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To Boldly Ask IT for Development Work

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:10:47 GMT

Are you ever mystified by the way that, in Science-Fiction films, the crew of space-ships are able to reprogram their ships' computers in order to respond to emergencies, needing no more than a brief klip...klop...klip on the keyboard to effect a huge software change. Phil Factor has found real-life in IT to be so different, and so he wonders if there a more realistic way that one might imagine IT's contribution to Space adventures.

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.

Treating Warnings as Errors in Visual Studio

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The compiler used by Visual Studio can produce errors when code cannot be built and warnings when it completes compilation successfully but there are areas of concern. To avoid warnings being missed or ignored, there is an option to treat them as errors.

Thread.Sleep is a sign of a poorly designed program.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:15:02 GMT

Other than for debug code, Peter details why Thread.Sleep isn't for production code.

Automatically minify and combine JavaScript in Visual Studio

Thu, 21 May 2009 05:06:38 GMT

As you begin developing more complex client-side functionality, managing the size and shape of your JavaScript includes becomes a key concern. It's all too easy to accidentally end up with hundreds of kilobytes of JavaScript spread across many separate HTTP requests, significantly slowing down your initial page loads. I hope you'll find that this technique is a good compromise between the tedium of using manual minification tools and the overwrought complexity of setting up some of the more "enterprisey" automation solutions.

Eager loading a One-to-Many collection w/ NHibernate

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:01:07 GMT

A quick overview on how to resolve a common one-to-many issue with eager loading when you get multiple records back from the child collection.

Use jQuery to catch and display ASP.NET AJAX service errors

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:46:05 GMT

An example of how to detect errors that occur when requesting ASP.NET AJAX web services and page methods with jQuery, how to handle them, and how to more attractively present errors to the user.

There is More Content than Just the Front Page on DotNetKicks

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:03 GMT

Are you tired of going to DotNetKicks and finding the same stories on the front page for days in a row? Trust me, there is some great content out there that never makes the front page. You just have to look a little deeper. When you do, you can help put some of that great new content in front of the masses. Even if you don't submit stories yourself, you can still help out by giving the initial votes that push a story to the front page.

How to rotate JavaScript ads during ASP.NET AJAX requests

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:16:18 GMT

An examination of why it's difficult to work with JavaScript based advertising during ASP.NET AJAX partial postbacks, and my suggested solution to solving that problem. Additionally, if you click within the next 15 minutes, a bonus deferred ad loading technique is included at no extra charge. Operators are standing by to take your HTTP request!

Fun With Named Formats, String Parsing, and Edge Cases

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:31:02 GMT

Recently I found myself in a situation where I wanted to format a string using a named format string, rather than a positional one. Ignore for the moment the issue on whether this is a good idea or not, just trust me that I'll be responsible with it.

Skip the Visual Studio Splash Screen

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:03 GMT

Anything to speed up Visual Studio.

Username Availability Validator AJAX Control, Release Demo

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:46:02 GMT

Back in September last year (2008), I posted a demo about Username Availability Validator Control. This control developed by the community on a contest initiated by Dave Ward on August 2008 as I remember. At that time the control was in beta. On October 2008 the control was released to public on its first version. And finally I wrote a a very simple documentation on the project Wiki.

Get SOLID: Single Responsibility Principle - Karl Seguin

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:31:02 GMT

SOLID is a popular acronym that refers to a set of 5 important class design principles. Today I want to talk about the first part of SOLID: Single Responsibility Principle (SRP).

jQuery Intellisense Updates from Microsoft

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:46:21 GMT

With Microsoft's recent releases of the jQuery Intellisense file plus the hotfix released this week using jQuery in Visual Studio has become a lot easier and more convenient. Here is a little more detail on what you need and how it works.

SubSonic 3.0 Preview 1: Linq Has Landed

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:16:16 GMT

Rob Conery explains some features of SunSonic 3.0 Preview 1

Suspicious DNK Accounts

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:31:29 GMT

Conclusion There is an incentive for publishers that use DNK to setup phony accounts that will help get stories from certain domains on the front page. So guess what happens ... it would appear that a certain number of people are doing this.

PagedList Sorted Edition

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:16:10 GMT

Sorted Edition of PagedList

C# Structs

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:16:02 GMT

What are the benefit of structs in C#? When can they improve performance and memory use? See examples and benchmarks as well as screens from CLRProfiler and the Visual Studio debugger. Is this is the best struct article in the world? Maybe!

Boy Scout Check-ins

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:16:02 GMT

How to leave your code campground cleaner than you found it.

7 of my favorite jQuery plugins for use with ASP.NET

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:46:04 GMT

Seven of my favorite jQuery plugins to use with ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, based on my own successes and failures using them over the past year and a half.

ALT.NET Podcast Episode 12: More jQuery in ASP.NET

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:45:20 GMT

In this episode Chris Brandsma, Rick Strahl, Dave Ward, Bertrand Le Roy, and Scott Koon conclude their discussion of Microsoft's jQuery in ASP.NET announcement. Continuation or Episode 12.

Are your applications 'legacy code' before they even hit production?

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:46:06 GMT

When a business has custom software developed, it expects that software to last for a long time. To do this, software must A) continue operating - by adapting to changing technology needs, and B) continue be useful - by adapting to changing business needs.

Using jQuery to display a modal UpdatePanel confirmation

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:46:04 GMT

An example of using jQuery's BlockUI plugin to display the result of an ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel's partial postback as a modal confirmation dialog.

Latest ASp.Net AJAX and jQuery links from Scott Gu

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:01:02 GMT

Latest ASp.Net AJAX and jQuery links from Scott Guthrie

ALT.NET Podcast 11: jQuery in ASP.NET

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:16:03 GMT

In this episode Chris Brandsma, Rick Strahl, Dave Ward, Bertrand Le Roy, Scott Koon, and Steven Harman discuss Microsoft's jQuery in ASP.NET announcement.