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ASP.NET MVC JavaScript Routing

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:34:34 GMT

I introduce a small utility that will allow generation of routes and controller actions into JavaScript to allow URL generation on the client side using ASP.NET MVC routing.

3 Gems in Mono for .NET Programmers - The hidden potential of Mono

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:07:34 GMT

Exploring some interesting aspects of Mono.CSharp, Mono.Cecil And Mono.TextTemplating

Create a Build File for a Visual Studio Solution - MsBuild Series

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:45:52 GMT

A build file automates the process of building, testing, analyzing, packaging, & deploying your project. Build files can be used to give you a single click solution to perform mundane tasks in a consistent way.

DataTable To JSON Array

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:08:40 GMT

simple ready to use code, to convert any data table directly in JSON array. We can directly implement JSON array for many purposes in JavaScript. Simple and powerful code.

8 Best open source alternative to NHibernate.

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:05:41 GMT

NHibernate is one of the best ORM library in .NET to build data access code faster. We identified best open source alternative to NHibernate. According to the requirement pick any library and build the data access layer in .NET.

Mulit-tenant ASP.NET MVC - Controllers

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:41:07 GMT

The time has come to talk about controllers in a multi-tenant ASP.NET MVC architecture. This is actually the most critical design decision you will make when dealing with multi-tenancy with MVC. In my design, I took into account the design goals I mentioned in the introduction about inversion of control and what a tenant is to my design.

Multi-tenant ASP.NET - Foundation

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:18:34 GMT

In my last post, I talked about some of the goals of multi-tenancy in general and some hints about my implementation. Now it is time to put a little meat on the bones. I'm ready to share my ideas about how to implement a multi-tenant system on ASP.NET MVC and IIS7.

Multi-tenant ASP.NET MVC - Introduction

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:59:05 GMT

In this first post, I discuss what multi-tenancy means and how my implementation will be structured for use in ASP.NET MVC. Multi-tenancy is a technique used by many developers to increase IIS efficiency and reuse code. This is an introduction into some of the core elements of multi-tenancy and how to use multi-tenancy in ASP.NET MVC.

C# HttpRuntime - Simple Cache

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:55:29 GMT

I have been working recently on an application that needs very simple caching. I found this code sometime ago (but can't for the life of me remember where! I think it may have been on StackOverflow). It is a simple cache that uses the HttpRuntime which enables it to be used on the web and also the desktop. This code has saved my bacon on more than one occasion so I thought I would share it.

A new way to filter a list by URL - StringToIQueryable

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:50:53 GMT

Ever see a URL with a bunch of query string variables that is used to filter a list result? There is a new way to write and parse a query parameter using a parser monad and a few standard combinators that can be used to filter an IQueryable based on a pre-defined syntax. Have a look at the code that will make your querying easier with MVC.

Pick your Windows Azure Operating System version!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:10:43 GMT

The Windows Azure Platform is currently based on a modified version of Windows Server 2008 R2. The Windows Azure philosophy is for Microsoft to take care of all the infrastructure requirements and let you focus on solving your business problem. One requirement that has had customers curious is how we will handle the issue of operating system versioning, in other words, do they automatically have to have their application run under a recently upgraded or patched version of the OS without their approval? Now we have an answer. With the addition of a new Service Configuration file parameter osVersion, you can now specify the version of the OS that you want your application to run under.

Welcome to the new DotNetKicks

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:14 GMT

Welcome to the new DotNetKicks - Lots of improvements and even more on the way!

ASP.NET MVC Tip #4: Client-side form validation made easy - Part 2

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:13:04 GMT

Client-side form validation has become a de-facto standard for modern web applications. However, some validation rules which cannot be checked completely on the client side, for example because the validation depends on information stored in the server database. This article describes how to implement this so that you don't have to write any custom javascript for new validation rules. This even includes remote validation rules and these validation rules that depend on multiple form fields.

ClubStarterKit is reborn (with release)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:32:53 GMT

ClubStarterKit has been totally rewritten with ASP.NET MVC, C#, .NET 4.0, and NHiberante. Check out the preview version (link in blog post).

Fluent NHibernate with System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:51:14 GMT

Want to map your domain with DataAnnotations validation? Using Fluent NHibernate? Then take a look at how to create a simple convention!

Maybe Monad. My C# version

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:22:05 GMT

Functional programming paradigms are increasingly important to all .NET developers. Monads are key concepts in functional languages. The maybe monad seen in some languages can be ported to C#. In this post, I detail the elements key to the maybe monad and the implementation decisions made when creating such a container.

ASP.NET MVC, What about SEO?

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:31:05 GMT

Unfortunately, I've run into some alarming SEO (Search Engine Optimization) issues ASP.NET MVC.

jQuery and Microsoft

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:01:02 GMT

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license.

ASP.NET MVC - Remove Whitespace

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:58:55 GMT

Have you tried removing the whitespace form your ASP.NET MVC View Pages... not exactly how it used to be. Check out my solution to this problem.

No GoLive required to use ASP.NET MVC in production

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:31:03 GMT

ASP.NET MVC EULA allows its usage in live operating environment, so it can be used in production

MVC Storefront Part 17: Checkout With Jeff Atwood

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:01:04 GMT

Checkout With Jeff Atwood

Herding Code Podcast: Episode 9 with Rob Conery

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:31:13 GMT

The Herding Code crew (K. Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott "LazyCoder" Koon, and Jon Galloway) catch up with Rob Conery on SubSonic 2.1, Where SubSonic fits in the Microsoft data access tools explosion, Why LINQ to SubSonic is so durn tricky, MVC Storefront - has it made Rob a TDD believer, and What else is Rob up to at Microsoft.

ASP.NET MVC preview release 4 - part 1

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:01:09 GMT

The ASP.NET MVC team is in the final stages of finishing up a new "Preview 4" release that they hope to ship later this week. The Preview 3 release focused on finishing up a lot of the underlying core APIs and extensibility points in ASP.NET MVC. Starting with Preview 4 this week you'll start to see more and more higher level features begin to appear that build on top of the core foundation and add nice productivity. There are a bunch of new features and capabilities in this new build - so much in fact that I decided I needed two posts to cover them all. This first post will cover the new Caching, Error Handling and Security features in Preview 4, as well as some testing improvements it brings. My next post will cover the new AJAX features being added with this release as well.

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.

MVC CAPTCHA for Preview Release 3

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:19:37 GMT

Since my last release of the MVC toolkit some major changes have taken place in the MVC Framework. I am going to do a quick run through of how they changed the MVC CAPTCHA for the better. And what ActionParameters are and how they can benefit you.