The UpdatePanel is evil

submitted by dalziel 6 months, 20 days ago

blog.slaven.net.au — I think the UpdatePanel is really powerful. It allows you to write your code essentially the same as you always have, with a few small modifications. You then just wrap your ASP/HTML controls in an UpdatePanel and hey presto, you’ve got them running as AJAX controls. The problem is it makes the development of AJAX-type sites too easy. You don’t have to know what’s going on behind the scenes, you don’t have to understand the asynchronous calls made & the HTTP processes going on. read more...

add a comment | category: AJAX | Views: 5

Can't think of a good class name?

published 8 months, 5 days ago, submitted by rimsystems 8 months, 5 days ago

classnamer.com — Try this read more...

11 comments | category: Other | Views: 10

Building an API with .NET

jaltiere.com — This article walks through setting up a simple REST API in C# by creating a custom HttpHandler. read more...

add a comment | category: C# | Views: 11

LINQ to SQL and NOLOCK Hints

submitted by dalziel 8 months, 25 days ago

madprops.org — How to implement the NOLOCK hint in LINQ to reduce locking issues read more...

add a comment | category: Linq | Views: 75

SQL Server 2008 will have IntelliSense

3poundmass.wordpress.com — Hurray! read more...

6 comments | category: Database | Views: 10

Service Packs for the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0

published 11 months, 28 days ago, submitted by GaussZ 1 year ago

guy.dotnet-expertise.com — Service Packs for the 2.0 and 3.0 .net framework for everyone not installing 3.5 yet. read more...

3 comments | category: Tips & Tricks | Views: 2

An Architectural View of the ASP.NET MVC Framework

dotnetslackers.com — Dino Esposito introduces the ASP.NET MVC framework. read more...

1 comment | category: ASP.NET | Views: 9

Facebook Development Kit

microsoft.com — Framework for developing FaceBook apps read more...

1 comment | category: ASP.NET | Views: 13