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SubSonic 3.0 Preview 1: Linq Has Landed

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:16:16 GMT

Rob Conery explains some features of SunSonic 3.0 Preview 1

Delete entity or collection in Linq to SQL without getting them

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:16:15 GMT

In order to delete an entity or a collection of entity in Linq to SQL, you have to first get them and then delete them. This requires additional database roundtrip. Here's a strongly typed maintenance free way to delete entities directly using their primary key.

Insidious Dependencies

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:46:02 GMT

Many dependencies in code are obvious, such as relying on a particular framework or database implementation. Others can easily be overlooked. This article exposes some of the more insidious dependencies that commonly exist within applications which may be overlooked as such.

Terrible Code Example - Methods From Hell

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:16:10 GMT

Learn how not to code your applications with this terrible code example that I have come accross.

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

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:46:04 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.

jQuery and Microsoft

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:01:02 GMT

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license.

Request for Help: Need better guidance for beginners

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:01:02 GMT

A call to harms for helping beginners. This time from a pro that realizes the need.

Best way to end user session asp.net

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:01:02 GMT

What's the best way to end session after user logs out.

Documenting Coding Standards - Less is More

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:31:11 GMT

A colleague and I were recently invited to provide feedback on a client's coding standards and were sent a 60+ page document to review. In preparation for the meeting I diligently started to go through each section providing comments and suggestions as I went. But after about page 30 my concentration began to wane and my comments grew more and more sparse. The moral of this story... If someone that's being paid to review your coding standards is struggling to get through them then you can bet your bottom dollar your development team won't be reading them either. This post reflects on the things to consider when documenting your company's standards.

Reduce ASP.NET Page size and complexity using JQuery-Part 2

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:16:02 GMT

This is part 2 of my series for ASP.NET AJAX and JQuery comparison. You can read part 1 here. In my last 2 articles (Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using ASP.NET Ajax and Web Service and Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using JQuery and JSON enabled Ajax Web Service), I explained how to access JSON data from ASP.NET AJAX script service using ASP.NET AJAX client side framework and JQuery. In this post I will compare response/ request for these two implementations.

JSON Serializers in .NET - not there yet

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:01:02 GMT

.NET Framework 3.5 provides a couple of choices for JSON Serialization and Deserialization. Find out how you can use them and also some of the problems that both of these tools impose.

Moq: Why do we need yet another NET mocking framework?

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:16:02 GMT

"I've already argued in the past why I think forcing regular developers to learn and understand the difference between a stub, a fake, a "true" mock and a dynamic mock is unproductive and largely irrelevant for their TDD needs. Also, even though quite common in the mocking community, the typical record/replay model is alien to developers and introduces yet another new concept that makes the learning curve steeper than needed. "

No, you're crazy! (or, the problem with assuming that computer program

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:01:04 GMT

An excellent post on how to think about programming as a profession.

SubSonic ASP.NET Providers

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:16:03 GMT

I am announcing the SubSonic ASP.NET Providers (now only Membership and Roles) using the SubSonic DAL and the official Beta 1 release.

Speed Up Your Site! 8 ASP.NET Performance Tips

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:16:02 GMT

Sample chapter from the book "The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology". Many nice tricks to improve the performance of you site/app.

Facebook.NET - Framework for ASP.NET Facebook Applications

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:31:02 GMT

Facebook.NET is an open source framework that is optimized for creating ASP.NET Facebook applications using the familiar server controls model. Contributions and idea sharing along with source downloads available via CodePlex.

Fluent Ordering/Paging with LightSpeed

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:16:01 GMT

A short overview showing how the Query object in LightSpeed lets you apply aspects such as Ordering and Paging easily and using a Fluent interface style when working with the domain modeling framework and O/R Mapper, LightSpeed.