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ScottGu: Introducing "Razor" - a new view engine for ASP.NET

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:30:51 GMT

"ASP.NET MVC has always supported the concept of "view engines" - which are the pluggable modules that implement different template syntax options. The "default" view engine for ASP.NET MVC today uses the same .aspx/.ascx/.master file templates as ASP.NET Web Forms. Other popular ASP.NET MVC view engines used today include Spark and NHaml. The new view-engine option we've been working on is optimized around HTML generation using a code-focused templating approach. The codename for this new view engine is "Razor", and we'll be shipping the first public beta of it shortly."

IIS Express

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:15:51 GMT

If like me you are sick to death of Cassini (whats that then? its the built in web server that visual studio uses) and also sick to death of playing around with IIS 7 then relief is at hand.

Mindscape WPF Themes released

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Mindscape have released a suite of WPF themes to help developers deliver attractive applications faster than ever before. All source code is included so that UI tweaks can be made to create your own style or leave them as they are to have an Office 2007 style or Expression Blend look and feel.

Git's guts: Branches, HEAD, and fast-forwards

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:11 GMT

Lets get some learning done. There are a few questions that keep cropping up when I introduce people to Git, so I thought I'd post some answers as a mini-series of blog posts. I'll cover some fundamentals, while trying not to retread too much ground that the fantastic Git community book already covers so well. Instead I'm going to talk about things that should help you understand what you and Git are doing day-to-day.

Getting Started With NServiceBus: Part 4 Integrating With StructureMap

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:01:26 GMT

A simple walkthrough on how to StructureMap & NServiceBus.

Getting Started With NServiceBus: Part 3 Sagas

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:59:47 GMT

A simple walkthrough on how to implement Sagas using NServiceBus in a self hosted service.

Getting Started With NServiceBus: Part 2 Publishing And Subscribing

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:52:55 GMT

A simple walkthrough on how to implement a publisher and subscriber using NServiceBus in a self hosted service.

Getting Started With NServiceBus: Part 1 Unicast Messaging

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:51:17 GMT

A simple walkthrough on how to implement simple unicast messaging using NServiceBus in a self hosted service.

Sorting an ASP.NET GridView with a DataTable DataSource

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:48:56 GMT

When using a DateTable as your Data Source for an ASP.NET GridView you have to implement the sorting event method manually. Here is a quick and easy example how to accomplish this using the DefaultView of the DataTable.

Refactoring Switch Statements With StructureMap

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:14:06 GMT

How to apply the open closed principle to your code by using an IOC container (Structuremap) to get rid of your switch statements.

Free Code Similarity Finder - CopyPasteKiller

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:01 GMT

Free tool helps C# and VB.NET developers find large chunks of similar code so they can be refactored.

Asp.Net vs php : Speed Comparison

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Why is the myth that php is faster than Asp.Net so prevalent? Asp.Net is faster than php, here are the facts. So many times I have heard php pushers claim that php is so much faster than Asp.Net and that Asp.Net is clunky and slow. The most annoying part is that everything I have read (that is not factless opinion), and I mean everything, says that this is wrong; but for some reason, this myth is widely accepted. It has become a religious argument that ignores the facts...

Visual Studio 2010: Multiple web.config versions

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:30:00 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 has support for multiple web.config files. It is one feature of new web application packaging and deployment system. We can create now separate web.config files for each configuration we have for application.

The Greatest Exception Handling WTF?!? of All Time

Thu, 28 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The Exception object has ONE purpose and ONE purpose only - to represent a runtime error, nothing more. Exceptions should never be used for purposes for which they were not intended -- or you could end up with this monstrosity...

One Tangible Benefit of S.O.L.I.D Development

Sat, 16 May 2009 05:57:39 GMT

One example of why practicing S.O.L.I.D development can save your organization time and money..

How Do You Deal With Exceptions?

Fri, 15 May 2009 02:01:09 GMT

A little post on my ideas about handling exceptions within applications. How do you handle them?

How to test your multi-threaded code (part 3 of 3)?

Wed, 13 May 2009 19:16:05 GMT

In the last post we learned how to find and fix a simple multi-thread problem. Now we will see a more complex scenario and see how CHESS wil find the solution.

Mocking LightSpeed Units Of Work.

Tue, 12 May 2009 04:41:59 GMT

A short code example how to mock a LighSpeed UnitOfWork using Rhino Mocks for testing.

How to test your multi-threaded code (part 2 of 3)?

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:16:03 GMT

Previously we saw how to build a test to find a multi-thread bug our your code. Now we will look at how to reproduce debug and fix it.

.Net TimeBombHack

Sat, 09 May 2009 14:10:28 GMT

Small code sample from Ayende to put a time bomb into your code!!

How to test your multi-threaded code (part 1 of 3)?

Wed, 06 May 2009 23:01:04 GMT

CHESS is the answer. At least this is what we have best right now.

Implementing a simple genetic algorithm

Fri, 01 May 2009 17:01:02 GMT

In this blog post I'll give a quick introduction to what genetic algorithms are and what they can be used for. We'll implement a genetic algorithm that attempts to guess an RGB color by evolving upon a random set of initial guesses, until it at some point evolves into the correct RGB value.

Asp.Net MVC Conditional TextBox

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:11:47 GMT

How to write an HtmlHelper extension method with a fluent interface that takes a conditional lambda expression to render a control read-only.

Dynamic Attributes in C#

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:54:51 GMT

Ever wondered whether attributes can be applied to object instances dynamically. Can attributes hold other types besides constants and strings that are embedded in the metadata? Read more to find out how.

LightSpeed 2.1 Released - includes new search API

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:01:02 GMT

LightSpeed 2.1, the performance minded object relational mapping framework, is fresh from the oven with new features like database independent full text search capabilities using Lucene.Net, Visual Studio integrated designer enhancements and a bundle of other new features.