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Using Linq for NHibernate in an ASP.NET MVC application

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:46:02 GMT

Quick overview on using Linq for NHibernate in an ASP.NET MVC Application. RhinoCommons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC Part 5

Writing A Custom File Download Action Result For ASP.NET MVC

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:01:02 GMT

In this post, I'll walk through building a custom action result for downloading files. As you'll see, they are extremely easy to build. Let's start at the end and see what the end-user behavior of this new result will be.

NHibernate Session Per Request

Mon, 12 May 2008 23:31:06 GMT

Using NHibernate in a web project (Specifically ASP.NET MVC but will work w/ WebForms also).

AddItem Extension Method for CheckBoxList, DropDownList, ListBox

Mon, 12 May 2008 18:16:02 GMT

Just 1 AddItem extension method which works for 5 controls to make the code a lot simpler and cleaner :-) Cheers to object inheritance and cheers to Extension Methods ;-)

Great Silverlight 2.0 example application

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:31:02 GMT

Great example of how to make rich line-of-business apps using Silverlight 2.0. Scalable UI, DeepZoom, animation etc.

NDepend Cheat Sheet

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:55:02 GMT

Far from complete, it's a version 1 cheat sheet which includes the metrics whose meaning I tend to forget.

Browser Beta Battle IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:46:02 GMT

A quick comparison of page load times on IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5

Windows 2008 Server on my MacBook Pro

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:21:54 GMT

Here are some tips on running Win2008 with workstation twist on Mac

OOXML: Why all the haters?

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:16:04 GMT

Apparently Microsoft's OOXML formats recently received ISO certification. . . .

IE8, Microsoft and the Reverse Fanboys

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:16:02 GMT

As the beta test of IE8 recently became available we are quickly approaching the release of another version of Internet Explorer. Much frustration has been expressed about the issues (or supposed issues ) in this beta. Some of this concern is definitely understandable, however, I think some of the negativity is present just because IE is a Microsoft product.

I've got 99 Problems But a Glitch Ain't One : Problem 7 (F#)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:44:44 GMT

Solution to Problem #7 of 99 Problems in F# (Flatten a nested list structure using recursion).

Irony - .NET Compiler Construction Kit

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:16:04 GMT

Irony is a new-generation .NET compiler construction kit. It utilizes the full potential of c# 2.0 and .NET Framework to implement a completely new and streamlined technology of compiler construction. Unlike most existing yacc/lex-style solutions Irony does not employ any scanner or parser code generation from grammar specifications written in proprietary meta-language. In Irony the target language grammar is coded directly in c# using operator overloading to express grammar constructs. Irony's scanner and parser modules use the grammar encoded as c# class to control the parsing process. See the expression grammar sample for an example of grammar definition in c# class, and using it in a working parser.

Ping Services for blogs

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:26:54 GMT

Roman published a pingservices.xml file that can be directly used as Ping Server configuration file for BlogEngine.NET

Silverlight 2.0 (beta 1) Controls Screenshot

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:31:05 GMT

SilverlightShow has a nice post up detailing the controls that will be available in the Silverlight 2.0 beta 1 release. The news was originally posted on Shawn Burke's blog, but it appears that the he was forced to take down the screen shot. Thanks to SilverlightShow that graphic is still visible and is also now posted on my blog. Exciting stuff!

Adobe Responds To Silverlight

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:16:02 GMT

The move that Adobe is making is to include the ability in include C, C++, Java, Python, and Ruby code into Flash that will get comiled into ActionScript. This is a smart move by Adobe which will strengthen Flash and remove the major reason a developer might decide to switch to Silverlight.

Quick And Simple DependencyInjection With StructureMap

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:16:02 GMT

A very quick guide to IoC using StructureMap.

Best Practices for Configuring ASP.NET ConnectionStrings & AppSettings

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:05:56 GMT

Nice overview of the capabilities offered by the .NET configuration mechanism to easily switch development/production configurations.

Learning a new programming language

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:01:02 GMT

Some things I've found useful when learning a new programming language.

Creating a transparent Panel in .NET

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:01:02 GMT

Today I wanted to create a transparent Panel-Control in .NET in order to superimpose it on the WebBrowser Control in order to record click events. The goal was to code a simple macro recorder for websites. Unfortunatelly the .NET framework does not allow (in an easy way) to make a control fully transparent. So it was back to the good ol' winuser.h and the extended window styles. Namely 0x00000020L or as it is better known WS_EX_TRANSPARENT.

10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:31:02 GMT

ASP.NET 2.0 has many secrets, when revealed, can give you big performance and scalability boost. For instance, there are secret bottlenecks in Membership and Profile provider which can be solved easily to make authentication and authorization faster. Furthermore, ASP.NET Http pipeline can be tweaked to avoid executing unnecessary code that gets hit on each and every request...

Best VS Fonts and Settings EVER

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:46:02 GMT

Okay the title is a bit over the top :) Recently I was playing around with the vs settings after reading Scott Hanselman's article on black/white IDE colors and came up with this. Take a look and let me know what you think. Maybe it will be your new color scheme in VS...

File Upload Components for ASP.NET

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:01:02 GMT

A quick evaluation of different File Upload Components for ASP.NET. Requirement are a progress bar and it should work on Safari, IE and FF for large files. Results are disappointing, most components did not work. What do other people use?

6 Tips for Better Web Project Quoting

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:45:34 GMT

An often overlooked area of Web Projects is quoting. Many developers continually hone their programming and design abilities, however, few value quoting ability as a necessary tool. Here are some steps for better quoting.

Keep your CSS files clean with a tiny HttpHandler

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:16:02 GMT

CSS, is the heart of any web application today. Writing cross browser CSS is really a hell of an art and including CSS files selectively and writing CSS hacks that will work out in one browser but wont in other is also a tedious job...

Quake 3 Arena Ported to .NET Managed C++ VS 2008!

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:16:02 GMT

Quake III Arena has been ported to Managed C++ .NET under Visual Studio 2008. Check out article for source code download.