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Remove generated JavaScript from your pages

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:31:03 GMT

One of the things that have always seemed a little weird to me is that ASP.NET auto-generates JavaScript and injects it in the rendered HTML. The JavaScript is needed to handle validation, postbacks, callbacks etc. but why does it have to write the same static functions when it could just as well be placed in a referenced .js file? If all the static functions where placed in an external .js file, it would be downloaded once instead of every time a page loads.

Software Development Essential Practices

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:01:05 GMT

A list of (essential) practices for software development, and tools to help you implement those practices.

Optimal String Comparison

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:42:14 GMT

There are several ways how to compare two strings in .Net but not all of them have similar performance impact. The blog post describes why certain methods work slowly and which comparison tool is the optimal to use in .Net.

ORM (object-relational mapping) in .NET 3.5

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:16:02 GMT

What this article covers is a general introduction to ORM concepts, the approach that .NET 3.5 takes, and how it compares to these other packages.