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Creating SOLID Code: Open/Closed Principle (OCP)

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:46:13 GMT

Taking a look at how to create SOLID Code: Creating SOLID Code: Open/Closed Principle (OCP). This is a second in a series where we will take a look at each of the parts the SOLID Principle

How to Setup Google FeedBurner for Subtext Blog RSS

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:29:58 GMT

1) Get your Subtext blog live 2) Create a Google FeedBurner account. It's tied to a Gmail account so you need to log in first when you arrive at feedburner.google.com/

jQuery Intellisense Updates from Microsoft

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:46:21 GMT

With Microsoft's recent releases of the jQuery Intellisense file plus the hotfix released this week using jQuery in Visual Studio has become a lot easier and more convenient. Here is a little more detail on what you need and how it works.

Creating an ItemDataBound Event Delegate for a Nested Repeater

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:56:17 GMT

Today I needed to create a nested grid using repeaters. Pretty common but always a pain in the ass with all Microsoft controls. I needed to nest my repeaters just like you'd nest any other control like the DataGrid or GridView. The issue came up for me when I wanted to create a delegate for my nested repeater (repeater inside my parent). Since a nested control within a control (the nested repeater in this case) is not available at the page level, Intellisense or the compiler will not know that it exists. Because it's nested inside a parent, it becomes pat of that parent's collection of objects.

Silverlight Toolkit Released on CodePlex!

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:46:07 GMT

The Silverlight Toolkit is a collection of Silverlight controls, components and utilities made available outside the normal Silverlight release cycle. It adds new functionality quickly for designers and developers, and provides the community an efficient way to help shape product development by contributing ideas and bug reports. This first release includes full source code, unit tests, samples and documentation for 12 new controls covering charting, styling, layout, and user input.

C# 4.0 New Features Part 1 - dynamic keyword

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:01:14 GMT

A quick look at the new "dynamic" keyword in C# 4.0 and its implications for application development.

Leveraging the power of ActionName and AcceptVerbs in Asp.Net MVC

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:16:04 GMT

A short screencast on how to leverage the power of ActionName and AcceptVerbs in Asp.Net MVC

How and when (not) to use Extension Methods in C# and .NET?

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:46:11 GMT

Lets first briefly examine Extension Methods, show some basics usages and then we will tackle some more advanced and concrete examples used to provide fluent, natural DateTime operations (similar to Date and Time operations available in Ruby on Rails).

Visual Studio/Intellisense Doesn't Recognize Web Controls & Code

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:50:16 GMT

Intermittently at times, Visual Studio for some odd reason, refuses to recognize web controls or C# syntax during a build/compile that you know is fine. You've included all the right usings, assembly or project references, and the syntax you know worked before, but for some reason it just decides to piss you off when you try to compile by stating it is not familiar with the syntax or control. There are a slew of things one can try in order to sort of kick Visual Studio in the pants when you try to build, and it still can't seem to notice those web controls even when they are in the designer file and there are no conflicts or syntax issues. Today I has such an issue again. When you exhaust all the tricks of the trade, the next best thing to do is ultimately just recreate the file itself and paste back in your code.

Why Sharepoint development sucks!

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:00:23 GMT

In this blog post on the zorilla.dk blog, Dan is sharing his frustrations with the Sharepoint platform. His main critique points is an inconsistent and developer unfriendly API, combined with an over complex platform in general. Please have a read, and see if you agree.

N-Layered != N-Tiered: Know the Difference!

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:06:27 GMT

I hear a LOT of developers refer to what are essentially N-Layers as "N-Tiers". This kind of bugs me a little when I see or hear it from developers. First of all, they are not even close the same thing, and it's important as a developer to get this straight so that you are using the terminology properly. The difference is simple but very important when you're talking about your applications. They should not be loose terms and intermingled as about probably 90% of the developers out there that I've worked with seem to do.

Development Tools I Use & Recommend

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:16:03 GMT

Eventually I will get to some technical code Posts. But for now, I'm a bit delayed with some other things at work lately. I will be blogging about Code Generation, OOP, and other topics very soon though. In the meantime, I wanted to share a list of tools I regularly use now or have used in the past as a C# / ASP.NET Engineer listed below:

Interview Questions Every Developer should ask an Employer

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:36:18 GMT

If you're like me and have been in the IT industry for 5+ years (me 10), you start to realize that the grass is not always greener on the other side in a lot of shops out there. Before I get to the interview questions, I want to start by outlining the general types of shops and types of problems one can encounter in development shops. Characteristics of when the grass may NOT be greener:

Using Fiddler with Firefox for Local Web site Testing Easily with Foxy

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:24:24 GMT

Fiddler is one of the best tools to analyze web requests sent from a web site and much more. Normally, using Fiddler with FireFox is a huge pain and typically does not work well out of the box when testing localhost requests or any requests for that matter with Fiddler through Firefox. But by using FoxyProxy which is just a nice plug-in to FireFox, it allows you to setup different proxies in FireFox very easily, and you can then hook into Fiddler's proxy quickly, and start to catch requests over the wire when testing local web applicatio

VB.net, oh how I hate thee, let me count the ways...

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:01:02 GMT

A developer who is forced to work in VB.net finally hits the tipping point. Oh, and that developer is me.

Cutting Through The Hype - What You Should Know About SharePoint

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:11:36 GMT

I had always dreaded working with SharePoint, now that I'm elbow-deep in SharePoint, I figured I'd try to give an objective write-up about it for those who don't know much about it but would like to know more.

Sharepoint is not a good development platform

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:12:49 GMT

Well-reasoned rant on the ills of SharePoint as a development platform.