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Update to JSON Service Provider using ASP.NET MVC Beta and Templating

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:33:11 GMT

Recently Microsoft has updated the ASP.NET MVC to Beta status, and along with that came code changes. One of the code changes to the IModelBinder and how it interacts with the Parameter bindings broke what I wrote on the last post (utilizing ASP.NET MVC as a JSON Service Provider, and coding the entire web site on the client side). Upon loading the Beta bits, I realized my AJAX Parameter function was infinite looping. The reason is that the Model Binder defaults to trying to bind Complex Types in the Action Parameter to the form values being passed back, however, since I am not doing a form postback, it could not bind that to the complex type, and could not run the ActionExecuting on the AjaxParameterAttribute I had set. Here is the changes along with testing Dates and the Microsoft Client Side Ajax Templating Engine.

ASP.NET MVC as a JSON Service Provider for Richer Webs w MS Templates

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:07:46 GMT

This post shows how to utilize the ASP.NET MVC Framework, jQuery, and Microsoft Templating to become a JSON Service Provider to allow for rich Client AJAX driven Web Application. I have recently been doing a lot more Javascript Client side applications and working a lot closer with JSON objects to build complex web pages. The problem I typically run into is getting my C# POCO objects to translate to a JSON Object on the client side so I can work with it and change it and then post it back to the server to handle it appropriately. The basics of what I wanted was to seamlessly work with my Model data and it automatically handle converting to JSON or C# Objects at the correct layer.

Entity Framework and some Architectural Decisions

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:39:20 GMT

A conversation between myself, Muhammad, and the community about how to tackle Entity Framework in a mult-layered application similar to how MVC Storefront application works, but effectively utilizing EF. We are hoping to have community feedback on possible approaches to tackle this.

Extension methods as a new Fluent Decorator Pattern?

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:22:35 GMT

So recently I have been on this kick to learn Design Patterns in Ruby, and to figure out all kinds of neat ways to do the same design patterns in a dynamic language that is as versatile and elegant as Ruby. While playing around with the decorator pattern in Ruby, I started trying to think of slick ways to accomplish the pattern in C# 3.0.

Utilizing Ninject with ASP.NET MVC Framework

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:55:36 GMT

A in depth article about how to use Ninject with ASP.NET MVC...

"The Next Web aka Web 3.0" and Silverlight's importance to it.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:12:03 GMT

I have recently been having some debates on Silverlight / AIRs importance to the web. Some of these people in the discussion often say that AJAX enabled web sites are enough for what you need on the web. I whole heartedly disagree with this assessment, so I thought I would make a blog posting about why I feel the importance of RIA development on the web is an important next step for our view of the web in the coming years ...

Silverlight 2 Navigating Between Xaml Pages

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:16:02 GMT

One of the problems I've run across while playing around with the Beta is the lack of support for any easy way to navigate around you application by moving between Xaml pages. Here is a nice little solution.

Developing a Robust Data-Driven UI Using WPF - Introduction.

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:31:02 GMT

First post in a series. Discusses patterns for data-driven UI development in WPF.

Tips and Tricks: Forcing LINQ to SQL to load Child Objects without def

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:29:03 GMT

Discuss how to force LINQ to SQL to load child objects, as well as shape its load, without deferred execution.

Detailed Look: Key components in LINQ to SQL and their Key Roles

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:18:36 GMT

Discuss the core concepts of what the DataContext and the Entity classes do and a description of how it does it. For the Entity class part, we will actually get down and dirty with how it actually accomplishes its responsibilities, since we can visibly see how it does it via the code generated for us.

Linq to SQL and WCF

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:04:46 GMT

Part I of a series explaining how to use Linq to SQL with WCF (C#)

Dynamic LINQ (Part 1: Using the LINQ Dynamic Query Library)

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:46:03 GMT

While writing type-safe queries is great for most scenarios, there are cases where you want the flexibility to dynamically construct queries on the fly. For example: you might want to provide business intelligence UI within your application that allows an end-user business analyst to use drop-downs to build and express their own custom queries/views on top of data.