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OpenForum - A Free Forum for ASP.NET MVC Applications

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:01 GMT

One of the things that I really like about the MVC framework is that it offers some unique possibilities when it comes to third parties developing entire sub-systems that can easily be plugged into existing applications. Recently, I had some "down time" at my work and decided to take the opportunity to experiment with doing just that. Here are the results of that experiment. OpenForum is a forum that can easily be plugged into any MVC application with very little effort. In fact, there are only three steps to get OpenForum working with most MVC applications.

How to: Drag and Drop Silverlight Views between Regions in Prism-v2

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:15:01 GMT

This blog post explains how to drag and drop SL views between regions in Prism. It also provides a code sample.

Testing E-Mail Functionality

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:30:00 GMT

If you are looking for a very robust testing utility for e-mailing applications, you need to get Neptune. This is a quick introduction to how Neptune works. Every software developer who has ever written software that sends e-mail of any kind will appreciate the features this little testing utility.

Presentation at Microsoft Day @ Dhaka - Tanzim Saqib on .NET discovery

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Presentation slide for the "Development in ASP.NET [WebForms, LINQ, Dynamic Data]" session on Microsoft Day @ Dhaka

UppercuT - Automated Builds - Getting Started Part 1 (Get UppercuT)

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:55:15 GMT

So you've decided to UppercuT your code and you want to get started. You are making a step in the right direction when you choose to use automated builds. As you read through this, you will see how easy it is to get into the world of automated builds. As you read through some of the other documents, you will learn just how powerful UppercuT is. The first thing you need to do is download or pull the source to your computer and build it...

ASP.NET MVC UI Components (Continued) - Kazi Manzur Rashid

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMT

In my last post, two important issues are raised 1. The justification of having server side components for jQuery UI. 2. The style of syntax. The intension of my last post was to get the feedback of the type of syntax the ASP.NET MVC developer prefers, so I did not mention anything on the server side side integration, this might be the reason why few people were unable to find the benefits of this server side support. In this post, I will try to show few simple examples of the server side integration, lets say that you are creating a Task submit form, you can use the Slider as completed percent field instead of regular input field, like the following....

Unit Testable HttpModule and HttpHandler - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:31:11 GMT

With the new System.Web.Abstraction namespace we can now easily write unit testable HttpModule and HttpHandler. In this post, I will show you how to write unit testable HttpModule and HttpHandler. Prior the release of System.Web.Abstraction the problem with unit testing of these web infrastructural items is HttpContext, it is sealed, no way to mock it with Rhino or Moq. The only option is to create the wrapper objects of these non-mockable objects but it has a very long tail like HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpSessionState, HttpServerUtility etc etc. And this is the exact thing that the System.Web.Abstraction provides, all wrappers around the non-mockable objects of HttpContext. But still, both the HttpModule and HttpHandler depends upon the original HttpContext which I hope will change in ASP.NET 4.0. till then we need to create a super layer for making it Unit Testable.

The Open Source Projects on ASP.NET MVC - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:16:02 GMT

Last night the forehead four head has released the 1st chapter of their upcoming Wrox book along with a sample project NerdDinner and I think this is the best application to check if anyone is trying to lean the new ASP.NET MVC framework. And this is the list of currently available Open Source Projects developed in ASP.NET MVC. I am ordering it based ...

Developing with Source Code Control Best Practices Part 2

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:46:02 GMT

Peter continues his series on Source Code Control best practices.

Free ASP.NET MVC eBook Tutorial - ScottGu

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:16:02 GMT

There has been a lot of excitement in the community about the new ASP.NET MVC framework that is about to ship (literally any day now - announcement coming soon). As with anything new, people are also asking for more tutorials/samples/documentation that cover how to get started and build applications with it. Over the last few months I've been helping to contribute to an ASP.NET MVC book that Scott Hanselman, Rob Conery, and Phil Haack have been writing for Wrox. The book is now in production, and will be available to buy in stores soon

VSTricks Video #42 Navigate to off screen tabs in Visual Studio

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:14:16 GMT

To many files open. [ALT]+[TAB] works, but here is an alternative. I use this quite often, but there is a little tiny glyph update that I didn't notice before. Acutally I have noticed it, I just didn't register the fact that it changed once in a while. Now I know why. Do you?

Azure - Performance, IoC, and Instances

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:01:04 GMT

My experience so far working with Azure. Some performance testing, IoC container incompatibilities, and frustration with instances.

100% Unit Testable Linq To Sql Repository - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:31:47 GMT

In this post, I will show you how you can architect your Linq To Sql repository which will have 100% code coverage. I will use our favorite Northwind database along with my ongoing UnityCommonServiceLocatorMVC project. First, lets add a Linq To Sql diagram in our project and drag n drop the Category and Product table that will look something like foll...

Kigg - A great example of ASP.NET MVC

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:31:02 GMT

Kigg which is a clone of Digg has been one the best starter kits for ASP.NET. Now Kigg guys udated it using ASP.NET MVC and of course it can be a good example for ASP.NET MVC learners.

Reflecting the entire layout panel in Silverlight 2 Beta 2

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:46:02 GMT

After my post on creating reflection with Silverlight 2 Beta . I was asked several times by couple of Silverlight enthusiasts questions like this : is there any way i can reflect an entire grid?, is it possible to make a reflection of lets say a grid with multiple buttons since there is no VisualBrush in Silverlight?, is there any chance to reflect some generic Control(Framework element etc)?. So I started to think about how entire Layout Panels like Grid,Canvas,Border etc. can be reflected. In WPF I did this stuff so easily. But in Silverlight I didn't find any any way till last night. The idea behind Layout reflection is , creating a mirror effect of a Container Control, which means child controls placed inside the container will also be reflected.

5 Useful Tips for ASP.Net Application

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:16:02 GMT

There are so many tasks or operations that are repeatedly used in ASP.Net applications. This article will list some of the useful tasks that we can use in our asp.net application extensively.

Path to .NET 3.5 Developer Certification

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:31:05 GMT

If you are trying to figure out the new certification exams for Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) or Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) for .NET Framework 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008 then you may be interested in a diagram that I put together to helped me to visualize the path through the required certification exams.

IPhone UI with Silverlight 2 beta 2

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:16:16 GMT

It's been quite a while since Microsoft has introduced the Beta 2 release of Silverlight. There are plenty of Silverlight enthusiasts who are passionate about this cross-platform browser application programming. They've already given us some useful and eye catching applications. Some applications have given us the feel that this is the future of web programming. I'm a great follower of WPF. In fact I've always been and will be. Silverlight has many things in common with WPF but also many different things missing, being a subset of WPF. For the last couple of days I was thinking about creating some eye-catching, innovative user interface but something common, something people have already seen. The idea was converting an existing user interface which was written using another platform, and of course using WPF.

IE8 Beta 2 is out and aggiorno express will help you get ready

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:31:02 GMT

Just minutes ago Microsoft released its Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, the latest public available release of its Internet browser. Getting your sites ready for IE8 don't have to be an impossible task at first, it is as easy as launching the application, selecting the source folder of your web site, deciding where the new web site should be stored, choosing the flag you want to meta tag your pages with and hitting Start! This is a temporal solution while you get your site ready, then u can use aggiorno express as well to remove the tag.

Embarcadero to Upgrade Windows RAD Tools

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:33:34 GMT

Products bring together CodeGear and Embarcadero's DatabaseGear functionality into a single offering featuring support for Microsoft's Silverlight.

Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Download Links

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:46:02 GMT

Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Download Links Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Installer (4.66 MB) & SDK Beta 2........................

Silverlight Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Links Page

Sat, 31 May 2008 23:31:02 GMT

Silverlight Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Links Page Hope these Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Links will help your SILVERLIGHT development. - Iftekhar Ahmed Amit

Sysinternals, now easier to get than ever

Sat, 31 May 2008 22:01:07 GMT

The sysinternals team has placed all their tools on a network share... on the internet. Now you can copy and run any of their tools from the command line. Anywhere. With no installs, website googling, unzipping or anything. \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta - Part Four

Sat, 31 May 2008 04:01:02 GMT

In this example I'll show you how animations can be performed using a VideoBrush. This is one of the examples that attracts the users attention by completing the animation at the right time. The video will be clipped and rotated during the animation.

The Open Closed Principle

Fri, 30 May 2008 21:16:10 GMT

The first installment of a new MSDN Magazine column by Jeremy Miller.