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ASP.NET Dynamic Data - Simple 5 Table Northwind Example

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:31:09 GMT

Excellent summary of what you can do with Dynamic Data - a huge timesaver for most common CRUD-style sites

Visual Studio Tip: Split Views

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:01:08 GMT

There are a couple of ways to get a split view in Visual Studio. Both are incredible time savers that I use daily. The first is one that most developers will be aware of, but the second seems to be one that many do not seem to know about.

ASP.NET PayPal Subscriptions IPN

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:42:45 GMT

Of course, the glue that holds the entire application together is the IPN class. I had previously used the freely-available IPN class from XDev Software. Note that this class is designed for regular PayPal transactions. I had to customize it to handle PayPal subscriptions.

ASP.NET Hacks

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:46:08 GMT

At LessThanDot, we've decided to release a series of articles, tips and tricks which will be known as the "Hacks" series. The first instalment was the popular SQL Server Programming Hacks and this week sees the release of the ASP.NET Hacks. These hacks have been split up into the following categories: 1 Applications 2 Caching 3 Controls 4 Database 5 Dates 6 Debugging 7 Email 8 Encryption 9 Files 10 Images 11 Javascript 12 Objects and Classes 13 Pages 14 Sessions 15 Strings 16 Validation 17 Visual Studio 18 Web We've decided to release these in the wiki so that anyone can contribute to them, so feel free to add anything else that you find useful.

55 Free High Quality Icon Sets

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:01:02 GMT

A lot of freebie icons. Another great article from Smashing Magazine

10 reasons why SQL Server 2008 is going to rock

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:01:12 GMT

Just like its predecessor, SQL Server 2008 is taking its sweet time to actually ship. However, unlike its predecessor, it won't just be a "worthwhile upgrade". It will kick ass. Here are the top 10 reasons why.

How to get up to speed with Team Foundation Server

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:01:03 GMT

A collection of links about TFS, from evaluation to installation to customization and maintenance.

How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:01:02 GMT

How many times have you heard form a client that they want "outlook-like" web user interface for their application? Me, probably a hundred of times. In this article I'll explain how to create a web application user interface that looks like Outlook. You can see the live demo and download source code with images.

Another Use for C# Using

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:16:02 GMT

If you are a C# developer you're familiar with the using directive. It appears at the top of every one of your class files informing the compiler what namespaces should be looked at while compiling this code page so that you don't have to fully qualify every object. (This isn't the interesting bit)

Using C# 3.0 (.Net 3.5) syntax in a .Net 2.0 application

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:16:02 GMT

An overview of using C# 3.0 syntax in a .Net 2.0 application.

Keep your .config clean with external config files

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:01:19 GMT

The web.config (or app.config for non-web applications) file is the central place to configure your web application, starting from connection strings, over application settings to ASP.NET specific topics like caching, authentication & authorization, sessions as well as HTTP handlers and modules. Normally the web.config starts as a neat little pet you can easily manage. But as soon as your project grows mature, web.config turns out to be a huge beast. This article shows you a way to tame the beast.

Sending SMTP Email Asynchronously

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:16:09 GMT

Sending email using the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) can be a slow process, particularly when sending large numbers of messages using, for example, a bulk email tool. This process can be accelerated with considered use of asynchronous sending.

What is Old is New Again: Functional Programming

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:01:06 GMT

One of the greatest ideals of high level programming is the idea of code reuse. In the old days, this was only ever done using functions or subroutines, depending on the language. In later days, this was performed as object oriented design. Every language seems to accomplish these ideals in various ways to accomplish a similar goal.

Why You SHOULD Have 100% Code Test Coverage

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:46:02 GMT

Shawn talks about why your goal should be 100% unit test coverage, despite what others may say.

Creating Visula Studio Keyborad Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:46:08 GMT

As we all know, there are a lot of keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio. We mentioned only 21 of them here at Dev102.com but according to this article, there are about 450 shortcuts available.

Nice VS 2008 Code Editing Improvements

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:16:02 GMT

Good improvements to take notice of when utilizing VS 2008

Good SQL Articles To Read If You Can't Afford Books

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:01:02 GMT

You have only $50 left and you can buy two DVDs or one SQL book, what do you do? I would buy the book but not every person has the same idea of a fun time. This is the reason why I present you with a bunch of links to articles which will give you very good info. some of this you won't be able to find in a book anyway.

Building a better web forms: Context highlighting using jQuery

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:16:02 GMT

This article shows how to highlight a current context on a complex web forms using jQuery. You can see how to highlight current row or current group of rows, and how easily it could be done by uisng powerful jQuery selectors.

Unofficial google shell... awsome

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:16:04 GMT

Web base command shell for google. What else can I say?...

Programmer Vs Users

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:01:02 GMT

Users are enemies or friends of the programmer?

Introducing TextBox Limiter Control Ajax Control Toolkit Extender

Fri, 30 May 2008 03:16:08 GMT

An extender that overcomes the inability to limit the multiline textboxes

WCF Server/Client Chat Sample

Wed, 28 May 2008 22:22:09 GMT

A simple and smart windows forms server/client chat sample using WCF

Create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS

Thu, 29 May 2008 01:01:02 GMT

This article shows how to create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS. It have the ability to render different message types. It also have a close button in order to enable users to hide the message after reading. The article will guide you through the basics of making a simple and functional user control.

Automating readable markup in ASP.NET, WPF, and Silverlight

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:46:08 GMT

This is a Visual Studio Add-In that provides a hot-key to automatically line up your ASP.NET/WPF/Silverlight attributes to increase their readability.

String Format - Made Simple

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:16:04 GMT

A Silverlight tool for discovering the correct format strings for string.Format() calls