The UpdatePanel is evil(blog.slaven.net.au)

submitted by dalziel(6230) 4 years ago

I think the UpdatePanel is really powerful. It allows you to write your code essentially the same as you always have, with a few small modifications. You then just wrap your ASP/HTML controls in an UpdatePanel and hey presto, you’ve got them running as AJAX controls. The problem is it makes the development of AJAX-type sites too easy. You don’t have to know what’s going on behind the scenes, you don’t have to understand the asynchronous calls made & the HTTP processes going on. read more...

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What is the fastest, DRYest way to (not) log?(dotnet.org.za)

submitted by trumpi(370) 4 years, 11 months ago

The log4net FAQ asks the question What is the fastest way of (not) logging? It outlines two techniques of logging; the post will present one more using anonymous methods. read more...

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Beware of member hiding(codeassassin.com)

submitted by jstangroome(665) 4 years, 11 months ago

The Shadows/new keywords in VB and C# can give unexpected results. read more...

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Beware of the greedy script element(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by rimsystems(6119) 4 years, 11 months ago

Make sure you close your script tags (don't use self-closing tags), otherwise you could encounter a strange and hard to track down bug in IE. read more...

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Microsoft vs TestDriven.Net Express(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by mgarza(135) 4 years, 11 months ago

Does TestDriven.Net violate Visual Studio Express EULA? read more...

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Factoring Configuration(nikhilk.net)

submitted by crpietschmann(11.3k) 5 years ago

A little known attribute, configSource, enables some level of configuration factoring and splitting for the ever-growing web.config... read more...

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Self-Documenting Unit Tests(lostechies.com)

submitted by jssingh(75) 5 years, 1 month ago

Integrating BDD with TDD to produce self documenting design artifacts read more...

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New home and new owner for Tree Surgeon(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by bsimser(1240) 5 years, 1 month ago

Have you ever spent a few days setting up a new development tree? Have you ever spent several days setting up several development trees? Have you even spent weeks trying to perfect all your development trees using a set of best practices? If the answer to any of the above answers is 'yes', then you'll like Tree Surgeon! Tree Surgeon is a .NET development tree generator. Just give it the name of your project, and it will set up a development tree for you in seconds. More than that, your new tree has years worth of accumulated build engineering experience built right in. Tree Surgeon has a new home and new owner on CodePlex. read more...

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Self-executing SQL scripts(jasonstangroome.spaces.live.com)

submitted by jstangroome(665) 5 years, 2 months ago

A neat trick for embedding SQL scripts into a batch file for simple double-click style execution. read more...

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Google Apps API released(code.google.com)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 5 years, 3 months ago

Google Apps and its APIs open up a wide variety of new opportunities to integrate and extend Google's communication and collaboration services. Domain adminstrators can use the APIs to migrate from and integrate with existing IT infrastructure. Application developers can use the APIs to extend Google's growing offering of services. read more...

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Logging? Efficiently please!(ajdotnet.wordpress.com)

submitted by ajdotnet(2940) 5 years, 3 months ago

Improving log4net usage. read more...

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The trouble with NULL in SQL(sqlservercode.blogspot.com)

submitted by SQL_Menace(4890) 5 years, 4 months ago

A couple of mistakes that people do when working with NULL data. If you have NULLS in a table did you know that COUNT(*) will include the NULLS but COUNT(column) will not. That and more can be found in this article read more...

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Increase Your Productivity With Query Analyzer(sqlservercode.blogspot.com)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 5 years, 4 months ago

Did you know that you can have CTRL + Number key combinations/shortcuts in Query Analyzer? You can set it up so that CTRL + 5 executes sp_who2 for example. I thought everyone already knew this but apparently not; I showed this to 3 coworkers yesterday and they didn't know about it. So how do you set this up? It is pretty easy, select Tools -->Customize from the toolbar. read more...

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Ultimate .NET development tools(dotnet.org.za)

submitted by trumpi(370) 5 years, 5 months ago

A list of good free and commercial .NET development tools. read more...

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Now you can create you're own hammer factory factories...(joeydotnet.com)

submitted by jbeninghove(790) 5 years, 5 months ago

Apparently MS will be providing a factory for creating your own application blocks for v3.0 of the Enterprise Library , should you desire to do so. Reading Ayende's latest post on this and his link to this flashback post from Joel Spolsky, had me rolling on the floor laughing. read more...

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Subversion on a stick(dotnet.org.za)

submitted by trumpi(370) 5 years, 5 months ago

Use Subversion from a portable hard disk or flash drive to synchronize your documents between various computers. There's no need to run the Subversion daemon -- all you need is portable storage and a Subversion client. read more...

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