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New Image Generator control in ASP.Net 3.5

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:16:02 GMT

This week Microsoft have released a new control called ASP.NET Generated Image control to display image in ASP.Net page. This article will give you a kick start on this control and some of its features.

IoC By Way Of Simple Event Raising: Part 2 - Contained Interfaces and

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:46:01 GMT

I introduce a new data peristence pattern I call Evented Record in this continued discusson of using interfaces and events for IoC.

LINQ for NHibernate Examples

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:21:53 GMT

The best LINQ for NHIbernate Examples I've found so far!

Dependency Injection and Webform Applications

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:15:36 GMT

This post discusses how I implement dependency injection with WebForm applications using a base class for pages. I use Windsor; however, the DependencyResolver class is written to be swapped out with an implementation of IDependencyResolver so that you can use any DI framework.

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:11 GMT

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

Filters in ASP.NET MVC Preview 4

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:31:02 GMT

In CodePlex Preview 4 of ASP.NET MVC, we split out our action filters into four types of filters, each of which is an interface. To write a custom filter, you simply need to create an attribute that also implements one of the four interfaces I mentioned.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 7

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:16:02 GMT

In this post we talk about one of the best features of Ruby... duck typing. We show you what it is, and how it affects the way that you interact with objects in Ruby.

SQL Server 2008 Express is now live!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:16:09 GMT

I promised an update on SQL Express availability in my last post about the release of SQL Server 2008 so here it is. SQL Server 2008 Express is now available along with the release of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, which is a prerequisite and Visual Studio Express SP1. As I mentioned, there are two more editions of SQL Express on the way. There are a number of prerequisites for SQL Server 2008 that you will have to install on your own before installing SQL Express. Here is the list and basic instructions:

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

Fast version of the Activator.CreateInstance method using IL

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:49:48 GMT

Fast version of Activator.CreateInstance(Type) and Activator.CreateInstance<T>() methods using IL to improve performance.

Why I'm Unimpressed With Rawness Of Skillz

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:46:02 GMT

Since forever, geeks who take themselves seriously have loved to brag such things as, "I use Notepad to edit web pages". Carrying this over to actual programming, "I never click into the designer when editing my ASPX", or "I never design a database using designer tools, I always design it all using raw T-SQL," or "I always update my SVN from the command line". (Someone in a local tech user group bears the post signature, "Real men use Notepad.") Puhleeze. I'm not impressed, and frankly I think anyone who brags like this should get a swift kick in the pants.

StyleCop Tutorial | One .Net Way

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:33:30 GMT

StyleCop is a source analysis tool for C#. It can be used for analysing source code as opposed to compiled assemblies which is the area for FxCop. StyleCop is currently in version 4.2 and can be downloaded here. In this tutorial I will show you how to use StyleCop.

SQL Server 2008 RTM available from MSDN/TechNet

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:31:08 GMT

Finally it is done and ready for download for MSDN/TechNet -subscribers.

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 6

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:01:03 GMT

In part 6 we look at Hashes (or Associative Arrays) and how they are used in the Ruby language. We also look at how you can use them in place of explicit method parameters.

Software I can't work without

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:46:10 GMT

I'm about to configure a new development machine this week. It's going to be my 3rd install from scratch in the last 12 months, which I know is not all that much, but certainly more than I wish I had to.

Effects and Transitions for Silverlight

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:01:09 GMT

Pre-packaged, declarative effects and transitions for Silverlight apps

Using Windsor Container to Resolve Dependencies (Dependency Injection)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:45:42 GMT

In previous articles, I discussed class dependencies, interfaces, and concrete implementations. This article will cover the very basics of setting up Castle Project's Windsor to do dependency injection from a configuration file.

The Onion Architecture

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:16:08 GMT

The fundamental rule is that all code can depend on layers more central, but code cannot depend on layers further out from the core. This architecture is unashamedly biased toward object-oriented programming, and it puts objects before all others.

Dynamically create ASP.NET UserControl using JQuery & Ajax Web Service

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

Few thing you need to consider when you are accesing ASP.NET webservice through JQuery. * Request verb Type * Content- length with IIS6+ * Default contentType * JSON object formatting * Maximum length exceed exception I am explaining these issues and workaround to make JQuery work fine with ASP.NET Ajax enabled web service.

From ASP.NET to Silverlight in Five Leaps

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:39:00 GMT

Starting to work on Silverlight with an ASP.NET background? Here are five subtle shifts in thinking you'll need when planning your first project.

Extension Methods - ToProper (Proper case)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:38:40 GMT

Today, I ran into a situation where I needed to proper case a string for display purposes. After a little research on Google, I found a few snippets and put them together to make this extension method.

Dependency Injection at a Glance

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:39:22 GMT

In the course of experimenting with the new MVC release for .Net, I stumbled across a post on the ASP forums where someone was explaining his approach to architecture using MVC. In reading further, I found that he was using dependency injection; a reusable design pattern presumably brought to .Net from Java world.

Interfaces and Dependencies

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:10:10 GMT

In a previous article, I discussed the benefits of passing interfaces as parameters to a method instead of using concrete classes. Now I'm going to discuss other ways in which using interfaces can help future-proof your code, make it testable, and more extensible.

jQuery for ASP.NET MVC unleashed!

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:05 GMT

jQuery plugins for the ASP.NET MVC framework

Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C# Part 4

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:16:03 GMT

Part 4 in a multi-part series on learning Ruby using IronRuby and C#. Justin continues his series using familiar C# code to explain Ruby programming concepts. In this post, he goes over additional functionality of loops and ranges.