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BlogEngine.NET in Serbian

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:09:42 GMT

Download serbian resources for BlogEngine.NET

Advanced docking using jQuery

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:59:34 GMT

Simulate Visual Studio's docking functionality in the browser with jQuery.

ASP.NET for web designers: Data controls

Sun, 24 May 2009 18:26:23 GMT

In this article we'll take a look at ASP.NET data controls and how they work.

5 blogs every asp.net programmer should know analyzed with 31-DBBB day

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:01:12 GMT

31-DBBB day 4 task is to analyze leader blogs in your niche. I do so here with some recommendation I hope you'll enjoy

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:46:02 GMT

Your website is designed, the CMS works, content has been added and the client is happy. It's time to take the website live. Or is it? When launching a website, you can often forget a number of things in your eagerness to make it live, so it's useful to have a checklist to look through as you make your final touches and before you announce your website to the world.

C# 4.0: What's next

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:31:07 GMT

An overview on C# versions and a discussion on latest features in C# 4.0

Web 2.0 AJAX Portal using ASP.NET 3.5,jQuery,Silverlight,Linq,Unity

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:16:04 GMT

Learn how to build a Web 2.0 AJAX portal just like Google IG using jQuery, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Linq to SQL, Workflow Foundation and Unity

13 ASP.NET MVC extensibility points you have to know

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:46:06 GMT

One of the main design principles ASP.NET MVC has been designed with is extensibility. Everything (or most of) in the processing pipeline is replaceable so, if you don't like the conventions (or lack of them) that ASP.NET MVC uses, you can create your own services to support your conventions and inject them into the main pipeline. This post shows 13 extensibility points that every ASP.NET MVC developer should know, starting from the beginning of the pipeline and going forward till the rendering of the view.

5 Most Common Asked Questions When Using .Net RIA Services

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:01:03 GMT

From the comments on my previous articles on .Net RIA Services and from the search queries that lead to those articles, a pattern of a recurring set of questions showed up and I am sure that most .Net RIA Services enthusiasts face the same issues. This post address a few of these issues

WorkGrabber.com - Sweet ASP.NET MVC 1.0 + jQuery Application

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:01:24 GMT

Mike Bosch shows us his latest creation using ASP.Net MVC: WorkGrabber.com is a social marketplace for local contractors and customers to interact and get projects done.

Setting up a minimal ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio, part 2

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:31:15 GMT

Second part on how to set up a minimal asp.net mvc solution, without the craft of the default template.

Announcing BlogEngine.NET 1.5 Release Candidate

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:31:15 GMT

We are very happy to make available a release candidate for BlogEngine.NET 1.5 today. Version 1.5 has been in the works for a long time and we decided to make a release candidate available before me make the final release this time around.

Designing .NET Class Libraries

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:16:02 GMT

The Designing .NET Class Libraries series presents design guidelines for developing classes and components that extend the .NET Framework. The goal of the Designing .NET Class Libraries series is to encourage consistency and predictability in public APIs while enabling Web and cross-language integration. The guidelines presented in Designing .NET Class Libraries are intended to help class library designers understand the trade-offs between different solutions. There might be situations where good library design requires that you violate these design guidelines. Such cases should be rare, however it is important that you provide a solid justification for your decision.

Setting up a minimal ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:46:02 GMT

In this post we will walk through the required steps to create a project that contains the minimal amount of configuration and code to get ASP.NET MVC running. In the course of this post you will get a better understanding of Routing and the MVC framework.

Crazy Wheels - Funny BlogEngine.NET theme

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:16:13 GMT

Crazy Wheels is another free BlogEngine.NET theme by jankoatwarpspeed.com. It is a simple, colorful, three column theme. Is has been published under Creative Commons License which means that you can use it for personal and commercial use as long as you keep the credits.

What ASP.NET MVC Can Learn From Ruby on Rails

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:31:14 GMT

What I think ASP.NET MVC can learn from Ruby on Rails.

Exploring C# Boxing

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:16:05 GMT

Boxing in C# has little to do with Saturday night television and quite a bit more however with that part-time job at the warehouse you had as a student. It is an important concept in C# that is related to how the compiler handles different kinds of variables in memory. Knowing how the compiler handles the various types allows you to avoid unexpected side effects in your code. This article explains what boxing is, how it works and how it can negatively effect your code if you don't pay attention to it.

Silverlight 3 as a Desktop Application (Out-of-Browser Applications)

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:01:04 GMT

A cool new feature in Silverlight 3 is the ability to run Silverlight applications out of the browser which resembles a desktop application. Only a few configuration steps are needed to enable your application to run offline.

Grow up already and throw IE6 away!

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:37:28 GMT

This article is just my contribution to anti IE6 campaign. Enough is enough. Personally, I dropped the support for IE6 some time ago - I don't care how my blog looks like in IE6 and I don't check my demos in IE6.

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010!

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:46:02 GMT

At the PDC and TechEd EMEA last year we described our new editor support built on the WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0. Today I'm happy to reveal the new UI for Visual Studio, also built on WPF:

Joining "IE6: Do NOT want!" campaign

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:01:16 GMT

IE6 users are still too many... it started with a tweet from a Norwegian web developer, and spread like fire across Europe. Joining the campaign is easy: just add a few lines of code to your site or blog. In this post is how to do it and a little more of background on how to do it.

Using Windows Live Writer with BlogEngine.net

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:31:02 GMT

Using the built-in blog entry tools in BlogEngine.net works just fine, but I have come to like Windows Live Writer better. It just seems to make things just a little bit easier. Here are some very simple instructions on how to get Windows Live Writer working for BlogEngine.net

Creating RSS Feeds Using ASP.NET 3.5

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:01:05 GMT

"We wanted to have an RSS feed so customers could keep up to date with new or recently updated Dovetail Knowledge Base articles. My personal mental gate was that I really didn't want to try to figure out how to properly create an RSS or Atom feed and I didn't want to bother with complex heavy handed frameworks like Argotic. Then one day Josh introduced me to the System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace (introduced in .Net 3.5) and my life was never the same. "

Introduction to the Routing Engine in the ASP.Net Framework

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:16:18 GMT

Introduction to the video tutorial on how to use the Routing Engine in the ASP.Net Framework. We will be using the Routing Engine within the MVC framework for this example.

DDD: Download an eBook of the Series

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:46:02 GMT

Casey Charlton has collected all his article series on DDD in a single downloadable PDF file.