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How to pass Dictionary as a parameter to an ActionResult

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:48:07 GMT

I'm using jQuery to make an Ajax call using an Http Post in ASP.NET MVC. I would like to be able to pass a Dictionary of values. I finally figured out the best solution is to pass JSON via the Http Post and use a custom ModelBinder to convert the JSON to a Dictionary. One thing I did in my solution is created a JsonDictionary object that inherits from Dictionary so that I can attach the custom ModelBinder to the JsonDictionary type, and it wont cause any conflicts in the future if I use Dictionary as a ActionResult parameter later on for a different purpose than JSON.

Upload Multiple Files in ASP.NET using jQuery

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:27:12 GMT

Continuing my 'no less than an exciting' journey of exploring ASP.NET with jQuery, today's article will demonstrate how to Upload multiple files in ASP.NET using jQuery.

OpenForum - A Free Forum for ASP.NET MVC Applications

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:01 GMT

One of the things that I really like about the MVC framework is that it offers some unique possibilities when it comes to third parties developing entire sub-systems that can easily be plugged into existing applications. Recently, I had some "down time" at my work and decided to take the opportunity to experiment with doing just that. Here are the results of that experiment. OpenForum is a forum that can easily be plugged into any MVC application with very little effort. In fact, there are only three steps to get OpenForum working with most MVC applications.

Never worry about ASP.NET AJAX's "d" again

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Since a lot of people are having trouble with it, I want to share one method you can use to completely isolate your code from the ".d" problem. In this post, I will show you how to detect the ".d" and how you can completely isolate your $.ajax success handler from it.

Revive your user group

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:18:29 GMT

stresses the importance of a good user group.

25 Very Important interview tips for anyone

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:40:03 GMT

25 Very Important interview tips for beginners. These are really good tips specially for people who are newly searching for jobs or have not attended an interview from long time.

Hey jQuery lovers, ASP.NET AJAX can do Ajax too!

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:32:19 GMT

Learn how to make Ajax requests easy with the ASP.NET AJAX client-side library.

JavaScript Shortcuts

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Write more compact JavaScript with these two tips.

Complex Keys In Generic Dictionary

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:53:50 GMT

How to work with complex keys in generic dictionary

ASP.NET Ajax - Script Combining and moving ScriptResource.axd's to Sta

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:25:30 GMT

I've got a little something I'm doing and I wanted to take control over some scripts that were being added by ASP.NET WebForms. Remember that ASP.NET WebForms is designed around a control/component model, so you don't get 100% control over your markup. When you drag a control onto the page in WebForms, you expect it to work.

The ASP.NET MVC ActionController - The controllerless action

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:51:17 GMT

There has been quite a bit of discussion about how controllers are really namespaces trying to get out once you use the concept on a nontrivial application. Brian Donahue's post on The anti-controller revolution prompted me to do this little experiment. He references some twitter posts by Jimmy Bogard, one of my esteemed consultants at Headspring Systems. Chad Myers also has opined about the notion of more independent actions and has cited precedence.

CLR Injection: Runtime Method Replacer

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:30:00 GMT

how the JIT compiles MSIL and create a utility that allow us to programmatically replace any JIT'ed method with another method at runtime. We will also create a debugging utility that will intercept JIT calls and print diagnostics information to the console.

A Cool Bing-like Search Box (Button on the Inside)

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:04:14 GMT

In this article, Ashic Mahtab shows how to create a cool bing search like search box using css.

Build your own Whois Lookup with ASP.NET and jQuery

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

IP addresses can reveal a lot about your web visitors. For an ecommerce site, the owner or registrant of the visitor's IP address can be very useful information. You could paste each visitor IP address into one of the many free IP Lookup sites available, but that can be time-consuming and tedious. Or you could build your own lookup. This article shows how this can be done pretty quickly.

Learning new Programmming Languages and Technologies

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Recently, I've read article after article about how part of being a good software developer is about being open to new technologies, and to "learn new things" - and I'd be foolish not to agree. However...

11 keystrokes that made my jQuery selector run 10x faster

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:15:00 GMT

An in-depth analysis of the performance concerns when using a popular jQuery selector and a couple ways to dramatically speed it up, including benchmarks.

Rebranding Microsoft Virtual Earth To "Bing Maps for Enterprise"

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:33:11 GMT

Microsoft Virtual Earth now has a new name (and it's not Kumo or Kiev). First, a little background to ensure we're all on the same page. As of yesterday.. Microsoft Virtual Earth is now called "Bing Maps for Enterprise."

Add a bit of 'Bing' to your silverlight maps

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:31:12 GMT

As you cannot have missed in the news recently Microsoft has re-branded its search offering to be called "Bing". This means Virtual Earth is now called Bing Maps for Enterprise. Yesterday Microsoft automatically updated the Ajax Virtual Earth control to use the new Bing logo and you may have wondered why the Silverlight map control was not also updated? The reason is that the logo is a resource in the Silverlight control assembly and is not pointing to an external file. So does that mean we have to wait for a new release of the Bing Silverlight map control before the logo will get changed? Well yes and no, if you want it to be automatically changed you will have to wait for the next release but there is nothing stopping you changing it yourself now by following the steps below.

ASP.NET MVC UI Components (Continued) - Kazi Manzur Rashid

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMT

In my last post, two important issues are raised 1. The justification of having server side components for jQuery UI. 2. The style of syntax. The intension of my last post was to get the feedback of the type of syntax the ASP.NET MVC developer prefers, so I did not mention anything on the server side side integration, this might be the reason why few people were unable to find the benefits of this server side support. In this post, I will try to show few simple examples of the server side integration, lets say that you are creating a Task submit form, you can use the Slider as completed percent field instead of regular input field, like the following....

Customize Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Start Page using WPF/XAML

Sat, 23 May 2009 00:39:31 GMT

My name is Adrian Collier and I am the Program Manager responsible for the Start Page in the Visual Studio. One of the coolest things we can do in this release is to create custom start pages using WPF. This post details how to get up and running with this feature, along with some warnings on how this feature will be changing.

Survey: Ajax usage among .NET developers in 2009

Fri, 22 May 2009 18:04:40 GMT

Take the survey to see how the adoption of Ajax among .NET developers changed since the survey held in 2007

Book Review - Wrox Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:19:48 GMT

A review of Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 from Wrox. A great book from Rob Conery, Scott Hanselman, Phil Haack, and Scott Guthrie.

jLinq - LINQ for JavaScript

Tue, 19 May 2009 15:30:41 GMT

Today I wish to tell about jLinq library. Its uniqueness consists that with its help we can do LINQ-inquiries in JavaScript a code. jLinq query is looking as follows.

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 for MSDN Subscribers

Tue, 19 May 2009 07:46:09 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is now on MSDN along with .Net 4 Beta 1. Some highlights from the information: .Net 4.0 Cloud Development - Windows Azure which is basically utility computing where you pay by the hour for your usage. Parallel Development - Not sure if this only means PLINQ for .Net developers or if they are only talking about C++ devs. TDD Improvements - Editor changes for building test cases first, and then writing the code. ASP.NET - CSS grids and design surfaces changes, more Javascript debugging improvements. C++ Compiler - Lots of changes for C++ development, including MFC. Sharepoint templates New Project Templates Windows 7 - MFC updates for Ribbon UI, and WPF changes. Application Model Changes - Reverse existing codebases, and lots of changes in Architect Edition to support more model types (including Class Libraries finally). Test Runner - This is potentially huge as it allows testers to submit bug reports complete with callstacks and traces that you can actually use to resume an app at the error point to avoid the dreaded No Repro on bug reports. I have seen this demo and it is quite impressive. We will see how it actually works though.

ASP.NET MVC Subdomain Routing

Fri, 15 May 2009 02:31:02 GMT

One of the propagated "great features" for ASP.NET MVC is the full control you have over the routing and url's of your webapplication. In order to demonstrate this, let's walk through a sample that specifically handles subdomain routing.