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CodeRush Xpress

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:36:46 GMT

Microsoft and Devexpress recently released a new plugin for Visual Studio. Every C# developer with Standard or above version of Visual Studio can now enjoy a basic set of features from CodeRush and Refactor! Pro for free. You can watch the announcement from PDC, take a look at it's features or download it right now.

Blogengine.net running under IIS 7 causes Error 404

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:25:24 GMT

You need to make some changes in web.config file in order to get it work. The easest way is to download an updated web.config here http://wiki.aspone.cz/wiki/images/3/34/Web.config.

Model-based validation for ASP.NET MVC (concept)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:40:19 GMT

I have written a few lines for validating my forms. It's basically a concept which is not ready for production but I want to share it with you a get some feedback.

ASP.NET 3.5 / IIS7 / SQL server hosting - one year for free

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:06:56 GMT

Hurry up!

The Onion Architecture

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:16:08 GMT

The fundamental rule is that all code can depend on layers more central, but code cannot depend on layers further out from the core. This architecture is unashamedly biased toward object-oriented programming, and it puts objects before all others.

6 ASP.NET MVC books so far?

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:24:55 GMT

Do you know any other?

Validating culture name using LINQ

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:34:08 GMT

Using LINQ for culture name validation.

NHIbernate 2.0 Goes Beta 1 after Microsoft 'Linq to Entities' receives

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:01:09 GMT

The first official beta for NHibernate 2.0 was released today. This comes on the heels of the damaging 'boycott' of the Microsoft 'Linq to Entities' upcoming release, which was anticipated to be a serious competitor to NHibernate. LAST MINUTE UPDATE FROM THE NHIBERNATE TEAM There has been a change in how NHibernate is packaged as the core and contrib aspects now have dedicated locations. Since NHibernate 2.0 Alpha 1, ONLY THE CORE of the project is included at the link above. The Contrib Projects are now in a dedicated location: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nhcontrib There are a few new projects that are essential to investigate for your needs (for example the Burrow project). Also be sure to visit the wiki for these significant projects: http://nhcontrib.wiki.sourceforge.net See the end of this post for a partial list of these contrib efforts. The team at domain.dot.net has been working with 2.0.X since the first alpha, and following the progress of the trunk. In our opinion this beta has the high quality of prior betas and we recommend it for non-critical systems immediately as your risk policy allows. We're working on a more detailed analysis coming soon on some of the key improvements. To download the code direct from the trunk use this SVN URL: https://nhibernate.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nhibernate This is no minor update, as with this release they will align with the widely used and praised 'Hibernate 3.2' for Java. Here is a listing of the planned new features which are represented to varying degrees of complexness in this beta:

ASP.NET Performance Tips

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:03 GMT

The article lists few of some of the many performance tweaks that can be implement to boost up ASP.NET performance.

Dissecting Linq Expression Trees - Part 1

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Nice article on how to use and create Linq Expression trees.

How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:01:02 GMT

How many times have you heard form a client that they want "outlook-like" web user interface for their application? Me, probably a hundred of times. In this article I'll explain how to create a web application user interface that looks like Outlook. You can see the live demo and download source code with images.

Which kind of cast should you use in C#?

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:01:04 GMT

C# offers two casting operators: the prefix-cast and the as-cast. Although the two operators compile to different op-codes in the CLR, the practical difference between them is in how they handle failed casts. Prefix-cast throws an exception on cast failure, while as-cast returns null. It's easier to implement correct error handling when you use prefix cast, because it doesn't require manual checks for null values that can cause problems in distant parts of your program. Prefix-cast should be the default cast operator on your fingertips, that you use for everyday situations - reserve as-cast for special cases where performance matters.

ASP.NET MVC Tip #1 - Creating New HTML Helpers with Extension Methods

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:31:02 GMT

In this tip, Stephen Walther shows you how you can create two new HTML Helpers that you can use within an ASP.NET MVC View. I show you how you can use extension methods to create new HTML Helpers for displaying bulleted and numbered lists.

SubSonic 3.0: IQueryable Update

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:16:03 GMT

News from Rob on SubSonic: One thing I've learned is I can't stay quiet for too long on this stuff :), so here's an update on what I'm working on...

Building a better web forms: Context highlighting using jQuery

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:16:02 GMT

This article shows how to highlight a current context on a complex web forms using jQuery. You can see how to highlight current row or current group of rows, and how easily it could be done by uisng powerful jQuery selectors.

jQuery UI v1.5 Released

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:46:02 GMT

Focus on Consistent API and Effects

"Velocity" project - memcached by Microsoft?

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:31:07 GMT

Is the Velocity project by Microsoft simply a me-too framework or are they creating real value for developers on the Windows platform?

Give way to the yield keyword!

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:31:02 GMT

A brief description of what you can do with the yield keyword.

LightSpeed 2.0 Released

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:16:02 GMT

LightSpeed 2.0 has been released. It includes a full, round-tripping Visual Studio designer and support for LINQ!

Try-catching in a single line of code

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:01:07 GMT

Just another silly extension method hack :)

Code based ASP.NET MVC GridView

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:31:05 GMT

Maarten Balliauw shows you how to build an ASP.NET MVC html helper extension method which generates a nice gridview-like control using pure code and MVC framework.

Windows Live Writer PlugIn for DotNetKicks on CodePlex

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:31:03 GMT

Windows Live Writer PlugIn for DotNetKicks is now on CodePlex

Alt.NET Podcast Episode 3: Adopting Agile

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:46:09 GMT

The latest episode of the ALT.NET Podcast is a discussion with Owen Rogers focused on adopting agile practices.

New Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework CTP Released

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Microsoft has released the latest CTP for Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework. Parallel Extensions to the .NET Framework simplifies development by providing library-based support for introducing concurrency into applications written with any .NET language.

SQL Server Programming Hacks

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:16:02 GMT

This is a collection of SQL hacks, right now there are 8 sections and between 70 and 80 hacks.