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Using jQuery with ASP.NET MVC

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:01:02 GMT

For the sake of this article, I'm going to assume you're already at least basically familiar with jQuery. My goal here is not to teach how to use jQuery, but rather how jQuery might be used against the new ASP.NET 3.5 MVC Extensions. For this post, I'm going to work with the Edit In Place tutorial by Jack Born.

Sorting for Humans : Natural Sort Order

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:16:02 GMT

This is a good article on the importance of human-oriented sorting and difficulty in implementing such a routine succinctly it in .NET and LINQ.

XNA 2.0 has been Released

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:16:04 GMT

Well it has been a late night, early Morning, or a nice evening for some... but the XNA Game Studio 2.0 has finally been released.

If you attended an InstallFest -- VS2008Offer.com site is online!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:46:04 GMT

The registration site to take your Trial version of VS2008 to Professional is now online (for those that registered and attended an InstallFest event)!

Dependency Injection Objection

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:01:04 GMT

"The amount of heat I anticipate receiving is so disproportional to the probable light gained that it makes me hesitate."

Programming is a Noble Profession, Be Proud, Be Strong

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:01:02 GMT

"No one will ever take you seriously unless you're willing to risk something to prove you're right." This post from Chad Myers hits the nail right on the head!

Microsoft Volta - oh my oh my

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:31:04 GMT

Microsoft uses the "live labs" to release all sorts of test balloons. Sometimes we get really nifty stuff like Photosynth or SeaDragon. Unfortunately, sometimes we get not so bright ideas like Volta. here is why..

More Silk-style icons

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:46:05 GMT

Everybody's heard of the fantastic silky-smooth "Silk Icons" set from FamFamFam. This new set complements that original 1,000 png icon set with over 450 more of the same for use in Windows or Web applications.

Extend your application by creating a Plugin System

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:31:05 GMT

A quick overview of a simple plug-in architecture to allow for future extensibility.

What's Ailing ASP.NET Web Forms

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:31:03 GMT

Rick Strahl summarises the disadvantages of the current ASP.NET WebForms model, and how the new ASP.NET MVC framework might address some of these issues.

Get a free copy Visual Studio 2008 Pro - REALLY!

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:46:03 GMT

Its not very straightforward and not everyone may be able to get it, but MS is going to give full Visual Studio 2008 Pro licenses to those who attend any of the events that it is organizing. Its that simple.

C# WebCam User Control

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:32:10 GMT

Control WebCams right from C#. The author of this post explains how, and even provides source code.

A Physics Engine for XNA, Silverlight and .NET

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:01:04 GMT

Farseer is a free 2D physics engine to use in your XNA, Silverlight or.NET projects. It allows you to easily add multiple collision algorithms as well as a number of dynamic interactions from joints to fluid drags.

Ruby.NET 0.9 released (first community OS version)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:31:02 GMT

Ruby.NET is a compiler that translates Ruby source code into .NET intermediate code. They are close to a release (I think Msft licensed some of their code for IronRuby) and it might be worthwhile investigating if you can't wait for the DLR and IronRuby.

VisualSVN Server

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:31:11 GMT

The guys that already made VisualSVN, a plugin that integrates into Visual Studio and provides a way to manage your source code changes into Subversion, just realized VisualSVN Server.

Add automatic updates to your application

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:46:02 GMT

Automatic updates system for client-side, distributed applications.

Three CSS Roll Over Techniques You Might Not Know About

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:16:05 GMT

When it comes to rollover effects in web design the most common way to accomplish the effect has traditionally been with JavaScript. The reason this method is used so commonly is because it is simple to implement and, more importantly, avoids the "lag" on the first mouseover that comes when using a CSS background-image switch on an selector:hover rule due to the delay required to download the rollover image. One thing that a lot of people don't realize is that there are methods to accomplish this effect in CSS without the initial rollover lag.

Dean Edwards: Using Google To Serve Faster JavaScript

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:24:16 GMT

Cool idea for serving static website contents leveraging the power of Google network by hosting static files on a Google Code project Subversion's repository.

Procedural Trees in XNA

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:10:21 GMT

Klasker has released an awesome new library for generating procedural trees in XNA. This library should open up many possibilities for your games and will definately be of use to me.

"Click to Activate" in IE going away!

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:01:03 GMT

Update for IE to be included in Vista SP1, XP SP3 and standalone update available starting in December.

.netTiers Downloadable Documentation

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:52:40 GMT

Because all .netTiers documentation was an online Wiki, I saved all print version of this documentation pages into HTML and PDF version and now you can download a 3.7 MB compressed file!

New site using DotNetKicks. ConservativeKicks.com

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:01:02 GMT

I've set up a site using the DotNetKicks open source project. Its called ConservativeKicks.com. Its a place were you can find politically conservative news, articles and stories. Please visit if the subject interests your or you'd just like to see this great software being used for other topics. I hope you enjoy the site and thanks again to Gavin and everybody else helping with DotNetKicks.

3 hot uses for HttpContext.Current.Items "They" won't tell you about.

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:16:02 GMT

HttpContext.Current.Items, arcane enough to give you guru-cred to the mid-range noobs, simple enough that it can be leveraged for good and / or evil. Awesome. 3 Tips for using it that aren't entirely obvious.

Rob Conery going to Microsoft

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:16:02 GMT

Rob Conery (SubSonic) just got hired by Microsoft. This has to be one of the coolest posts of his as well.

Microsoft to push functional programming into the mainstream with F#

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:25:09 GMT

Microsoft has announced that support for the F# functional programming language will be fully integrated into Visual Studio. This marks a bold new commitment to facilitating functional programming on the .NET platform and could potentially help legitimize functional programming in enterprise environments. Microsoft's promotion of F# to a fully-supported language in Visual Studio is also indicative of the extreme versatility of the .NET platform and Microsoft's Common Language Runtime.