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Save SQL Snippets in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:00:52 GMT

Learn how to store SQL snippets in SSMS using this free tool.

5 Steps Toward jQuery Mastery

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Five quick tips that I found valuable while learning jQuery in depth. I learned them the hard way so you don't have to!

That No Sql Thing

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:45:00 GMT

Ayende introduction to a series of post on the different alternatives to RDBMS

Selenium Two Tutorial using C#/NUnit and InternetExplorerDriver

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:15:00 GMT

Tutorial on how to use the latest version of Selenium using C# and NUnit to test websites. The tutorial gives developers a chance to start writing their own tests.

60+ .Net libraries every developer should know about

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:45:03 GMT

Every good developer knows never to re-invent the wheel, especially if there is software out there that has been tested by others, and has an established track record. As a developer using the .NET framework I've found some of these libraries invaluable, so I'm sharing them for some of the other dev's out there with a brief outline of how to use.

A deeper look into AutoMapper: Custom Type Resolvers

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:01:31 GMT

AutoMapper is a framework which uses a convention-based matching algorithm to match up source to destination values. In this episode we are going to learn how to use type resolvers. Type resolvers allow you to perform custom value mapping in a very simple and elegant way with very little code

Visual Studio 2010 New Features in Debugging - Exciting & Innovative

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT

This article talks about Visual Studio 2010's powerful debugging features applicable from beginner to expert(based on latest VS2010 beta 2).

Git For Windows Developers - Git Series - Part 2

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:30:00 GMT

If you want to use Git for a .NET project this is a MUST READ!

TFS Sucks, here is a list why

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:45:03 GMT

If you are thinking about using TFS here is a list of reasons why TFS sucks for SCM. Any suggestions on making these annoyances go away is very welcome.

ASP.NET MVC MvcSiteMapProvider 1.0 released

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:15:00 GMT

Back in March, I blogged about an experimental MvcSiteMap provider I was building. Today, I am proud to announce that it is stable enough to call it version 1.0! Download MvcSiteMapProvider 1.0 over at CodePlex. Ever since the source code release I did back in March, a lot of new features have been added, such as HtmlHelper extension methods, attributes, dynamic parameters, . I'll leave most of them up to you to discover, but there are some I want to quickly highlight.

Limit Number of Characters in a TextArea using jQuery

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:30:01 GMT

The MaxLength property works for a textbox but not for a TextArea. I recently bumped into a JavaScript solution which demoed how to Limit the Number of Characters in a Textarea or Text Field. I thought of replicating the functionality in jQuery and here's what I came up with!

Facebook + ASP.NET MVC

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:00:00 GMT

What options are out there for developers wanting to create Facebook applications using ASP.NET MVC framework. This article tries to break down the options.

Refactoring Techniques: Learning the Wrap Method

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:15:02 GMT

Taking a look at the Wrap Method refactoring technique outlined in detail in Working Effectively with Legacy Code. We will walk though this technique and take a look at how it can help you to create better and more maintainable code.

NerdDinner with Fluent NHibernate Part 1 - The domain model

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:30:01 GMT

This is the first post in a series of three where I'm going to see how we can change the NerdDinner project to use Fluent NHibernate instead of LINQ to SQL. In the first post we are going to take a look at the domain model.

Two New Features of C# 4.0 You will Love

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:15:07 GMT

Two new features to C# 4.0 are optional parameters and named parameters. Optional parameters have been a part of VB.Net but it's now possible to do this in C#. Let us see how

Asp.Net MVC Membership Starter Kit Released

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:30:06 GMT

Almost six months after the official release of Asp.Net MVC 1.0 and nearly a year after the last release of the starter kit, I've finally rewritten and released the Asp.Net MVC Membership Starter Kit.

UI Prototyping: simplify your life with Balsamiq

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

"This tool is specifically designed to allow even non-non professional graphic artists to design and prototype interfaces and functionality pretty fast. It's very intuitive and easy to use and allows everyone - with a minimal effort - to draw a detailed scheme of what the UI will resemble to."

What's new in NHibernate 2.1

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:45:01 GMT

NHibernate 2.1 features

ASP.NET MVC and NHibernate Framework Architecture

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:15:03 GMT

Huge thanks to Billy and everyone else associated with S#arp Architecture over the past year. S#arp Architecture has been officially released as 1.0. Billy mentions the following improvements in 1.0 as: ASP.NET MVC 1.0 NHibernate 2.1 CR 1 Community Website: http://www.sharparchitecture.net S#arp Architecture documentation: http://wiki.sharparchitecture.net Strongly typed action link for areas ( SharpArch.Web.Areas.ActionLinkForAreas<> and BuildUrlFromExpressionForAreas<> ) Fluent NHibernate now using configuration classes Support for IIS 7 integrated mode Support for WCF: SharpArch.Wcf and SharpArch.WcfClient.Castle SharpModelBinder Support for multiple databases outside of WCF communications CI Server at http://teamcity.codebetter.com/overview.html Updated to latest T4 Toolbox Download Sharp Architecture 1.0 here.

Resharper Tip : To-do Explorer

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:15:02 GMT

Resharper provides a hidden gem for those of us who get bitten by "throw new NotImplementedException()".

Why There's Nothing Wrong With Dependency Injection in NerdDinner

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:30:00 GMT

Last week Jimmy Bogard posted why he believed the dependency injection pattern appearing in the NerdDinner application was flawed. I want to take the opportunity to say the pattern in NerdDinner really isn't that bad and I want to explain why. Before I go on I will say that I entirely agree with Jimmy's thoughts on the pattern for my own code and you won't find the anti-pattern Jimmy describes in my code.

What is a build script? Writing MsBuild Scripts - Part I

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:30:00 GMT

In this post series I will try to explain MsBuild. In this post, I am explaining the need for a build script.

Exploring how to use Expressions w/ Spark

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Taking a look at the various different ways you can use Expressions with the Spark View engine. We are going to review simply scenarios such as math based expressions and move up to looking at nested if-then-else statements.

11 keystrokes that made my jQuery selector run 10x faster

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:15:00 GMT

An in-depth analysis of the performance concerns when using a popular jQuery selector and a couple ways to dramatically speed it up, including benchmarks.

ASP.NET MVC Installer For Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 And Roadmap

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:30:00 GMT

"Today I'm happy to announce that we're done with the work I described and the installer is now available on CodePlex. Be sure to give it a try as many of the new VS10 features intended to support the TDD workflow fit very nicely with ASP.NET MVC, which ScottGu will describe in an upcoming blog post."