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When to Use URL Mapping in ASP.NET

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:47:34 GMT

I saw a question on the ASP.NET forums on when to use or what is URL Mapping good for. This is a very good question, especially for newbies to the ASP.NET paradigm. This article explains the basics of URL Mapping in ASP.NET

Put Down the XmlNode and Step Away From the StringBuilder

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:31:02 GMT

Demonstrates the easiest way of generating and parsing Xml available in the .net framework. No more XmlNodes and no more CleanStringForXml custom utility functions.

Getting JavaScript and ASP.NET talking (outisde of AJAX)

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:01:03 GMT

How do you get your server-side properties set in you JavaScript objects? A review of some of the options, focusing on the ASP.NET AJAX ScriptControl.

Getting Clueful: 7 Things CIOs Should Know About Agile Development

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:41:35 GMT

Agile methodologies for software projects can help organizations create better software faster. Yeah, yeah, you've heard that before. Here, experienced programmers explain the key ingredients to make those goals achievable.

How to use delegates to remove duplicated code

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:31:02 GMT

Sometimes you have duplicated code, that is not easy to remove with "ordinary" coding approaches. Think about the following example. You have two or more methods that needs to be encapsulated with try-catch blocks.

Inside Vista SP1's File Copy improvements

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:31:02 GMT

Mark Russinovich: "Windows Vista SP1 includes a number of enhancements over the original Vista release in the areas of application compatibility, device support, power management, security and reliability."

.Net Performance Optimizations

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:01:02 GMT

There are some good ones in here. Keeping javascript business logic off the client-side and on the server side... caching AJAX requests... etc.

10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:31:02 GMT

ASP.NET 2.0 has many secrets, when revealed, can give you big performance and scalability boost. For instance, there are secret bottlenecks in Membership and Profile provider which can be solved easily to make authentication and authorization faster. Furthermore, ASP.NET Http pipeline can be tweaked to avoid executing unnecessary code that gets hit on each and every request...

Something you probably don't know about enums in C#

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:31:02 GMT

Do you think the use of an enum in your code is limiting the possible values that can be used? Think again. Maybe we need to learn to be more careful about checking our enums for valid values.

10 Tips for writing high performance ASP.NET apps

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:37:36 GMT

This article discusses: Common ASP.NET performance myths. Useful performance tips and tricks for ASP.NET. Suggestions for working with a database from ASP.NET. Caching and background processing with ASP.NET

The Stopwatch Class

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:46:02 GMT

Stop using DateTime to time long sections of code. The 2.0 framework introduced the System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch class to do the dirty work for you.

Free Professional Diff Tool from SourceGear

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:16:07 GMT

DiffMerge is a polished product for side-by-side comparison (and merging) of files. It highlights changes within the lines and has many of configuration options.

How to check email works with no SMTP

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:01:02 GMT

Testing code that sends email has always been a pain. You had to set up a SMTP service just to test that your .NET application sends the e-mail correctly...

Introducing SPDeploy

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:04:57 GMT

SPDeploy is a tool that allows developers to create SharePoint customizations inside Visual Studio, then package and deploy those changes to a remote SharePoint server. With SPDeploy you can create a project that contains SharePoint customizations and deploy those customizations to a remote SharePoint server in 10 minutes or less. SPDeploy consists of an MSBuild extension and a Visual Studio Project template.

Silverlight SEO (Search Engine Optimisation / Optimization)

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:54:07 GMT

This is a blog post of my own making talking about Silverlight and Search Engine optimisation and a test I conducted on the site http://www.silverlightseo.net on the 30th of December. The test page got indexed and now ranks at number 2 for the search term silverlight seo on google. This post describes the results and the approach.

Create Web Sites+Services with ASP.NET MVC

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:31:03 GMT

An example library that shows how, with one line of code and a few conventions, your ASP.NET web site can instantly serve up HTML, POX, or JSON. Very cool!

HttpHandlers

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:31:02 GMT

A pretty useable article on how to use HTTP Handlers and why not.

MVC: ViewData vs TempData

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:46:02 GMT

How do I pass data to a view when using RedirectToAction? TempData. Find out more about how TempData works and how it is different than ViewData.

Better Management of the Session Object

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:12:14 GMT

The Session object is extensively used for many projects, but it is often misused to the point of becoming unwieldy if it isn't appropriately managed.

Removing the cache ability of a page in the browser even on back butto

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:27 GMT

Many a times we do not want browser to show data from cache. For example when user hits the back button of the browser, the browser shows the last page from the cache and does not make a post back to the server. (This is why when some one clicks on the back button of the browser the system looks so fast).

How To: Validation Using ASP.NET MVC

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:31:02 GMT

Validation using ASP.NET MVC.

Best C# Blogs

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:01:05 GMT

What makes a C# blog good? Pretty much the same thing that makes any blog good, but with a focus on C#, of course.

Force HTTPS on all requests, HttpModule

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:22:01 GMT

Sometimes we have websites that are strictly HTTPS. No files whatsoever are served up through HTTP. We want our users to only access the HTTPS portion of our website but we dont want them to remember "https://" blah blah blah. Honestly, who really wants to type all of that anyway? No one.

Silverlight in Live Action at Microsoft

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:06:33 GMT

The new Microsoft Downloads Center is built using SilverLight.

Restrict Dimensions While Uploading Images With The FileUpload Control

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:59:48 GMT

The absolute easiest way to upload files to your server while enforcing some dimension rules.