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Using jQuery To Call ASP.NET Page Methods and Web Services

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:01:02 GMT

Seems like more and more ASP.NET devs are using jQuery. There are similar things on DNK but none that actually do provide code that uses jQuery to callback.

Updated version of Postback Ritalin - ASP.NET AJAX Server Control

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:01:02 GMT

PostBack Ritalin is an ASP.NET AJAX server control to help simplify the common task of disabling buttons and imagebuttons during partial postbacks.

Project anti-pattern: Many projects in a Visual Studio Solution File

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:46:06 GMT

I've been hearing from several colleagues about how their Visual Studio solution files have many (i.e. more than 10, and usually more than 30 -- in one case, more than 100!). So far, none of them have been able to give me any good explanation for why this is and most of them hate it but they can't change it because their architect/lead/whatever won't let them. I'm hoping that by getting the discussion going on this in the greater community, we can try to discourage everyone from having lots of projects in a solution.

Herding Code Podcast: Episode 9 with Rob Conery

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:31:13 GMT

The Herding Code crew (K. Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott "LazyCoder" Koon, and Jon Galloway) catch up with Rob Conery on SubSonic 2.1, Where SubSonic fits in the Microsoft data access tools explosion, Why LINQ to SubSonic is so durn tricky, MVC Storefront - has it made Rob a TDD believer, and What else is Rob up to at Microsoft.

NHibernate: Testing The Performance Urban Legend

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:01:10 GMT

I wanted to challenge the dogmatic urban legend passed down from .NET developer to .NET developer since the classic ASP days. That dogma simply states you should always access your database via stored procedure for "performance reasons". Inline SQL is BAAAAAAD. So I fired up Visual Studio, created a class and started writing tests.

Web developers. You suck.

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:46:05 GMT

Well, JavaScript developers, specifically. In order to aid in development of my own websites, I enabled JavaScript debugging in Internet Explorer a few weeks back. To my horror, I have quickly experienced what seems to be complete disregard for serving syntactically correct JavaScript on the open internet. No, I'm not just talking about a few niche websites, run by amateur programmers. I am talking about industry-leading nerd-friendly powerhouse websites that should know better.

Five Common ASP.NET SEO Mistakes

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:16:06 GMT

Here's a checklist of five common mistakes that ASP.NET and the Viewstate/Postback model of development make it far too easy for unsuspecting developers to make:

Creating an Automated Build for your Application

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:01:15 GMT

Short how-to screencast on creating an Automated Build for your Application

Reduce ASP.NET Page size and complexity using JQuery-Part 1

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:16:04 GMT

This is my first post on asp.net blog. ASP.NET Ajax and JQuery are two different ajax framework. In this post I will show, how we can enhance gridview using ASP.NET Ajax and JQuery. I also compare the implementation of these frameworks. In next posts i will explain more about JQuery and ASP.NET Ajax and also tell you "How to combine the power of both framework". My Future post will related to ASP.NET and related frameworks.

Do You have the Time to Learn Everything?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:31:04 GMT

.Net is huge, and constantly. Do you have the time to learn everything? If no, how should you prioritize?

Foundation of Programming FREE EBook - CodeBetter.Com

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:46:05 GMT

The Foundation Of Programming Series Free ebook By Karl Seguin

MVC Routing Security Hole

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:16:11 GMT

Stephen Walther's latest MVC tip introduced me to the MVC framework's ability to pass server variables into actions as parameters. Unfortunately using this feature is a very bad idea and could jeopardize the security of your application. Take a look at a code sample you might find surprising.

The Weird And Wonderful World Of Extension Methods in C#

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:46:18 GMT

Extension methods are the most controversial feature that Microsoft has introduced in C# 3.0. Introduced to support the LINQ query framework, extension methods make it possible to define new methods for existing classes. Although extension methods can greatly simplify code that uses them, many are concerned that they could transform C# into something that programmers find unrecognizable, or that C#'s namespace mechanisms are inadequate for managing large systems that use extension methods. Adoption of the LINQ framework, however, means that extension methods are here to stay, and that .net programmers need to understand how to use them effectively, and, in particular, how extension methods are different from regular methods.

Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:46:11 GMT

Cheat sheets are helpful to have around because they allow you to quickly remember code syntax and see related concepts visually. Additionally, they're nice decorative pieces for your office. In this article, you'll find 23 excellent, print-ready cheat sheets for HTML/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including MooTools and jQuery).

.NET Developers' Reference Card Round-Up

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:31:09 GMT

I thought I would share this list of reference cards / cheat sheets that I have compiled over the last year or so. If I am missing any good ones, please post them in the comments.

What's wrong with Request.["Accept-Encoding"].Contains("gzip")?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:31:11 GMT

Dave explain a better way to detect the response encoding accepted by the browser, parsing the accept-encoding string and taking into account all the ranking and preferred values.

Joe Stagner says you could improve your ASP.NET site one tag at a time

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:46:09 GMT

Microsoft's Opinionated Misfit Geek apparently took a brief look at Aggiorno, a Visual Studio plugin that does some interesting stuff, such as add alternate text to images, update deprecated attributes or fix tag structure for XHTML compliance. Come take a look!

Scale Cheaply - Sharding

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:16:05 GMT

There are a lot of expensive ways to scale your database - all of which are highly touted by the big three database vendors because, well, they want to sell you all types of really expensive stuff. Despite what an "engagement consultant" might tell you though, most of the high-traffic websites on the web (google, digg, facebook) rely on far cheaper and better strategies: the core of which is called sharding.

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

Psake a- Powershell based build tool

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:31:10 GMT

James Kovacs debuts a Rake inspired build tool based on powershell. The sweetspot here is that it could bring the functionality already in powershell into the build process. Still at almost a POC stage, but worth looking at.

Lambdas

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:31:03 GMT

Lambdas are a simple technology with an intimidating name. They sound like they are going to be difficult to understand, but in practice prove to be relatively trivial. Read this post to get an easy to understand overview of a topic is not really so terribly difficult to understand.

Use jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX to build a client side Repeater

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:16:04 GMT

An example of one way of using ASP.NET AJAX and jQuery to implement client-side Repeater functionality. Using this technique on one of my own sites, I realized an over 400% performance gain.

VS2008 Web Server Here Shell Extension

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:31:02 GMT

This shell extension adds a right click menu on any folder that will start WebDev.WebServer.exe (aka Cassini) pointing to that directory.

10 Tools Which I Still Use, Even I Have VSTS 2008

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:31:11 GMT

In my last post, titled "10 Tools Which I Left After Using VSTS 2008", I have included a list of 10 tools which I am not using currently, as I have the corresponding features available in Visual Studio Team System 2008. However, on the other hand, I am still using few tools even I have VSTS 2008!

Foundations of Programming Ebook

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:46:04 GMT

Covering the basics of good programming.