Integration Testing Your ASP.NET MVC Application(blog.codeville.net)

submitted by desmond(2014) 2 years, 11 months ago

Unit tests are great for proving the correctness of a single component. But how can you prove that you whole ASP.NET MVC application hangs together properly - including its view templates, configuration settings, and database schema? Integration tests cover what unit tests can't - Steven Sanderson shows one way to approach it with ASP.NET MVC. read more...

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Handling Legacy URLs with ASP.NET MVC(mikesdotnetting.com)

submitted by reperio(405) 2 years, 11 months ago

According to Google's Webmaster tools, there are about 15,000 incoming links to my site. 13,000 of those reference a .ASPX file on disk. When I convert to MVC, with new Search Engine Friendly urls, all those links will break unless I do something about it. Presenting users with a 404 - file not found is not an option. I need to show them the content they were expecting, and update Search Engines with the news that things have changed. Here's how I will be managing those Legacy URLs. read more...

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Automatically minify and combine JavaScript in Visual Studio(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 3 years ago

As you begin developing more complex client-side functionality, managing the size and shape of your JavaScript includes becomes a key concern. It’s all too easy to accidentally end up with hundreds of kilobytes of JavaScript spread across many separate HTTP requests, significantly slowing down your initial page loads. I hope you’ll find that this technique is a good compromise between the tedium of using manual minification tools and the overwrought complexity of setting up some of the more “enterprisey” automation solutions. read more...

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More ASP.NET MVC Best Practices(blog.maartenballiauw.be)

submitted by maartenba(5845) 3 years ago

In this post, I’ll share some of the best practices and guidelines which I have come across while developing ASP.NET MVC web applications. I will not cover all best practices that are available, instead add some specific things that have not been mentioned in any blog post out there. Existing best practices can be found on Kazi Manzur Rashid’s blog and Simone Chiaretta’s blog. read more...

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jQuery UI DatePicker instead of AJAX Control Toolkit CalendarExtender(blog.dreamlabsolutions.com)

submitted by arnoldmatusz(600) 3 years ago

The reasons why I abandoned using the CalendarExtender and choose to use the jQuery UI DatePicker instead. read more...

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Creating RSS Feeds Using ASP.NET 3.5(blogs.dovetailsoftware.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 3 months ago

"We wanted to have an RSS feed so customers could keep up to date with new or recently updated Dovetail Knowledge Base articles. My personal mental gate was that I really didn’t want to try to figure out how to properly create an RSS or Atom feed and I didn’t want to bother with complex heavy handed frameworks like Argotic. Then one day Josh introduced me to the System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace (introduced in .Net 3.5) and my life was never the same. " read more...

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89 Ways for You to Become the Coolest Developer in the World(effectize.com)

submitted by Yura(995) 3 years, 6 months ago

You can learn how to improve your programming skills, work better and enjoy it from this collection of advice from experienced developers. read more...

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Insidious Dependencies(stevesmithblog.com)

submitted by ssmith(1160) 3 years, 7 months ago

Many dependencies in code are obvious, such as relying on a particular framework or database implementation. Others can easily be overlooked. This article exposes some of the more insidious dependencies that commonly exist within applications which may be overlooked as such. read more...

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If the .Net BCL is drywall, Extension Methods are spackle (codebetter.com)

submitted by zvikara(275) 3 years, 7 months ago

I know many people get upset at the very idea of Extension Methods, but I already consider them to be an indispensable part of my programming toolkit. I’m seeing so many times where a quick extension method can make code be much more readable. Other times an extension method against even a core BCL type seems to fill in a natural hole in the official API’s and knocks out a lot of duplication. read more...

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IServiceLocator a step toward IoC container / Service locator detente(codebetter.com)

submitted by schalkvanwyk(1335) 3 years, 7 months ago

Today we launched an exciting project on CodePlex, namely the Common Service Locator library. What is it? It's a shared interface that applications and frameworks can reference in order to leverage IoC containers / service location mechanisms without taking hard dependencies. read more...

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Separate Assemblies != Loose Coupling(codebetter.com)

submitted by scottcreynolds(195) 3 years, 7 months ago

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$("Microsoft").append("excitement");(codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 3 years, 7 months ago

Right now is honestly the most excited that I have ever been about the .net platform. With IronRuby and ASP.NET MVC on the horizon and jQuery being integrated as part of the official Microsoft development platform, I think that Microsoft is finally "getting" web development. read more...

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How Do Locks Lock?(moserware.com)

submitted by moserware(1665) 3 years, 7 months ago

A detailed explanation of how a locks like ReaderWriterLockSlim really work. read more...

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Introduction to jQuery Article posted(west-wind.com)

submitted by rstrahl(7226) 3 years, 7 months ago

I've posted Part 1 in a 2 part series on jQuery today. Part 1 covers the client side features of jQuery from the basics all the way through creating simple plugins and extending jQuery. This is a long article that discusses a host of the really useful features that jQuery brings to the table for client side Javascript development. Part 2 will then follow up with server side ASP.NET integration. read more...

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jQuery and Microsoft(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by mosessaur(5424) 3 years, 7 months ago

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license. read more...

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Development Tools I Use & Recommend(codezest.com)

submitted by daveschinkel(1720) 3 years, 7 months ago

Eventually I will get to some technical code Posts. But for now, I'm a bit delayed with some other things at work lately. I will be blogging about Code Generation, OOP, and other topics very soon though. In the meantime, I wanted to share a list of tools I regularly use now or have used in the past as a C# / ASP.NET Engineer listed below: read more...

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