Using T4 to generate a class wrapper for <appSettings />(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 2 years, 5 months ago

Last week I wanted to generate a object wrapper around the <appSettings> section in my web.config/app.config file and after doing the same thing over and over again by generating a public read-only property for each setting, I decided to use T4 to read the <appSettings> section and generate a class all the properties that would become the wrapper around the ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“…”] calls to retrieve the settings. To my surprise, this was pretty easy to do. read more...

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VS2010 Beta 1 now on MSDN for Subscribers(redmondpie.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 3 years ago

Microsoft today has released Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 and .NET Framework 4.0 to its MSDN subscribers. Visual Studio 2010 is a monstrous and the most awaited release which is surely set to have a big impact on Microsoft platform developers in a positive way! read more...

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Free ASP.NET Security Screencast Series(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 3 years, 3 months ago

Pluralsight is a .NET training company that use to only offer on-site instructor lead courses. However, beginning late last year they launch a new version of their website with the main feature being On-Demand video training. Even though this on-demand training feature isn’t free, they have provided some free training for you to sample. Last week I sat and watch their entire ASP.NET Security training series and I really learned a lot. read more...

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Detecting Session Timeouts using a ASP.Net MVC Action Filter(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 3 years, 6 months ago

This article shows one way on how to detect a session timeout in an ASP.Net MVC application. The implementation uses a MVC action filter to detect when a session has timed out redirects the user to a Login page. read more...

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SQL Server 2008 Express with Management Tools(microsoft.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 3 years, 9 months ago

SQL Server 2008 Express database was released last week; but now Microsoft just released the Management tools and the Advanced Services additions that give you SQL Server 2008 Express Reporting Services read more...

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Getting started with Visual Studio 2008 Remote Debugging(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 4 years, 1 month ago

In the past, Visual Studio Remote Debugging was not the easiest thing to set up. Using VS 2008 this process is much simpler. read more...

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New Feature: Organize using statements with VS 2008(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 4 years, 4 months ago

I pretty cool C# IDE enhancement that will become very useful. read more...

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Strongly-Typed Session Properties in ASP.NET(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 4 years, 4 months ago

One way to implement Strongly-Typed Session Properties in ASP.NET. read more...

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TSQL, Looping through a result set without using database cursor(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 4 years, 5 months ago

An alternative approach to looping through a result set without using a database cursor. read more...

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Appreciating a good, well-designed API(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 4 years, 5 months ago

It's the little things in the .NET Framework that matter. read more...

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VS 2008 and unexpected errors(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 4 years, 6 months ago

Visual Studio 2008 kept crashing because of unexpected errors, however, this article goes into how to go about finding the problem and solving it. read more...

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.NET and the Provider Model(tyronedavisjr.com)

submitted by tdavisjr(335) 4 years, 6 months ago

A reminder on how the Provider Model Pattern can be used to create extensible applications. read more...

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