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ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 and Form Posting Scenarios

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:01:03 GMT

Another epic post by The Gu

LINQ to Entities, what is not supported?

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:16:13 GMT

A look at what LINQ to SQL support and not supported in LINQ to Entities.

New ASP.NET MVC Videos and Tutorials

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:01:02 GMT

15 new ASP.NET MVC videos were just published at the http://www.ASP.net/mvc website. The first 10 videos are basic tutorials on the ASP.NET MVC framework. If you haven't had a chance to play with ASP.NET MVC yet, these tutorials are a great introduction. The second set of 5 videos is part of an ongoing video series: ASP.NET MVC Pair Programming. In these videos, I pair with a prominent community expert to build an entire ASP.NET MVC application from start to finish (because of time constraints - a very, very simple application). The goal is to emphasize the process of building a web application instead of the product.

A simple jQuery Client Centering Plugin

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:31:12 GMT

Centering content is a useful client side UI feature especially when working with pop ups or popup windows when displayed for the first time. Here's a little jQuery plug in that handles centering in the window and in other container elements easily.

Exploring System.Web.Routing

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:31:11 GMT

An overview of the new System.Web.Routing namespace that was included in .net 3.5 SP1.

Starting with jQuery - Effects

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:31:09 GMT

This is second post in a string of posts where I chronicle my adventure in learning jQuery from having no previous experience with the framework. This week, we look at basic animation effects that affect an element's visibility that are available "out of the box" with jQuery.

Easily build powerful client-side AJAX paging, using jQuery

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:31:14 GMT

An in-depth example of using jQuery to build client-side paging, including progress indicators, to page into any server side data source that can be JSON serialized by ASP.NET AJAX.

jQuery and the ASP.NET MVC Framework

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:46:02 GMT

With WebForms, integrating with Ajax libraries other than ASP.NET AJAX was slightly painful. With the new ASP.NET MVC Framework, however, you can use jQuery without these additional headaches.

40 CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:02 GMT

Designing effective web forms isn't easy, as we need to figure out more practical styling and functionality techniques to provide a great user experience. Recently there have been a number of noteworthy techniques such as styling different form fields, live validation, Context highlighting, trading options from field to another, slider controls and more - using CSS and different Javascript libraries. Below we present findings of search to more than 40 tutorials and demos to showcase the capabilities and robustness of CSS and Javascript.

ASP.NET MVC Application Building #2: Family Video Website

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:47:19 GMT

Stephen Walther:ASP.NET MVC Application Building #2: Family Video Website - Add the Database

Hidden Gems - Not the same old 3.5 SP1 post

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:34:27 GMT

Folks were hassling me in the comments for not posting the picosecond that .NET 3.5 SP1 came out (or, as I like to call it, .NET 3.6 - although the bosses really don't like that).

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list.

ASP.NET MVC Tip #31 - Passing Data to Master Pages and User Controls

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:56 GMT

Another great tip from Stephen Walther

How to easily enhance your existing tables with simple CSS

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:01:02 GMT

A detailed example of how to use CSS to style an HTML table. The example is specifically focused on styling a table generated on the client-side via AJAX, but is applicable to any HTML table.

What's new for Entity Framework in the VS 2008 SP1?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:58:49 GMT

Between the Visual Studio 200 SP1 beta and RTM , there are a number of fixes and even a few new things to be found. What's in ADO.NET? Check out this list for what's new in the Entity Framework and Entity Designer.

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

MVC Storefront Part 18: Creating An Experience

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:46:03 GMT

Creating An Experience

Top 10 Things New Twitter Users Need To Know

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:01:02 GMT

Those new to Twitter need some guidance. Jeff Blankenburg has come up with a list of things that someone new to Twitter needs to read before even creating their account.

Visual Studio Theme Generator

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:16:02 GMT

A fun little ASP.NET MVC Application I wrote to generate Visual Studio themes based off of 3 given colors. I have always felt that selecting every color to make a decent theme is way too repetitive. This web application automatically chooses complements / contrasts based off your initial color selections (and uses jQuery to let you preview your theme before creating). Check it out and let me know what you think.

File uploading in ASP.Net MVC

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:23:22 GMT

How to combine Silverlight and ASP.Net MVC

BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 Upgrade Guide

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:31:03 GMT

Al Nyveldt: BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 Upgrade Guide

Simple Static Tooltip Widget using jQuery.UI

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:11:31 GMT

Simple Static Tooltip Widget using jQuery.UI.

Enhance your input fields with simple CSS tricks

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:02 GMT

We're all trying to build an effective and good looking web forms. But there are always a new challenges. If you read my previous articles on how to build a better web forms, you could have noticed there are so many details about it. This article will show you how you can make a usual, boring web forms more effective and exciting with just a few simple CSS tricks.

jQuery for ASP.NET MVC unleashed!

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:05 GMT

jQuery plugins for the ASP.NET MVC framework

4 features for C# 4.0

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

C# 3.0 still hasnt sunk in yet for most, yet there already seems to be some buzz about c# features we would like to see in the future. Here is my take on the 4 language features i would like to see implemented in C#