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Strategy Pattern In .NET 2.0

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:31:02 GMT

Strategy pattern can very handy when a system designer or architect wants to separate algorithms from the system implementation. Also with strategy pattern approach it is very easy to select between different algorithms on the fly. With the introduction of generics in .NET 2.0 implementing strategy pattern is even more easy.

MVP Pattern tutorial

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:01:03 GMT

An example of how MVP pattern could be used

ORM (object-relational mapping) in .NET 3.5

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:16:02 GMT

What this article covers is a general introduction to ORM concepts, the approach that .NET 3.5 takes, and how it compares to these other packages.

Reflection performance put in perspective

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:01:02 GMT

The web framework I built over the last few years, ProMesh.NET, relies on reflection for a lot of the features it offers. Often though, I am asked if the heave use of reflection doesn't have a significant impact on performance. My answer usually is: YES, but it doesn't matter. Now you probably think that I don't care about performance or that I've had too much too drink. None of the above. I'll explain:

The Null Object Pattern

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:16:02 GMT

An alternative way to alleviate yourself from checking for null each time you work with a potentially missing object.

HttpHandler for Images in ASP .NET 2.0

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:01:02 GMT

Http Handler: Http Handler is a class that is responsible for rendering a particular resource, or a particular type of resource. Http Handlers are somewhat similar to ISAPI Extensions. If implements, it behaves like a filter between Web Server and the Client. Whenever client makes a request to the server, it goes through the Filter and performs operations as per our requirement

Dynamic Controls, UpdatePanels and AsyncPostBackTrigger

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:11:53 GMT

The AsyncPostBackTrigger is used in ASP.NET AJAX to, as it states, trigger an asynchronous postback. Adding a trigger to an UpdatePanel is fairly straight forward. But what about controls that are created dynamically like within a DataList?

Sharpcms.net a new open source cms based on .Net 2.0 XSL and XML

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:29:00 GMT

A new open source content management system has been released. The system is based on XSL and XML. No SQL databases and all the layout can be modified via XSL templates