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Building better web forms: Validation best practices

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:31:56 GMT

Validation is a very important aspect in web forms development and should be planned carefully. Well designed validation can favorably affect the user experience and can speed up the filling of forms. Poor validation can make considerable damage to the system and user experience. Not having any kind of validation is out of the question.

Three C# 2.0/3.0 Syntaxes That You Didn't Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:31:02 GMT

Working with other colleagues, I found these C# syntaxes are still not well-known and used

UK Software Consultant Nightmare: The IT Recruiting Agents

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:16:02 GMT

The definite guide to the tricks and tactics employed by some IT recruting agents that made the UK software consultant's recruting process a nightmare.

Dynamic Image Map

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:31:04 GMT

An extension to you normal Image Map, this one is actually interactive, using javascript instead of having to use Flash.

Crystal Reports, you little bastard you... (updated)

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:41:11 GMT

A problem in Crystal Reports + ASP.NET and the solution.

HttpSecureCookie, A Way to Encrypt Cookies with ASP.NET 2.0

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:02:08 GMT

Discussing how to encode and tamper-proof text and cookies using the MachineKey, by using reflection.

Multiple Fields Validator - An ASP.NET Validation Control

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:59:09 GMT

Discussing the MultipleFieldsValidator that validates a group of fields in which at least one is required, like phone number, mobile phone number, or email. It inherits the BaseValidator and uses some new cool ASP.NET 2.0 features.

Five XHTML Elements You Didn't Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:52:06 GMT

Exploring five useful XHTML/HTML elements that are important but not commonly used. Moreover, pointing to their relation with Internet Explorer, Firefox, and ASP.NET.

Default.aspx Mysteriously Requested

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:35:12 GMT

Explaining how sometimes Internet Explorer makes a request to the default.aspx page.

ASP.NET Menu, Click instead of Hover

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:18:54 GMT

A way to make the ASP.NET Menu Control respond to clicks instead of the default behavior of responding to mouse hover using a javascript override.

How Not To Compromise Security Through ASP.NET Validators

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:31:11 GMT

A guide to closing some security holes that might be left open when using or building ASP.NET Validator controls.

The Three Steps of Building an ASP.NET Validator Control

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:46:10 GMT

A clear walkthrough on how to build an ASP.NET validator control in three steps with an example of how to apply this to build a credit card number validator.

Google Sandbox: When? Why? And How to Dump it!

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:26:06 GMT

Your website does not appear on search engines, there is a probability that it is sandboxed. This post tells you what is a sandbox and how to avoid it.

Three Rules That ASP.NET Developers Should Know About SEO

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:01:05 GMT

Focuses on three important rules (with code snippets) that ASP.NET developers should follow to do their part of the SEO process.

Two ASP.NET/VS 2008 Performance Tricks That Even Microsoft Didn't Know

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:46:02 GMT

Two interesting ASP.NET with Visual Studio 2008 performance tips that were not documented and discovered by chance

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.

LINQ to SQL: The Data Access Layer (DAL) Shrinker

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:33:05 GMT

Focuses on the way LINQ has affected the way we implement our data access layer and reduced the written code and argues about the advantages of "shrinking" the DAL. The post also shows code snippets before and after introducing LINQ.

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:16:11 GMT

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No!

Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer Demystified

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:13:23 GMT

Detailed comparison between ASP.NET's Response.Redirect and Server.Transfer

How to HTTP Post in .NET and handle the 500 errors

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:38:01 GMT

Doing an HTTP post via .NET and handling the returned 500 error and getting access to the returned mesage.

Things to know for hosting your ASP.NET MVC app

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:45:45 GMT

When you are planning to host your asp.net MVC application under IIS7 integrated mode environment. There are few easy tweaks that can make your application or starter kit work right out of the box but also can save a lot of your time finding things out. You might see a Http 404 page if default document is not configured properly. The one way of getting this around by using the following ..

Check Validator - An ASP.NET Validator Control

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:07:38 GMT

Check validator is an ASP.NET validator control to validate if a check box or radio button is checked. A Typical use is with the "Terms and Conditions" checkbox.

Session Keep-Alive Web Control

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:21:43 GMT

An ASP.NET web control to keep the session alive and prevent expiration. This can be used on long form pages and it is easy to integrate.

ScreenCast: MVC, jQuery and REST

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:45:08 GMT

Screencast showing how to use jQuery, MVC and REST to do AJAX calls and partial page updates.