DotNetKicks.com : Stories kicked by BrianRichards

Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:31:03 GMT

"CSS can powerfully open the doors to a lot of rich and unique techniques. Today we are presenting a round-up of CSS coding, creative approaches and techniques."

What a C# Coder Should Know Before They Write VB

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:31:12 GMT

"I just had an e-mail exchange with someone looking for a VB lead in Colorado Springs. I think they are going to have trouble filling it with an existing VB expert, and it occurred to me that someone who had led a successful VB 6 -> C# project could fit the bill, if they knew some key things about VB. I told the recruiter I thought the right person with a C# background and the right (respectful) attitude could be a good fit with two weeks work."

Inclusion of JavaScript Files

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:46:02 GMT

How do you deal with JavaScript inclusion into the page given that you have a fair number of JavaScript files that are bound to change frequently and across multiple projects/applications?

The 5 types of poor software architects

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:06 GMT

The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career

15 Tools to Help You Develop Faster Web Pages

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:16:14 GMT

Response times, availability, and stability are vital factors to bear in mind when creating and maintaining a web application. If you're concerned about your web pages' speed or want to make sure you're in tip-top shape before starting or launching a project, here's a few useful, free tools to help you create and sustain high-performance web applications.

Building a better web forms: Context highlighting using jQuery

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:16:02 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.

Test with multiple IE Rendering Engines

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:01:03 GMT

IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 beta 1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.

Using jQuery to directly call ASP.NET AJAX page methods

Thu, 29 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

An example of how to use jQuery to call an ASP.NET AJAX page method, without using a ScriptManager.

Create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

This article shows how to create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS. It have the ability to render different message types. It also have a close button in order to enable users to hide the message after reading. The article will guide you through the basics of making a simple and functional user control.

Speed up your Ajax apps with Google's infrastructure

Wed, 28 May 2008 16:16:03 GMT

Use Google's CDN to improve performance in serving up Prototype, Script.aculo.us, jQuery, Dojo, and MooTools on public facing sites.

Empty try blocks

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:01:02 GMT

The article explains why you might see functions that do nothing in the "try" block.

NHibernate 2.0 Alpha is out

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Description of changes in new alpha release.

txt2re: headache relief for programmers :: regular expression generato

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:57:55 GMT

Multi-language regular expression generator

CSS Message Box collection

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:31:05 GMT

a collection of some simple CSS styles you can apply to your message boxes

FormatWith 2.0 - String formatting with named variables

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:31:02 GMT

An improved version of the string FormatWith extension method. It now has the ability to also work with named variables, e.g. "{UserName} last logged in at {LastLoginDate}".FormatWith(user)

Moq: Why do we need yet another NET mocking framework?

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:16:02 GMT

"I've already argued in the past why I think forcing regular developers to learn and understand the difference between a stub, a fake, a "true" mock and a dynamic mock is unproductive and largely irrelevant for their TDD needs. Also, even though quite common in the mocking community, the typical record/replay model is alien to developers and introduces yet another new concept that makes the learning curve steeper than needed. "

Book Review: LINQ in Action

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:31:02 GMT

Rick Strahl reviews "LINQ in Action". He sounds pretty pleased with the book.

UI design patterns library

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:46:02 GMT

Very cool site which shows give you ideas about visual presentation for misc elements of user interface

A Set of Useful Extension Methods for DateTime

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Presenting 11 time-saving (oh, the pun!) extension methods for the DateTime class.

Can't think of a good class name?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Try this

stylizedweb.com - Most used CSS tricks

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:01:02 GMT

Earlier before I have written an article about current best CSS hacks which you can see here And now here's the list of today's most used CSS tricks - tips. I have added image examples for most of them because of critics on CSS hacks article. If you think I have missed any please let me know.

EntitySpaces 2008 Alpha for CodeSmith Released

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:46:03 GMT

We are very excited to offer this Alpha release for those who want to get a head start with EntitySpaces 2008 (ES2008). This Alpha release supports only C# class generation from within CodeSmith, and only supports Microsoft SqlServer. A subsequent beta release will support CodeSmith, MyGeneration, C#/VB.NET classes, and all of our providers. The Alpha release comes with both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5 runtimes. The Alpha comes with the new, very powerful, SubQuery Enhancements to our DynamicQuery API.

SQL Server 2008 will have IntelliSense

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:31:02 GMT

Hurray!

The Gospel of the GUID - And Why It Matters!

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:16:03 GMT

There is only one commandment in the Gospel of the GUID: Thou shalt always use a GUID to uniquely identify a row in a table.

.NET Framework 3.5 Namespace poster

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:31:03 GMT

The .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster