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Lucene.Net needs your help (or it will die)

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:00:52 GMT

The Apache Foundation wants to kill Lucene.net. If you use it please chime in and help. This post explains a bit more in detail why this is happening

WPFMystify3D - A Screen Saver using WPF 3D Geometry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:42:27 GMT

This article illustrates the creation of a screen saver using WPF(Windows Presentation Foundation) 3D Geometry model.

The concept of Covariance and Contravariance in .Net 4.0

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT

With .NET 4.0, the CLR supports covariance and contravariance of types in generic interfaces and delegates. Before dwelling into these new changes, let us get a quick view on the concept of variances in simple terms.

Search Engine Friendly URL's Using Routing in ASP.Net 3.5

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:38:19 GMT

Routing is a technique which enables us to use a descriptive, search engine and human friendly URL's for ASP.Net application to access a resource.

Using Stored Procedure with LINQDataSource Control in ASP.Net

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:40:21 GMT

1. Using a simple stored procedure with LINQDataSource control. 2. Using stored procedure that returns multiple resultset. 3. Custom paging through stored procedure in LINQDataSource Control.

Creating Music Video Box Using Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF)

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:23:11 GMT

This article explains the creation of a Music Video Box using Windows Presentation Foundation 3D Geometry and Media classes to play music albums as chosen by the user.

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.

Fun With Method Missing and C# 4.0

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Ruby has a neat feature that allows you to hook into method calls for which the method is not defined. In such cases, Ruby will call a method on your class named method_missing. I showed an example of this using IronRuby a while back when I wrote about monkey patching CLR objects. Typically, this sort of wild chicanery is safely contained within the world of those wild and crazy dynamic language aficionados, far away from the peaceful waters of those who prefer statically typed languages. Until now suckas! (cue heart pounding rock music with a fast beat)

Lazy Loading jQuery Collapsible Panel in ASP.Net Using JSON

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:34:37 GMT

It will be better and light weight when we actually load the contents of the panels only when the user clicks the expand arrow button, a lazy loading or loading on-demand.

Advanced Usages of SqlDataSource Control in ASP.Net - PART 1

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:22:39 GMT

With the release of .Netframework 2.0, there are lot of new features added that made the data access very easier and simpler. In this article, we will learn more about SqlDataSource control and its advanced usages.

.NET continues to DoS attack me, seriously!

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Yeah, it does! And I don't necessarily mean denial of service - that would mean that I couldn't get any programming done. Nope, far from it - but it sure is denial of sleep attacking me. Come one, I am struggling to keep up with all the new runtimes, features, frameworks and best practices coming out of Redmond. It's awesome and actually fun; no doubt about it - but sometimes it is excruciating as well. And today I am going to talk about the excruciating experience of seeing another reinvented wheel hobble out of Microsoft.

Consuming WebService in WPF Application

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:49:21 GMT

This article explains how to consume a Web Service in WPF Windows application. It requires binding of WPF controls to data coming from a web service.

Introduction to jQuery in ASP.Net and 10 Advantages to Choose jQuery

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:38:10 GMT

jQuery is a light weight javascript library which provides fast and easy way of HTML DOM traversing and manipulation, event handling, client side animations, etc. One of the greatest features of jQuery is, it supports an efficient way to implement AJAX applications because of its light weight nature. Read more in this article..

LINQ is not LINQ To SQL

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Justin writes about a frequent misconception about LINQ: LINQ is not just LINQ to SQL, but it's a general purpose query language

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Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:45:07 GMT

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Upload Multiple Files in ASP.NET using jQuery

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Continuing my 'no less than an exciting' journey of exploring ASP.NET with jQuery, today's article will demonstrate how to Upload multiple files in ASP.NET using jQuery.

Working with DateTime Object and Formatting DateTime Object in ASP.Net

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:44:24 GMT

Most often, we get requirements to do some basic operations like formatting, adding, comparing on the datetime objects in our projects. This article will help us to understand the DateTime object and other operation we can do with datetime object.

GridView Style Edit Update in Repeater Control Using jQuery and Ajax

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:07:26 GMT

Repeater control as such will not provide edit/update functionalities for the data. In this article, we will overcome this difficulty and provide an edit update feature similar to GridView control using the powerful jQuery library and Ajax.

Populating RadioButtonList Using jQuery, JSON in ASP.Net

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:26:52 GMT

Building a RadioButtonList in client side is not a straight forward task due to the way it renders to the client side.Moving forward, we will implement the same example by populating a RadioButtonList instead of a child DropDownList control.

Customize User Controls with Smart Tag feature in Windows Forms

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:21:49 GMT

This article explains how to add Smart Tag feature to a user control in Windows Forms applications. As we all know, user controls are commonly used in Windows Forms applications for reusability purposes providing various functionalities across the project.

Beginning Windows Presentation Foundation Project

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:20:18 GMT

This article by Jayaram Krishnaswamy introduces the reader accustomed to working with the traditional graphic user interface in earlier versions of VB to Windows Presentation Foundation. Importantly, it introduces the reader to the XAML's declarative format and what it means in the design interface of VS 2008.

BizTalk - Errors and Warnings, Causes and Solutions

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:54:10 GMT

The following article will discuss on the common errors and warning that we face when using BizTalk and their resolutions

DatePicker Controls for ASP.Net

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:20:17 GMT

Most often we will get a requirement to capture date input from the users. Moving forward, this article will help us to create DatePicker control in 3 ways, Ø Using ASP.Net Calendar control. Ø Using Calendar Extender control in AJAX Control Toolkit. Ø Using jQuery DatePicker Plug-in.

JSON serialization and de-serialization in WCF DataContracts

Sat, 23 May 2009 23:23:17 GMT

With XML becoming a thing of past for inter process communication and data exchange on the Internet infrastructures, JSON is more increasingly getting popular for providing quicker and better packaging of data across the wires. To be specific, as the need for partial rendering of web pages increases with the dynamic exchange of data using AJAX-enabled Web services, JSON has become more compact and simpler means to communicate between client calls and server processes thus providing a rich user experience. Moreover, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) processes JSON messages using an internal, hidden mapping between JSON data and the XML infoset for data exchange.

Tips for Deploying ASP.Net Application in Production

Fri, 15 May 2009 14:48:52 GMT

In this article, we will see some of useful tips that can help us in deploying application efficiently in production.