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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."

ASP.NET jobs vs Ruby & PHP

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:16:02 GMT

How many job listings on the major job boards for the different programming languages - Who Wins? Click to Find Out.

Where are all the cool startups that run on ASP.NET?

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:56:41 GMT

I have been a proud user of .NET framework for 6 years now and I still think it is a really awesome product and Microsoft did a wonderful job developing it. But it seems like all the cool startups are not using ASP.NET. Does anybody have any idea why?

Where are all the cool startups that run on ASP.NET?

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:16:02 GMT

"Sure there are Community Server, MySpace, DotNetKicks and DasBlog; there are all very fine products, but compare them to LAMP, Rails and Java lineup: Digg, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Flickr, Backpack and the Company, Delicious, all the Google Apps, Mint, Meebo, Twitter, Zillow and of course Infinite Cat Project. If you checkout the new startups on TechCrunch, it seems like every new startup is something Linux based and is not ASP.NET."

Ruby on Rails for IIS (Fast-CGI)

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:35:36 GMT

Links to some sites with info around getting Ruby on Rails working with IIS (not really .NET Related, but programming related)

HowTo - CompositeControl with a TextBox and a bunch of Validators

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:47:33 GMT

Here is an example of how to create a composite control that consists of a TextBox and a bunch of Validators.

SVN + Visual Studio Pluggin + HostingPlayground == Keeping your source

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:31:01 GMT

If you're like me, and you do a lot of little/not-so-little projects on the side, you've started noticing that you're getting quite the source library started. And if you're like me, you also occasionally have the nightmare about your hard drive crashing before you get that chance to back your source up to a CD/DVD or whatever else you keep backups on.

Cheat Sheet: ASP.NET Page Life Cycle & Common Events

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:01:01 GMT

We've all seen Leon Andrianarivony's excellent ASP.NET Page Life Cycle diagram. This one-page cheat sheet is the perfect compliment to that diagram, providing descriptions for each of the common stages and events.

Paging Implementation With SQL

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:16:01 GMT

When you see how the paging is a piece of cake now in .NET server controls (fro example, GridView), you can imagine how much amount of work was needed to do paging if you haven't these server controls. You can for example fetch all thr data block and put them on the session and just do your paging in you business layer! Ok..I heared someone say what are saying. Ture. This is really a miss when you working on huge data blocks. So, the best way is to do you paging inside the datalayer...

C# vs Ruby: A sample Side by Side Comparison

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:31:01 GMT

"Here is my completely non-scientific comparison of C# and Ruby. I will come up with a simple task and will attempt to implement it in both languages. The results will be shown, but no analysis will be available; I don't want to pick sides because I really like both languages and want to stay on good terms with both of them."

Taking Your ASP.NET Application Offline for Deployment

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:31:02 GMT

Taking your application offline using app_offline.htm

An HttpModule that moves ViewState to the bottom

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:01:01 GMT

Mads Kristensen shows how to move the ViewState to the bottom of the page with a couple of advantages that this brings.

Screw 2.0, I'm Going Straight to 3.0

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:31:01 GMT

Recently the discussion came up about using .NET 2.0 in some future products. I work on server products, and we've been using 2.0 there for a while. However, there is a bit of concern around deploying the 2.0 framework with our desktop apps. Our software is shipped ESD style and a lot of customers like to download the trial app before making the purchase. If they try to install the app, but can't because they need to be an administrator to install the .NET framework 2.0, we probably just lost out on the sale. I would venture to guess that a significant chunk of our customers fall into the non-administrator group, so this is a big problem.

Is ASP.NET too difficult?

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:31:01 GMT

There is no doubt in my mind, that ASP.NET is the most powerful and versatile platform for web applications at the moment. By leveraging the .NET Framework you can do absolutely anything in no time, but is that power also the problem with ASP.NET?

VSS vs. TFS Smackdown (not really)

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:00:49 GMT

VSS vs. TFS Smackdown

Adding Custom Static Code Analysis Rules to Team System

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:31:01 GMT

How to add custom static code analysis rules to Team System

Atlas with Third Party Controls

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:01:02 GMT

Wow. Component Art has released one of the most impressive displays of AJAX enabled controls. I'm really getting anxious for Atlas to get out the door because I can't wait for the day that ASP.NET sites stop being the ugly red-headed step child of dynamic websites. Obviously that's an overstatement, but with great the release of Atlas I think we're all going to be blow away both by the third party control vendors as well as the home grown sites too.

SourceSafe and branching in Visual Studio

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:20:46 GMT

A little gotcha when branching projects

One Pager: Why we should use C# for .NET development

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:01:01 GMT

A one pager on why I think C# can be more productive than VB in our scenario. Our primary language is Java and developers multi-skill. I would be interested to hear your feedback.

Very cool Busy Box ASP.NET progress indicator

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:31:01 GMT

We often need to provide a user message informing the user that their request is "processing". Like the hour-glass mouse pointer lets the Windows user know the system is busy processing their last request, I have a simple, clean, and effect solution to providing this on web pages.

Top 10 .NET bloggers

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:31:01 GMT

Nice compilation of some good .NET bloggers ...

Enhancing ASP.NET pages using Javascript

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:01:01 GMT

Nice article explaining how to fill in ASP.NET gaps using little client-side magic.

IronPython 1.0 released today!

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:01:01 GMT

Python compiler for the CLR reaches first release version

Scott Hanselman's 2006 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:31:01 GMT

Scott Hanselman, that uber technologist, updates his must have list of power tools for developers.

TortoiseSVN in Visual Studio

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:31:01 GMT

Are you a Subversion/Tortise die-hard? This post shows you how to configure a Tortise toolbar in VS.