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Git, SSH, PuTTY, GitHub, Unfuddle, the kitchen sink

Fri, 08 May 2009 02:31:03 GMT

After reading a good number of the guides for getting Git/ GitHub/ Unfuddle working correctly in Windows, I finally got it sorted out. I had to use a bunch of things I had not used before so I realized it's probably a good idea to share my findings, hoping to help someone else (and maybe myself again) in the future.

More ASP.NET MVC Best Practices

Wed, 06 May 2009 21:16:02 GMT

In this post, I'll share some of the best practices and guidelines which I have come across while developing ASP.NET MVC web applications. I will not cover all best practices that are available, instead add some specific things that have not been mentioned in any blog post out there. Existing best practices can be found on Kazi Manzur Rashid's blog and Simone Chiaretta's blog.

Using Obscure Windows COM APIs in .NET

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:16:02 GMT

A lot of the new Windows Vista and Windows 7 APIs are exposed via COM. Here's a simple introduction for how to use them when no wrappers are available.

ASP.NET MVC and the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:46:14 GMT

Microsoft's Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a .NET library (released on CodePlex) that enables greater re-use of application components. You can do this by dynamically composing your application based on a set of classes and methods that can be combined at runtime. Think of it like building an appliation that can host plugins, which in turn can also be composed of different plugins. Since examples say a thousand times more than text, let's go ahead with a sample leveraging MEF in an ASP.NET MVC web application.

Using AutoMapper to map view models in ASP.NET MVC

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:46:03 GMT

Mapping code between Domain Models and Data Transfer Objects/Presentation Models is often boring and tedious to write, so when I first read about AutoMapper it triggered my interest. This post takes a first look at AutoMapper, and show how it can be used to map a complex domain model to a view model in an ASP.NET MVC application.

Novell's Mono brings SIMD support to C#

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:31:21 GMT

Parallel programming is not just about multi-threading and multi-core. There's also a lot of power in the SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) extended instruction set available in most modern microprocessors from Intel and AMD. From Dr Dobb's Go Parallel blog.

.Net RIA Services - Hello World

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:46:24 GMT

This article will focus on building a simple Hello World application and explain the use of the domain service and the generated code on the client side.

Exponentially Improve Performance to Start ASP.net 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 Debug

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:46:05 GMT

Stop the waiting when debugging your ASP.Net Web Applications! Here's a complete RAM Disk solution to save your sanity.

Creating RSS Feeds Using ASP.NET 3.5

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:01:05 GMT

"We wanted to have an RSS feed so customers could keep up to date with new or recently updated Dovetail Knowledge Base articles. My personal mental gate was that I really didn't want to try to figure out how to properly create an RSS or Atom feed and I didn't want to bother with complex heavy handed frameworks like Argotic. Then one day Josh introduced me to the System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace (introduced in .Net 3.5) and my life was never the same. "

Chapter 3 - Understanding Controllers

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:46:03 GMT

Excellent article by Stephen Walther explaining ASP.NET MVCcontrollers in a very clear example. Good stuff.

Why you should not use the ADO.NET Entity Framework

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:01:12 GMT

Reasons to why the ADO.NET Entity Framework is not mature enough for real business application.

Migrating from .asmx web services to WCF web services

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:16:02 GMT

Learning how to migrate from .asmx web services to WCF web services

Oxite: OpenSource CMS from Microsoft Built on ASP.NET MVC

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:16:18 GMT

Simone Chiaretta writes about the recent announcement by Microsoft Evangelist, Jeff Sandquist, about Oxite which is an open source CMS built by Microsoft as a showcase and sample for ASP.NET MVC.

Free Entity Framework Learning Guide

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:01:02 GMT

Zeeshan Hirani presented this free EF guide too EF community. You can download this guide in PDF format.

Best practices for creating websites in IIS 6

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:46:02 GMT

A list of steps that I always take while creating ASP.NET websites in IIS 6. It ensures better performance maintainability, and scalability of your application.

ASP.NET MVC Request Flow

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:46:02 GMT

I looked all over the net for a good diagram that outlined the major classes involved an ASP.NET MVC request. I couldn't find one, and so I created this one. If you want to get a very high level overview, then check it out.

Silverlight Multi File Uploader

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:31:12 GMT

Free multi-file uploader for your website, made with Silverlight. It allows you to upload multiple files at the same time. The files are uploaded to a WCF webservice where they can be processed. A nice feature is that you can see the upload progress of all your files. The control also has some handy configuration options, you can set the number of simultaneous uploads, the maximum file size etc.

Matt Berseth: Dynamic Data Demos Now Available

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:16:05 GMT

Matt now has his dynamic data demos up since discountasp.net is supporting ASP.NET 3.5 SP1. Go take a look. They are pretty cool.

SQL - Step By Step Installation of SQL Server 2008

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:01:04 GMT

Step by step installation of Microsoft SQL server 2008.

Simulate a Windows Service Using ASP.NET to Run Scheduled Jobs

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:46:02 GMT

Back in 2005 Omar Al Zabir (Co-founder and CTO of PageFlakes) posted an article on the CodeProject web site Simulate a Windows Service using ASP.NET to run scheduled jobs that many of you have probably seen. If you liked the idea at the time but didn't do anything with it, you may want to take another look now. In the comments, dselkirk provided an alternative that really cleans things up that Erichero then improved upon slightly and converted to C#.

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:16:06 GMT

This is the first ever and complete example for SQL Server 2008 - Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search. Make sure to book mark for future reference.

ASP.NET MVC Application Building: Forums #1 - Create the Perfect App

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:46:03 GMT

n this series of blog entries, I build an entire ASP.NET MVC Forums application from start to finish. The goal is to discover and promote best-practices for building applications with the ASP.NET MVC framework. In this first entry, I discuss the overall goals for the forums application. I discuss the importance of avoiding code smells and how software design principles and patterns can help you write code that is resilient to future change. I also justify my choice to use test-driven development while building the Forums application.

Getting rid of strings (3): take your app settings to the next level

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:31:02 GMT

In the first article of this series I talked about the problems with strings in code. This article will show you how you can use lambda expressions and expression trees as another tool to avoid strings

Prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) using ASP.NET MVC's AntiForg

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:46:02 GMT

Steve Sanderson covers an attack that is not as well known as cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks called Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and some helpers in ASP.NET MVC CodePlex Preview 5 that can help mitigate the risk.

Json.NET 3.0 Released

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:46:02 GMT

The latest version of Json.NET brings lots of new features including Silverlight support.