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Dynamically creating ASP.NET controls

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:22:11 GMT

Common pitfalls in dynamically creating controls and creating dynamic controls and ways to overcome them. A must-read for anyone doing serious ASP.NET development.

MySQL eye for an Microsoft SQL Server guy

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:31:01 GMT

As I've been porting Subtext to MySQL, it's been a learning experience. I've come to both marvel at MySQL's simplicity and tear my hair out at the maddening insanity of half-implemented features. I go back and forth between saying "SQL Server should have done this" and "SQL Server had this in 1997, why can't these guys".

FTP Must Die

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:00:54 GMT

"FTP is an outdated, insecure, slow, unfriendly pig of a protocol. It's got no business being on the Internet in the 21st century."

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:01:01 GMT

People are in a big rush to learn about computers, or that computers are somehow fabulously easier to learn than anything else. There are no books on how to learn Beethoven, or Quantum Physics, or even Dog Grooming in a few days. Written by Peter Norvig, Director of Research for Google.

Monorail #2 : Layouts & Rescues

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:16:01 GMT

Covers layouts and rescue NVelocity files and how you use them with MonoRail.

One Shell Command to delete all svn hidden folders

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:31:02 GMT

If you are using Subversion source control, you will be familiar with the .svn folders that SVN adds to any folder under the source control, these folders are used to keep track of the current state of the folder, but sometimes, I want to copy my code and get rid of these folders, and instead of doing this manually which becomes a headache if you have a very deep hierarchy of folders, this is a Shell Script comes to the rescue

Attention: PHP executes twice as fast when it's run on ASP.NET

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:46:02 GMT

Phalanger, the tool for compiling PHP into .NET binaries, can improve the execution speed of PHP5 applications twofold. In addition it extends PHP5 so that it can incorporate portions of the .NET framework and it allows for Visual Studio integration.

Develop Better User Interfaces By Knowing Your Users

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:10:25 GMT

A look at how to develop a better user interface by gaining understanding of the users beyond information provided in typical requirements.

JQuery tree control with ASP.NET

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:01:02 GMT

Describes how to use an unobtrousive JQuery based treeview from an ASP.NET application. VS2005 solution with all code available for download

Using SingleTagSectionHandler Instead Of appSettings

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:31:02 GMT

As an alternative to appSettings you can use SingleTagSectionHandler to store settings in a web.config file. Learn how.

Easier Debugging with Attributes

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:01:02 GMT

Most people probably haven't realized that there are several attributes that you can add to your code to make debugging easier. Some prevent you from stepping into sections of code, others change the way variables are displayed in the watch window.

Easily Test Custom Controls Inside of Visual Studio

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:16:01 GMT

Here's a quick way easily test and debug your custom WinForms controls right inside of Visual Studio without having to launch your entire application.

The most common software security mistakes

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:16:02 GMT

Through my humble experience with software development I've seen developers making fetal security mistakes without even feeling that they are doing something wrong. So I've decided to gather these common mistakes in a list so it would be easier to avoid. Through this article I will give examples regardless to the used technology but the concepts applies to all technologies. So here we go

How to tell if a .NET Assembly is debug or release

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:31:02 GMT

Explains how to tell if a .NET Assembly is built for debug or release by using .NET Reflector and programmatically using System.Reflection.

Free WinForms Toolkit Released

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:46:02 GMT

This toolkit of free WinForms controls provides the Office 2007 look and feel for all the controls including a DataGridView, RadioButton, CheckBox and much more.

Use DebuggerDisplay attribute for Easier Debugging

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:31:02 GMT

Did you know that you can appply DebuggerDisplay attribute to a class or member to determine how it is displayed in the watch window. It's quick, it's easy, and it really works!

"Nothing has changed" - Determining when a procedure has been altered

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:01:01 GMT

Cool little script to determine when a stored procedure was last updated.

Overriding ToString for Easier Debugging

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:46:02 GMT

Did you know that you can override the ToString() method to make the debugger show you more information about your objects in the watch window. It's quick, it's easy, and it really works!

Arrays UNDOCUMENTED

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:31:02 GMT

An excellent article about arrays by Wesner Moise: "This is an in-depth look at the arrays in the Common Language Runtime and the .NET Framework. This study details the implementation of arrays and describes efficient ways of using them."

Fiddler2 and the ASP.NET Development server (Cassini)

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:07:24 GMT

How to setup Fiddler2 on Windows Vista using the ASP.NET developement server (Cassini)

Don't Be a Validation Nazi

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:31:02 GMT

"Postel wrote that in an RFC that defined TCP, but it applies much more broadly. It's natural that developers, used to the exacting nature of writing code for a compiler, where even the most minor of typos can bring a program screeching to a halt, have a tendency to apply such exactitude on their users."

Reading other people's .NET code

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:01:02 GMT

Places to find great examples of .NET code

Creating Efficient ASP.NET AJAX Applications

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:01:02 GMT

Tips to use update panels in ASP.NET AJAX

Paste XML as Serializable Type

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:01:02 GMT

Every now and then, there's a really cool feature that's buried somewhere that just hits you and makes you say "Wow, that's insanely helpful, why didn't somebody think of this sooner."

Most Useful 20+ Visual Studio A

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:16:03 GMT

I have collected list of the Visual Studio Add-ins, most of which are open source or free. I hope this list will help you to code more faster and effective. If there is not your favorite add-in in the below list, do not hesitate to add it as a comment.