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Static Singletons for ASP.NET Controls

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:23:09 GMT

When building generic ASP.NET Server controls that also provide a sort of API service to other custom controls or page level code, it's often necessary to ensure that only a single instance of a control exists, and that only that single instance of this control or component can be accessed in the context of an ASP.NET request. Using HttpContext and it's Item collection makes it easy to create reusable, cacheable instances and ensure you're only running a Singleton instance of it.

Some concepts to know before you use an IoC tool

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:01:09 GMT

The baseline understanding required to effectively implement dependency injection

Quick Notes About My Exprience with LiveMesh

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:02:33 GMT

Some quick observations about LiveMesh from a user's perspective

Levels of Enthusiasm

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:31:04 GMT

A good summary on the various manic states of development.

The Open Closed Principle

Fri, 30 May 2008 13:16:10 GMT

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

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:16:07 GMT

From ScottGu's weblog - "This morning we released the Preview 3 build of the ASP.NET MVC framework. I blogged details last month about an interim source release we did that included many of the changes with this Preview 3 release. Today's build includes some additional features not in last month's drop, some nice enhancements/refinements, as well as Visual Studio tool integration and documentation."

Non ASPX Extensions and Authentication in IIS 7 Integrated Pipeline

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:33:17 GMT

Ran into an issue where IIS 7's integrated pipeline exhibits different behavior authenticating non ASPX extensions. Looks like IIS 7 only authenticates mainline files resulting in Context.User==null or Context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated==false on all other extensions. For example hitting CustomHit.axd doesn't provide user credentials where an CustomHit.aspx does.

Generic types and IDisposable, the "using" trick

Wed, 21 May 2008 08:46:03 GMT

This is another one in the series "heck, I never thought of that"... Like most of these articles, if you already knew this trick, ignore me...

SharpTemplate.NET pre-release on CodePlex

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Introducing SharpTemplate.NET, a lightweight general-purpose template engine for .NET 2.0. It allows you to incorporate template parsing in your .NET applications. Perfect for code generators, reporting tools, mass-mailing applications, etc.

Frans Bourma comparing OR mappers to Entity Framework.

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:01:03 GMT

Frans Bourma details what an OR mapper is about and how that compares to Entity Framework.

Feedback on Danny Simmons' Why use Entity Framework

Tue, 20 May 2008 05:46:07 GMT

Useful feedback on Danny Simmons' "Why use Entity Framework"

Why do we Refactor?

Mon, 19 May 2008 12:57:18 GMT

Jeremy D. Miller talks about the benefits of refactoring

7 tricks to simplify your programs with LINQ

Mon, 19 May 2008 09:31:03 GMT

Ever since I learned about LINQ, I keep discovering new ways to use it to improve my code. Every trick makes my code a little bit faster to write, and a little bit easier to read. This posting summarizes some of the tricks that I came across. I will show you how to use LINQ to: initialize an array, iterate over multiple arrays in a single loop, generate a random sequence, ...

Why Pluggable Applications Fails in NUnit?

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:01:02 GMT

I am currently working on a project with a pluggable application. Although, the code was functioning very well it always failed during the NUnit tests, always!

Query Composition using Functional Programming Techniques in C# 3.0

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

This stuff is easy. It's also really fun. You don't have to read academic papers to learn about, enjoy, and benefit from functional programming in C# 3.0. There are about half a dozen concepts you need to learn, each one easy. Concepts like just a new way to write a method (that has no name), or a new way to write a static method for a class. Then you put them all together, and the result is more than the sum of the parts.

Trivial Projections Are (Usually) Optimized Away

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:26:16 GMT

The usual deep stuff about C# from Eric Lippert. This time about degenerate query expressions in LINQ.

Why C# Compiler Is so Picky About Type Parameter Constraints' Position

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:54:14 GMT

The C# syntax dictates the ordering class, structs, new(), and base-class constraints in the generics. This post elaborates on this a little bit.

Alt.NET Podcast Launched!

Tue, 13 May 2008 23:01:04 GMT

The Alt.NET Podcast has a new podcast. The premier episode is a conversation with David Laribee, Jeremy D. Miller, and Chad Myers about continuously improving yourself, your code, and your team. Give it a listen!

Using a Windows Service just to run a scheduled process is Wrong!

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:46:02 GMT

A classic post by Jon Galloway: A Windows Service is the wrong solution to scheduling one-off custom processes. The right solution for scheduling simple processes is the Windows Task Scheduler.

Great Silverlight 2.0 example application

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:31:02 GMT

Great example of how to make rich line-of-business apps using Silverlight 2.0. Scalable UI, DeepZoom, animation etc.

Ease your SSMS experience: SSMS Tools PACK 1.0 is out!

Mon, 19 May 2008 08:46:02 GMT

A popular free add-in for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is now in release version 1.0. With many new and improved features it speeds up your SSMS development.

best programming jokes

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:46:05 GMT

a very big good collection of programming jokes, WOWwwwwwww

Do you really need a data access layer with LINQ?

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:16:08 GMT

Some thoughts on skipping the creation of a data access layer in a web application that uses LINQ for all of its database access.

Wake up ASP.NET developers!

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:16:02 GMT

You're participating in the stagnation of the World Wide Web and you hold the human race hostage.

Performance vs. Object Oriented Design

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:16:02 GMT

After getting basic functionality up and running, I found that the biggest chunk of time was getting lost in operator new. In this particular chunk of code, I had some simulated recursion that was making lots and lots of little objects that were being pushed and popped onto a stack. The issue was that these objects are tiny and transient. This means that all the overhead imposed by new and delete will get charged again and again and again - what to do? [Sample code provided]