires higher bandwidth, and using less bandwidth to minimize re-buffering sacrifices video quality.

Two Different Ways of Running Virtual Machines on Windows 7

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:15:00 GMT

A useful article on 2 different ways to run virtual machines on Windows 7.

Performing Static Page Checking in MVC

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Taking a look at how you can setup Static Type checking within your ASP.Net MVC web project. Having static checking is a great asset as it can reduce the chances of run time errors due to refactoring. Static checking will also allow the compiler to verify all your strongly typed objects are being called correctly.

Reimagining www.asp.net - Part One: The Home Page Experience

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:30:00 GMT

How would you redesign www.asp.net if you could start from scratch?

Simple .NET Developer Survey

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:00:00 GMT

A chance to win $100 at Amazon by taking a simple .NET developer survey

Two part screencast on iPhone Development using C#

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:45:00 GMT

This screencast compares and contrasts the creation of a UITabBarController-based application in both Xcode using Cocoa and MonoDevelop using MonoTouch.

Copy and Paste programming - A bad habit

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:30:08 GMT

I usually stay away from religious discussions when it comes to programming habits and technology choices simply because they don't usually make any sense at all and are most often just based on emotions. Arguing if VB.Net is better or worse than C# is just nonsense in my book since the differences between them are minor. They both target the same platforms, and use the same framework, of course there are differences but none of them are so great th.

Create and run a new ASP.NET web application with CodeRun Online IDE

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:30:00 GMT

A youtube video that shows a simple and quick way to create and run ASP.NET applications with no downloads and istallations, just by opening a simple browser page. Cool!

DEVELOPING WPF BROWSER APPLICATIONS ONLINE

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:15:00 GMT

If you ever wondered if it is possible to develop WPF applications online, then the answer is yes. I recently stumbled upon a tool, called CodeRun. It is an online IDE that allows the developer to create various types of applications online, directly from the web browser, without the need to install any additional plug-ins or applications. One of the features of this tool is the possibility to create Windows Presentation Foundation applications. To be specific, it allows the developer to work on WPF Browser Applications (since it would not be possible at this time to run a client application).

Is Silverlight the new WebForms?

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:30:01 GMT

Is Silverlight becoming the same crutch that WebForms was nearly a decade ago?

Design Patterns - Using the Builder Pattern in C#

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:15:00 GMT

The Builder Pattern falls under the category of the Creational Patterns as it controls the instantiation of a class. This pattern is suitable in scenarios in which an object is made up several parts and the constituent parts need to be created in the same order using an algorithm. A real world example is in making a pizza. A pizza is made up of several parts (the crust, cheese and the toppings) that are constructed using an algorithm (bake the crust, add cheese and add the toppings).

What's New in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 4.0 Part- I

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:45:00 GMT

VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 has come out with many new features. Typically there are a lot of changes in Windows Workflow 4.0 (WF 4.0), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF 4.0) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF 4.0). In this article we will see one of the new features of WCF 4.0.

What is Data Mining - A Simple Introductory Note

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:30:00 GMT

According to MacLennan et al. (2009), data mining is defined as "the process of analyzing data to find hidden patterns using automatic methodologies." Consider the following simple example that explains this concept. By analyzing the data on the items purchased from a supermarket or a chain of such stores, information on the products that are sold most can be obtained and accordingly supply of that particular products are increased and vice versa. Data mining, in short, is an analytical activity that studies the hidden patterns in a huge pile of data after appropriately classifying and sorting it.

Mirrored Backup and Restore and Split File Backup

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:45:01 GMT

This article is based on a real life experience of the author while working with database backup and restore during his consultancy work for various organizations. We will go over the following important concepts of database backup and restore. 1. Conventional Backup and Restore 2. Spilt File Backup and Restore 3. Mirror File Backup 4. Understanding FORMAT Clause 5. Miscellaneous details about Backup and Restore

How to improve your LINQ query performance by 5 X times ?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:30:01 GMT

LINQ has been criticized by many early adopters for its performance issues. Well if you are just going to drag and drop using DBML code generator I am sure you will land up in to mess. Try doing this make a simple LINQ to SQL project using DBML and see your

Why Git?

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:00:02 GMT

I have been using Git for the past week or so, enough to get a good handle on its benefits and disadvantages. I moved to Git from Subversion, after having done a stint of almost 6 years of using Subversion. A stint which also included doing some development on Subversion. Despite appearances, I actually took a fairly structured (and long running) approach to learning Git, I got a book and read it, I played around with it, and I mostly dismissed it as "it isn't solving my problem" and "I already know how source control works".

C# Identify Crisis, You Have To Know Your Identity

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Marking the beginning of the end of C# as language and its ongoing identity crisis.

ASP.NET MVC MvcSiteMapProvider 1.0 released

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:15:00 GMT

Back in March, I blogged about an experimental MvcSiteMap provider I was building. Today, I am proud to announce that it is stable enough to call it version 1.0! Download MvcSiteMapProvider 1.0 over at CodePlex. Ever since the source code release I did back in March, a lot of new features have been added, such as HtmlHelper extension methods, attributes, dynamic parameters, . I'll leave most of them up to you to discover, but there are some I want to quickly highlight.

Take an ASP.NET Application offline with HttpModules

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:30:04 GMT

Whenever you do maintenance work on a website it is advisable to show the visitors a nice message telling them politely to come back later, rather than a nasty error, or even worse: a big Yellow Screen of Death. Read how I found a solution similar to the app_offline.html approach using HttpModules and how I still allow administrators to access the website.

Booting from a VHD

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:30:04 GMT

Hosting an OS in a virtual machine can be very useful for developers, but sometimes one pays a price in terms of performance. In Windows 7 developers can get improved performance in virtual machines by native booting a VHD. First create a Virtual PC that hosts Windows 7, then restart your computer, and finally boot directly into the VHD that contains the Windows 7 OS. When you native boot a VHD your virtual machine runs very close to the metal; performance is greatly enhanced and you have much better support for OS features that may not be available inside a standard Virtual PC.

CodeRush Xpress 9.2

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:45:03 GMT

The free CodeRush Xpress from DevExpress provides C# and VB developers with powerful extensions to Visual Studio. These features include editing and refactoring tools that make it easier for you to quickly produce well designed code. Version 9.2 of CodeRush Xpress, which shipped on August 25, 2009, has greatly improved memory and performance characteristics.

SQL Azure Manager

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:00:04 GMT

SQL Azure manager: a community effort to quickly enable connecting to your SQL Azure database(s) and perform basic tasks.