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Hosting WCF 4.0 Service on IIS 7.5 with SSL

Sun, 02 May 2010 11:18:37 GMT

In this article, we will see how to host a WCF service on IIS 7.5 with SSL.

Easiest Mobile Browser Detection EVER!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:11:55 GMT

Thanks to MDBF on Codeplex, mobile browser detection is as easy as 1,2,3.

ASP.NET MVC 2 Released

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Today Scott Guthrie announced on his blog the release of ASP.NET MVC 2.

Poll: IoC containers for .NET

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Trying to find out which IoC containers people use on .NET, or even if they use any. Put your vote in and kick it!

Visual Studio Test Professional 2010: Test Case WorkItem Type

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:27 GMT

In this article, we will study the Visual Studio 2010 test case workitem type in detail.

Performing DML Operations using WCF REST Service and Silverlight

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT

WCF REST has provided a mechanism for developing loosely coupled applications. Using Silverlight 3.0 as a client, a light weight consumer of WCF REST service can be created without adding a proxy into the client application.

ASP.NET MVC and the Spark View Engine

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Getting friendly with HTML in ASP.NET MVC just got a whole lot easier. In this Code Magazine article, Donn Felker delves into the Spark View Engine, an alternate view engine for the ASP.NET MVC Framework. Spark's main goal is to allow HTML to dominate the flow of view development while allowing code to fit in seamlessly.

New in .NET 4: Don't Forget to Dispose() your SmtpClient Instances

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:30:00 GMT

It seems the System.Net.Mail.SmptClient class has gotten a bit of a facelift in .NET 4.

.NET - Three Ways to Populate a Select Element with ASP.NET MVC and jQ

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:15:03 GMT

The following article demonstrates three ways to populate a select element using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery.

Writing Efficient String Functions in C#

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:58:22 GMT

To write efficient string handling functions, it is important to understand the characteristics of string objects in C#.

Creating a Weather Gadget for Windows 7

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:45:05 GMT

In this article we will see how you can develop a Weather gadget for Windows 7 which uses Yahoo Weather API for fetching Weather data. The application will also have some of the latest exciting features of Windows 7 like Thumbnail Toolbar and Progress bar.

Reason of Compute Scalar before Stream Aggregate

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:15:00 GMT

Running the following query will give you Stream Aggregate Operator in Execution Plan. To turn on Execution Plan, press CTRL + M. I would like to know your feedback about Stream Aggregate Operation.

C# 4.0 New Features, Videos, Articles and Books

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:45:00 GMT

I was collecting some learning material on C# 4.0 and stumbled across some useful videos, articles and documents available on C# 4.0. I am just listing a few of them. Check them out!

Keeping Your ASP.NET Session Alive Using jQuery

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:01 GMT

The following article demonstrates how to keep your session alive when you're using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery.

Table Per Type Inheritance in Entity Framework

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:30:01 GMT

The first inheritance mapping I'm going to show is called Table Per Type or TPT. Before I start with the example lets define what is TPT.

Reducing Code Coupling - Inversion of Control

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:00:03 GMT

This is the conclusion to my series on reducing code coupling. This installment follows from the previous ones, building on them by introducing the Inversion of Control pattern.

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.

Building A Color Picker Using ASP.NET MVC And jQuery - Update

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:45:01 GMT

The following article is a update to the article I published on how to build a color picker using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery.

Serialize only Selected Elements of a Form and Submit it using jQuery

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:00:05 GMT

This article will demonstrate how to submit form data in the background without using ASP.NET AJAX and at the same time prevent some form fields from being submitted.

The TekPub LINQ Challenge Part 2 - Faster Algorithms

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:45:00 GMT

Comparing performance of different ways of checking for prime numbers, including some interested benchmarks and use of parallel linq.

Setting a Default Button in ASP.NET MVC using jQuery

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:15:00 GMT

In ASP.NET MVC, there's no concept of a default button as there is in ASP.NET WebForms. To mimic this functionality, this can be accomplished quite painlessly using jQuery

Securing REST-Based Services with Access Control Service

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:15:00 GMT

The Access Control Service (ACS), part of Windows Azure platform AppFabric, makes it easy to secure REST-based services using a simple set of standard protocols. In addition to enabling secure calls to REST-based services from any client, the ACS uniquely makes it possible to secure calls from client-side script, and enables federation scenarios with REST-based services. This webcast will provide a tour of ACS features and demonstrate scenarios where the ACS can be employed to secure REST-based WCF services and other web resources. You'll learn how to configure ACS, learn how to request a token from the ACS, and learn how applications and services can authorize access based on the ACS token.

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.

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.

ARCast.TV - Rocky Lhotka on Development Frameworks

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:15:04 GMT

It is difficult to strike a balance between the optimal architecture and over architecting a solution. Joe Shirey sits down with Rocky Lhotka , the creator of the CSLA.NET framework, to discuss how he balances what should and should not be in his framework.