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Working With ASP.Net MVC Part 4 - Controllers, ControllerActions, and

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:31:13 GMT

In this post we'll look the first of two parts that really hold our application together, the Controller. In the next post we'll cover the View and how it ties into the Controller.

Loading Files From a Remote Server in Silverlight

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:26:40 GMT

In this article, I will demonstrate an application that utilizes the WebClient class to retrieve and display files from a remote server. The article also shows some fun features to enhance the application including Data Binding and a Sample Syntax Highlighter.

Happy 1234567890

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:16:21 GMT

On, today, Friday, February 13, 2009 at 6:31:30 PM EST, we reach a unique number of seconds in Unix time. 1234567890

Updated CarTrackr to ASP.NET MVC RC

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:42:12 GMT

As you may have noticed, ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate has been released over the night. You can read all about it in ScottGu's blog post, covering all new tools that have been released with the RC. Since I've been trying to maintain a small reference application for ASP.NET MVC known as CarTrackr, I have updated the source code to reflect some changes in the ASP.NET MVC RC. You can download it directly from the CodePlex project page at www.cartrackr.net.

jQuery 1.3.1 Released

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:31:02 GMT

This is a fix to recently released jQuery 1.3

Hosting a code repository on Live Mesh

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:46:02 GMT

Neat trick how to share SQL Scripts, code or other files through Live Mesh, DropBox or through other similar services that allow sharing and collaboration.

Whitehouse.gov: an ASP.NET site

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:46:03 GMT

This article looks into the JavaScript libraries, HTTP headers, platform and more of the new Whitehouse website. It includes statistics and some suggestions.

30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part II

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:01:02 GMT

In the previous article, 30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part I, we explored 15 common String operations while working with the String class. In Part II of the article, we will continue with the series and cover 15 more.

Behind the Scenes at Microsoft.com

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:01:02 GMT

Learn how the Microsoft.com operations team meets the demands for one of the top 5 websites on the Internet today. The team supports the server product teams at Microsoft by "dogfooding" products such as Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and IIS7 years before being released to customers. Keith and Woody sit down with Brad LeRoss and Jim Dobbin of the MSCOM team discuss the Microsoft.com architecture and infrastructure, history of the team, the process of content delivery and a few funny stories.

VS 2005 Error 1: "Could not load type..."

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:29:17 GMT

You can receive this error "Could not load type" error message in your ASP.NET Application, when you browse to .aspx page by using Visual C# .NET or running from local IIS. SYMPTOMS When you browse to an .aspx page, you may receive one of the following error messages: Could not load type 'Namespace.Global'. -or- Could not load type 'Namespace.PageName'.

ASP.NET data binding essentials

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:28:36 GMT

ASP.NET introduces a new declarative syntax, <%# %>. This syntax is the basis for using data binding in an .aspx page. All data binding expressions must be contained within these characters. The following list includes examples of simple data binding from multiple sources...

More information about ASP.NET Page life-cycle and common events

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:26:41 GMT

I've found wonderful document about ASP.NET Page lifecycle events on http://john-sheehan.com/blog. Little information about general page Life-cycle stages and events...

Outlook Programming: how to find the parent message for a reply or...

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:22:16 GMT

I'm currently involved in developing Outlook add-in. During that I've faced the problem how to find the parent message for a reply or forward message. The idea is that all messages in a conversation have the same ConversationTopic value, while the ConversationIndex is increased by 5 bytes with each change.

Software I can't work without

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:46:10 GMT

I'm about to configure a new development machine this week. It's going to be my 3rd install from scratch in the last 12 months, which I know is not all that much, but certainly more than I wish I had to.

More Details Emerge On Microsoft Master Certification

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:01:11 GMT

Few weeks ago Microsoft announced a new certification called Microsoft Certified Master. In an ever growing cluster of Microsoft certification this one allows you to specialise in a particular technology area. So what does this mean? Aren't other certifications specialising as well? According to Microsoft, Master certification is intended towards candidates who spend most of their time working with one product. This is different than your average developer who needs to know about many technologies such as ASP.NET, SQL Server, WCF, WFP etc.

Using The "Using" Statement On a Method Rather Than a Class

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:01:04 GMT

Have you ever tried using the "Using" statement with a method and not a class? Why not take the "Using" statement and make it more useful. The Dispose method we want to be called does not have to Dispose of stuff, it can do anything we want!

StringBuilder Secrets

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:31:02 GMT

Article goes beyond the basics and looks at some more detail of StringBuilder in C#, and a benchmark that can help you improve your code that already uses StringBuilder. With graph

Jump between braces in Visual Studio.

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:01:09 GMT

Move fast between open and close braces. No more scrolling to find beginning of that illusive if statement.

Microsoft Source Analysis for C# Released

Sat, 24 May 2008 02:31:14 GMT

From post: "Source Analysis is similar in many ways to Microsoft Code Analysis (specifically FxCop), but there are some important distinctions. FxCop performs its analysis on compiled binaries, while Source Analysis analyzes the source code directly. For this reason, Code Analysis focuses more on the design of the code, while Source Analysis focuses on layout, readability and documentation."

best programming jokes

Fri, 09 May 2008 01:46:05 GMT

a very big good collection of programming jokes, WOWwwwwwww

Programming Is All About Passion

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Passion! Passion! Passion!

How to: Optimize the memory usage with strings

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:16:03 GMT

System.String type is used in any .NET application. We have strings as: names, addresses, descriptions, error messages, warnings or even application settings. Each application has to create, compare or format string data. Considering the immutability and the fact that any object can be converted to a string, all the available memory can be swallowed by a huge amount of unwanted string duplicates or unclaimed string objects. Now let's see how a string object should be handled to preserve memory.

ASP.NET MVC Source Code Now Available

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:31:03 GMT

Last month I blogged about our ASP.NET MVC Roadmap. Two weeks ago we shipped the ASP.NET Preview 2 Release. Phil Haack from the ASP.NET team published a good blog post about the release here. Scott Hanselman has created a bunch of great ASP.NET MVC tutorial videos that you can watch to learn more about it here....

The First Rule of Programming: It's Always Your Fault

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:31:02 GMT

Yet another great post from Jeff Atwood.

More than Just MVC for WPF

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:16:02 GMT

This article shows some problems you can find when using the MVC in WPF for a large project. The article describes how one can use the Mediator Pattern together with the MVC to fix such issues...