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Asp.Net vs php : Speed Comparison

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Why is the myth that php is faster than Asp.Net so prevalent? Asp.Net is faster than php, here are the facts. So many times I have heard php pushers claim that php is so much faster than Asp.Net and that Asp.Net is clunky and slow. The most annoying part is that everything I have read (that is not factless opinion), and I mean everything, says that this is wrong; but for some reason, this myth is widely accepted. It has become a religious argument that ignores the facts...

The Open Source Projects on ASP.NET MVC - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:16:02 GMT

Last night the forehead four head has released the 1st chapter of their upcoming Wrox book along with a sample project NerdDinner and I think this is the best application to check if anyone is trying to lean the new ASP.NET MVC framework. And this is the list of currently available Open Source Projects developed in ASP.NET MVC. I am ordering it based ...

Writing JSON to a file using Json.NET

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:01:01 GMT

A couple of simple C# examples showing how to write JSON to a file using Json.NET.

Why ++ operator is not thread safe

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:46:14 GMT

Here is a quick hint on how to make your software thread safe.

Some Thoughts on Oxite

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:01:02 GMT

Rob Conery's comments and thoughts on new open-source CMS project 'Oxite'. In this post he analyzed some critical issues in Oxite and suggested some solutions to optimize this ASP.NET MVC powered blog engine.

The Perfect Storm Botnet

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:16:02 GMT

Rob Conery talks about the power of a bot net and why developers should be aware of XSS attacks and other nasties should an app be allowing users to post into the system.

New ASP.NET Charting Control

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:31:03 GMT

From ScottGu's blog. Brand new, Free, ASP.NET 3.5 chart control. It looks very nice!

How to Use the Facebook Developer Toolkit 2.0

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:46:05 GMT

The Facebook Developer Toolkit project has just released version 2.0 of their ASP.NET API into the wild, so let's go over the basics. In this article, we focus on creating an absolutely bare bones FBML application that leverages the API. Enjoy!

Looking for a Lot of .NET Code Samples - They Are Right Under Your Nos

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:16:11 GMT

You have a wealth of code samples on your computer, here is how to find them!!!! An Easter Egg from Microsoft.

Turn postcard photo into a stunning comment form using CSS

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:16:02 GMT

Comment forms allow visitors to leave their impressions about the content. Although the content is a king, general impression isn't negligible at all. Each element in a design can contribute to a better user experience. This applies to comment forms as well. This tutorial will teach you how to make a stunning comment form using an old postcard photo.

Best way to end user session asp.net

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:01:02 GMT

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

Sending Email in a Development Environment without an SMTP Server

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:46:02 GMT

Very handy... I'm forever looking this stuff up :-|

Easily build powerful client-side AJAX paging, using jQuery

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:31:14 GMT

An in-depth example of using jQuery to build client-side paging, including progress indicators, to page into any server side data source that can be JSON serialized by ASP.NET AJAX.

SubSonic Scaling

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:31:11 GMT

Rob runs some tests with millions of records to see how SubSonic holds up with respect to speed and memory use.

Create apple.com-like breadcrumb using simple CSS

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:01:02 GMT

Janko shows an extremely simple and nicely polished way to create graphical breadcrumbs like on apple.com.

How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:01:02 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.

Speed up Firefox when using Development Server

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:31:02 GMT

Using Firefox on Vista to view websites hosted by the Visual Studio Development Server can be unbearably slow. Pages take aeons (i.e. several seconds) to load while viewing the same site under IE does not suffer from this issue. Here's how to solve the problem.

Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books, Ever

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:16:02 GMT

In this post I proudly present the Top 100 of Best Software Engineering Books, Ever. I have created this list using four different criteria: 1) number of Amazon reviews, 2) average Amazon rating, 3) number of Google hits and 4) Jolt awards.

Stop Polluting the UI Thread - Use a ThreadBarrier

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:01:10 GMT

A ThreadBarrier is a technique for simplifying the interaction between the UI and a worker thread. No longer do UI Controls need to check InvokeRequired and do the posting of events from a worker thread.

Cool links for programmers

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:46:02 GMT

In this post I do not intend to make a list of the best programmers web sites, but to share with you some you might not know:

Unofficial google shell... awsome

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:16:04 GMT

Web base command shell for google. What else can I say?...

Exception handling best practices in ASP.NET web applications

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:31:08 GMT

Exception handling plays an important part of application management and user experience. If implemented correctly it can make maintenance easier and bring the user experience to a higher level. If not, it can be a disaster. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of what exception handling is from the user perspective and the perspective of people who maintain the application, and to show the best practices of how to implement useful error handling in ASP.NET web applications.

Awesome web development and web design articles and sites in May 2008

Fri, 30 May 2008 23:31:12 GMT

This article shows a reviews of 16 great articles and sites I found in May 2008. There are articles about web development with ASP.NET, Ajax and jQuery. There are also a great web design resources, tools, plugins, BlogEngine.NET extensions and one great usability article.

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release

Wed, 28 May 2008 06:16:07 GMT

From ScottGu's weblog - "This morning we released the Preview 3 build of the ASP.NET MVC framework. I blogged details last month about an interim source release we did that included many of the changes with this Preview 3 release. Today's build includes some additional features not in last month's drop, some nice enhancements/refinements, as well as Visual Studio tool integration and documentation."

ASP.NET: officially unmaintainable

Wed, 21 May 2008 21:16:05 GMT