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ASP.NET MVC Application Building: Forums #1 - Create the Perfect App

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:46:03 GMT

n this series of blog entries, I build an entire ASP.NET MVC Forums application from start to finish. The goal is to discover and promote best-practices for building applications with the ASP.NET MVC framework. In this first entry, I discuss the overall goals for the forums application. I discuss the importance of avoiding code smells and how software design principles and patterns can help you write code that is resilient to future change. I also justify my choice to use test-driven development while building the Forums application.

Lutz Reflector now owned by Red Gate

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:01:05 GMT

Lutz Reflector, the free .NET disassembler every developer developer should have, has been purchased by Red Gate software. Red Gate has stated they will continue to provide the tool for free.

10 reasons why SQL Server 2008 is going to rock

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:01:12 GMT

Just like its predecessor, SQL Server 2008 is taking its sweet time to actually ship. However, unlike its predecessor, it won't just be a "worthwhile upgrade". It will kick ass. Here are the top 10 reasons why.

The 5 types of poor software architects

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:06 GMT

The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career

How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:01:02 GMT

How many times have you heard form a client that they want "outlook-like" web user interface for their application? Me, probably a hundred of times. In this article I'll explain how to create a web application user interface that looks like Outlook. You can see the live demo and download source code with images.

CSS Message Boxes for different message types

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:01:04 GMT

Can you believe this: Few days ago I went to my bank to check my credit score with the Credit Bureau. The bank official typed in my personal data and sent a request. Web application responded by displaying a yellow message box with an exclamation icon saying that data processing is still in progress. He checked several more times, but he didn't notice that at one moment the message changed to "Account available". But the message box hasn't changed. He continued to check a few more times and eventually he realized that the request was successful. I don't know what was in the minds of developers and designers who created this application, but it certainly wasn't the user. This poor bank official was really frustrated. I can't imagine what the rest of the application looks like.

Over 250 High Quality Royalty Free icons set

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:31:02 GMT

Free Icon Download Offers High Quality Royalty Free icons for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Retaining Good Developers - 10 Things To Keep Them Happy

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:46:02 GMT

This is a great article. I just wish some of my previous employers would have done just a few of these things. I probably would have stuck around longer.

Disabling Visual Studio's Ctrl+Tab dialog

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:59:37 GMT

Disabling the IDE Navigator (Ctrl-Tab Dialog)

Generating markup to display a scaled image

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:43:19 GMT

An easy way to fit images within a specified area.

Improve ASP.NET performance by optimizing the request pipeline

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:38:02 GMT

How to remove unecessary HttpModules from the request pipeline to improve performance

C# HTML Helper Class

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:01:08 GMT

This utility class comes in VERY handy when you have to generate HTML in code. Also a big help when using Ajax with .NET outside of AJAX.NET or Ajax enabled controls.

ASP.NET MVC CAPTCHA

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:16:02 GMT

This post provides the source code to implement your own CAPTCHA using the MVC Framework. This was done using Attributes to validate the CAPTCHA so the implementation is hidden.

Creating markup to display a scaled image

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:44:14 GMT

A simple method to generate an img tag that scales to a specified boundary area.

ASP.NET MVC Framework Road-Map Update

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:31:02 GMT

Scott gives an update to where ASP.NET MVC is going