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Using generic methods and constraints

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:19:51 GMT

This article explain how you create generic classes and methods, including type constraints. The article also discuss the ideas behind generics, as well as alternative approaches.

Design Patterns - An Overview

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:00:02 GMT

Design patterns are language independent mechanisms for providing solutions to common problems. Adhering to design patterns help in creating systems that are robust, scalable and maintainable as design patterns follow best practices and established standards. Design patterns have existed in non software engineering disciplines for a long time. Mechanical engineers reuse proven standard design models when designing a new kind of lathe machine. Instead, they reuse existing designs.

Treating Warnings as Errors in Visual Studio

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The compiler used by Visual Studio can produce errors when code cannot be built and warnings when it completes compilation successfully but there are areas of concern. To avoid warnings being missed or ignored, there is an option to treat them as errors.

A Better SMTP Development Server

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Looking for a way to test the email sending functionality of your application? There's no need to install a full-blown SMTP server - not as long as you have Antix SMTP Server for Developers in your bag of tricks.

If At First You Don't Succeed - Retrying Mail Operations in .NET

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:45:01 GMT

Mail sent from your application didn't go through? Don't give up so easily! The majority of mail server interruptions are very temporary in nature, lasting only a few seconds. Instead of failing right away, why not give your SMTP client another shot?

The Most Powerful Development Tool Ever Made

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:00:03 GMT

Justin Etheredge wrote a great blog post about not inventing the wheel everytime a classic programming problem shows up.

Covariance, Contravariance and Invariance in C# 4.0

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:05:04 GMT

Generally, C# supports covariant parameters and contravariant return types. There has always been support for covariance and contravariance in C# - C# 4.0 will just ensure that generic delegates and interfaces will also comply.

Refactoring: parameterize constructor

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:45:03 GMT

In legacy code you may find classes with constructor where some objects are created and initialized. These classes are not easily testable because they depend on other classes and therefore when you unit test these classes they may also throw exceptions of classes they depend on. In these cases we can use parameterize constructor refactoring.

IIS SEO Toolkit: Site analysis overview (illustrated)

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:48:21 GMT

As new IIS SEO Toolkit is here it is time now to make some tests with it. And what can be better test material than Microsoft own produced HTML documents? Well, I have my simple and primitive training web site running on my laptop and I think ASP.NET MVC Training Kit is perfect candidate for SEO tests. So, let's see what SEO Toolkit thinks about it.

Regular Expression for Email Address validation in C# | TechArtifact

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:45:01 GMT

The task at hand is to validate the Textbox in asp.net for a valid email address. Read on for to the point solution

Debugging Stored Procedures in SQL Serrver 2005

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:36:28 GMT

Pre-requisites 1. Find the .exe file under the directory, C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\1033\rdbgsetup.exe or similar path where the SQL Server was installed. The file rdbgsetup.exe stands for 'RemoteDeBuGsetup'. Look for the emphasis on letters. The filename reads

Demand Paging (Custom Paging) in ASP.NET with SQL Server

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:35:23 GMT

Many a times we need to present bulk data to the user in our day to day application development. Loading all data at one shot is okay when we have few hundreads data but when it comes to thousands of thousands records, it hardly work. In scenario like this we need to go for custom paging in

Should We Return Null From Our Methods?

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:15:06 GMT

I read a interesting article recently about the potential perils of Null Check Hell. The author's suggestion? Stop allowing any of your methods to return nulls, ever . No nulls returned, no null checks necessary. Problem solved, right?

Securing ASP.NET Web applications - Beginner's article

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:06:40 GMT

Want to secure a web application. A very good article relating to ASP.NET web application security hacks, and prevention techniques are defined at a beginner level. A good article for beginners, those who want o secure their applications. Ar

Set Color of GridLines in Gridview

Sun, 31 May 2009 13:32:29 GMT

There are times when you will want to set the color of the grid lines in your GridView - however there is not to my knowledge a way of doing this delaratively.

Live Twitter stream of notable people in the .NET community

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Built with ASP.NET MVC, jQuery and TweetSharp

SP2 Available for Vista and Windows 2008

Tue, 26 May 2009 14:59:22 GMT

As usual, I get the latest Microsoft news from Mary -Jo Foley's blog. As a developer, there was a time when I would be rushing to check a new Service Pack's feature list to see if some bug or other was finally resolved.

My Dot Net Developer's tools list, and more.

Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:01 GMT

I gave a brownbag presentation at my current client recently about the common tools (in addition to Visual Studio), that I use on a regular basis for working with .NET or web development in general. I also threw in some non-development tools that are a part of my day to day life and make things easier. Here's the complete list:

The Dynamic Programmer - Tuple, a new type on .Net 4.0

Mon, 25 May 2009 19:00:06 GMT

If you ever played with some language that have the Tuple type I bet you miss it in .Net. Well 4.0 adds it. Let's take a look at the implementation and how to use it.

Effective use of Nullable<T> and the null coalescing operator

Fri, 22 May 2009 23:42:38 GMT

Just some general usage data on the Nullable object and the null coalescing operator.

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Arrives!

Thu, 21 May 2009 12:52:55 GMT

The entire blogosphere is buzzing over this release. I got to try it out for the first time last week while working though some of the hands-on labs at TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles.

Solution to Famous Error 40 of SQL Server - A Must Bookmark

Fri, 22 May 2009 19:46:14 GMT

Everybody who has ever used SQL Server might have encountered this error one time or another time. This is absolutely must bookmark link.

Shopping cart example in C# ASP.NET

Thu, 21 May 2009 04:43:45 GMT

In this example i'm using GridView and DataList controls to create Products page and Product Details page in online shopping cart example

Beginning JQuery - Cool Menu with Master Page

Mon, 04 May 2009 01:59:18 GMT

I came across a really slick menu on the Queness website and have adapted it to work with a regular ASP.NET master page. A download link to a working Web Application Project for this is provided below.

Configuring the Enterprise Library Data Access Block

Mon, 04 May 2009 01:53:10 GMT

Shows a brief example of a stored procedure call using the DAAB, and covers the GenericDatabase and limitations.