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DotNetNuke Tips and Tricks #11: Using jQuery in DotNetNuke

Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:34 GMT

Tips and tricks for using jQuery with DotNetNuke.

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

YUI Compressor for Visual Studio

Wed, 13 May 2009 04:01:14 GMT

Add a custom tool in visual studio for YUI Compressor.

Open Source or Die - The Real Future of Graffiti?

Tue, 12 May 2009 12:16:02 GMT

Telligent's Graffiti hasn't quite flatlined yet, but the signs aren't looking too good. Could OSS be the way to breathe life back into this once-promising CMS platform?

Introduction to SQL Server Encryption and Symmetric Key Encryption Tut

Mon, 04 May 2009 11:31:03 GMT

SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 provide encryption as a new feature to protect data against hackers' attacks. Hackers might be able to penetrate the database or tables, but owing to encryption they would not be able to understand the data or make use of it. Nowadays, it has become imperative to encrypt crucial security-related data while storing in the database as well as during transmission across a network between the client and the server.

Regex Hero to the Rescue

Fri, 01 May 2009 06:16:14 GMT

From BucketSoft comes an online Silverlight regular expression tool utilizing the .NET regular expression engine. Features instantaneous highlighting of regular expression matches. It's a great way to test iterations of your .NET regular expressions quickly.

Being a software startup in a recession

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:01:02 GMT

Lessons learned about being a software startup in a recession.

5 Useful SQL Server Scripts

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:01:05 GMT

Collection of 5 useful scripts for SQL Server.

$(document).ready() and pageLoad() are not the same!

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:16:02 GMT

A few examples about how $(document).ready() and pageLoad() differ, practical examples of when both are useful, and a third alternative that is more suitable in some cases.

Optimize ASP.NET Membership Stored Procedures for greater speed and sc

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:16:02 GMT

ASP.NET Membership stored proc are not fine tuned for high load. So, under heavy load - the major tables like aspnet_Users and aspnet_Membership produces lock contention and transaction deadlocks. Learn how to solve this.

12+ open source projects for .NET you probably didn't know about.

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:01:02 GMT

Here's a few of the better .NET open source projects which are making a difference to .NET developers worldwide, and it just shows that the open source .NET community is alive and well.

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.

SVN-Monitor's source-code is now available at Google-Code

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:16:02 GMT

SVN-Monitor's source-code is now available at Google-Code. You can now use SVN-Monitor to monitor SVN-Monitor's code-changes!

ASP.NET - YSlow and ASP.NET: 100 points "A" grade is possible

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:46:02 GMT

Just in case if somebody doesn't know what YSlow is? YSlow is Firefox add-on integrated with Firebug. It analyzes web pages and tells you why they are slow. You can run it on you project and see your grade. You can do some easy improvements and maybe even get D grade. However to get higher then D grade becomes a real challenge. Below I will describe how I got A grade (100 points) on my web blog application.

JQuery 1.3.2 Released with much better performance

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:01:02 GMT

The benefits of the new Sizzle selector engine are really starting to come to light as contributions from the larger JavaScript community come in. A number of additions have landed that have helped to improve the performance of the engine - especially in Internet Explorer.

Using Enums in List Controls

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:01:02 GMT

Convert data to and from enums.

SQL Server 2005 Management Studio tips

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:16:02 GMT

Two SQL 2005 Management Studio tips

A breaking change between versions of ASP.NET AJAX

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:01:14 GMT

An examination and explanation of one undocumented change between ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.5's System.Web.Extensions that will break code making direct calls to JSON serialized ASMX services.

8 ways to be a better programmer in 6 minutes.

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:31:06 GMT

It's always nice to read a post where you already follow some of the suggestions but find the odd useful nugget, I dislike seeing literals in my source code and the hint about making them stand out with nasty color coding is something I'll be giving a go!

Using C# "Yield" for Readability and Performance

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:46:30 GMT

I must have read about "yield" a dozen times. Only recently have I began to understand what it does, and the real power that comes along with it. I'm going to show you some examples of where it can make your code more readable, and potentially more efficient.

Install SQL Server (Express) with your Application

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:31:03 GMT

A bootstrap to allow the deployment of SQL Server Express along with your Application

Microsoft Certification Exam - Discount Code - Free Second Chance

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:46:08 GMT

Please note down this important code or share with your colleagues who are keen to take Microsoft Certification Exam. This unique code is only available through Microsoft MVP's and only published here to help community and no other intention. Share and Book mark this post. Complete your community responsibility.

Remove WWW. Prefix from URLs with URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:31:04 GMT

A very good trick to eliminate www. prefix from your URLs using the new IIS 7.0 Rewrite Module.

Whitehouse.gov: an ASP.NET site

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:46:03 GMT

This article looks into the JavaScript libraries, HTTP headers, platform and more of the new Whitehouse website. It includes statistics and some suggestions.

DotNetNuke Moves to CodePlex

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:46:02 GMT

Find out why the DotNetNuke project moved to CodePlex from SourceForge.