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Using System.Web.Abstractions in Your WebForms Apps

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:31:14 GMT

Check out how to use the System.Web.Abstractions assembly in your ASP.NET WebForms applications!

Becoming a ReSharper Samurai - Part 2

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:46:05 GMT

This is the second in a multi-part series were we will guide you through various features of ReSharper.

The Book Writing Process

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:31:02 GMT

Simone Chiaretta writes about the writing process of a book, especially a programming book, based on his own experiences with Wrox when working on Beginning ASP.NET MVC.

Addicted To MEF - Part 2

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:49:52 GMT

Tutorial which goes over how to dynamically load exports from a "plugins" folder with preview 3 of the Managed Extensibility Framework.

Using ReCaptcha with Asp.Net MVC

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:12:46 GMT

For all the debate regarding if Captcha's are a good thing or a bad thing one thing is certain (in my book). If you do not have some way to stop spam-bots your site will become overridden with junk in a hurry. This post will walk you though how to add reCaptcha to your Asp.Net MVC site.

Scott Gu's Links for Nov 2nd

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:46:15 GMT

Dec 2nd Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio, Silverlight/WPF

"Operation could destabilize the runtime" from Casting from Concrete t

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:50:48 GMT

In all my years of doing .Net I have to say that I finally came across the exception message that takes the cake. Today while trying to do some refactoring on my code base I received this exception.

Implementing a REST service with WCF (part 1)

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:46:14 GMT

A short how to on implementing a REST service with WCF.

Getting a Reference back to a Web control's Parent Container

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:51:02 GMT

But lets make this a little more complex. Lets say that this repeater is ultimately located inside a user control. And that user control resides obviously in your .aspx page. And you have a handler method in the code-behind of your .aspx page that handles a certain event based on another control located inside your repeater. For example lets say in that repeater, you had a LinkButton.

Signs of a GOOD Manager / Team Lead

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:16:02 GMT

Characteristics / attitudes / process of good management & leadership: 1) Have a passion about technology but

Taking the Magic out of Expression

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:31:12 GMT

Concise introduction to expression trees.

Back to Basics: Delegates, Anonymous Methods and Lambda Expressions

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:46:10 GMT

Great article on .NET basics

Using the ASP.NET MVC ModelBinder (screencast)

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:16:04 GMT

Abstract: "This screencast demonstrates how code can be made more maintainable and testable by delegating binding to client data to the ASP.NET MVC model binder architecture."

Continuous Integration Display Wall

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:16:16 GMT

Awesome 4 monitor display wall for visualizing a CruiseControl.NET build process.

Partial page updates with ASP.NET MVC and jQuery (and action filters)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:46:03 GMT

When building an ASP.NET MVC application, chances are that you are using master pages. After working on the application for a while, it's time to spice up some views with jQuery and partial updates.

Taking a look at the various ways to implement Binding in Asp.Net MVC

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:46:13 GMT

A short screen casts that takes a look at the various ways to implement Binding in Asp.Net MVC

Learn how to chose between renderpartial and renderaction

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:24:02 GMT

Derik explains the difference between RenderPartial and RenderAction and how to weigh the choice when designing an MVC application

Deep Fried Bytes: Windows Azure - The Overlord in the Cloud

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:24:48 GMT

A discussion with Steve Marx, Program Manager for Windows Azure, about the new Windows Azure service from Microsoft.

Developer Poetry Series: SharePoint How Sad Are We

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:36:48 GMT

SharePoint SharePoint how sad are we Your marketing promise me everything under the sun & as far as my eyes can see A hidden cost, a nasty toss, a huge 5 year loss Go hire a whole team, 3rd party pugs-ins, SharePoint consultants with nothing BUT cost

Programming Asp.Net MVC by O'Reilly

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:16:07 GMT

Well, it is about time we (Tim, Chris and myself) actually made this announcement. We will be doing a MVC book with O'Reilly titled 'Programming MVC'. We are super excited and super pumped to get this out the door. All three of us are huge fans of the MVC framework and know that this is framework going to be smashing success.

Using TDD to create a new Feature for DimeCasts.net

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:31:03 GMT

A pairing session where Kyle and Derik use TDD to create a new Feature for DimeCasts.net

Pair Programming - Marketing FAIL

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:01:05 GMT

When people talk about lack of adoption of "XP" (aka Extreme Programming) practices, one of the chief problems people have with it is the idea of "Pair Programming"

Emergent Complexity

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:31:04 GMT

Why is it that our well designed systems seem to fall into chaos so easily?

Learning how to turn an Anonymous object into a Dictionary

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:31:17 GMT

Learning how to turn an Anonymous object into a Dictionary via a short screencast

Tips & Tricks when working with jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:01:02 GMT

Tips & Tricks when working with jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX: I posted about how to build and extender control using ASP.NET AJAX with jQuery. During my work I fall into few issues that I resolved and wished to share them with you