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Ajax Control Toolkit - Multipart Series Article

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:01:02 GMT

A multi-part series article on Ajax Control Toolkit.

101 Great Computer Programming Quotes

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:31:02 GMT

"I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing." (Oktal)

Seamless inline text editing with ASP.NET AJAX

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:01:02 GMT

This is a technique that I really like. It's excellently suited to intranet sites and administrative interfaces, where your users are typically familiar enough with the application to know which text they can click to edit. It's actually very easy to implement, with a small amount of JavaScript. Update: This functionality is also available as an ASP.NET server control.

Implement JSONP in your Asp.net Application

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:16:02 GMT

Shows how to implement JSONP in your Asp.net Application.

Optimize Tortoise SVN Cache (TSVNCache.exe) Disk I/O

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:01:02 GMT

An excellent explanation of how to optimize the TortoiseSVN icon cache so it caches only your working directories and not the entire drive, allowing you to keep the icon overlays and decrease the amount of disk I/O.

How to design a Fluent Interface

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:16:02 GMT

How to design Fluent Interfaces and why it's important to know about this pattern.

ASP.NET and Styles & CSS Embedding - Rick Strahl's Web Log

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:01:02 GMT

One thing that really bugs me about ASP.NET is the way it deals with header management especially when working with Themes. One of the big problems I see is that ASP.NET embeds the Themes style sheet at the bottom of the header list. If you happen to be using Master Pages which can have a header content section or your are adding additional CSS or style tags to your header the Themes style sheet will always end up on the bottom of the header list:

Asynchronous Asp.net Page

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:46:02 GMT

Shows how to implement Async Page in your real life projects

Edit your CSS code live in Internet Explorer and Firefox

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:31:02 GMT

CSSVista is a free Windows application for web developers which lets you edit your CSS code live in both Internet Explorer and Firefox simultaneously. This is like Firebug (CSS only) both in IE & Firefox.

Partial Rendering Misses AJAX Architectural Points

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:31:01 GMT

Dino Esposito on AJAX

ASP.NET AJAX Timer Trouble? Location is key.

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:31:03 GMT

An examination of the ASP.NET AJAX Timer control and how it's placement can dramatically alter the behavior of the control.

Asp.net Ajax Web Service Security

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:01:01 GMT

Shows an insecure way to secure your Web Service.

Asp.net Ajax Web Service - Common Issues

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:01:02 GMT

Answers some of the common issues while working with Asp.net Ajax Web Services.

September 16th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, IIS7, Visual Studio..

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:16:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie continues his link-listing series. Some good links here..

Community Convergence XXX

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:16:01 GMT

The latest articles from the C# team at Microsoft

Compress Asp.net Ajax Web Service Response - Save Bandwidth

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:02:42 GMT

Shows how to compress Json response of Asp.net Ajax Web Service which saves massive network bandwidth.

Silverlight is Here: But Who Should Really Care About It?

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:46:01 GMT

In this short writeup Dino Esposito introduces Silverlight, the new Microsoft platform for creating RIAs.

Taking CSS beyond a simple style library - Jon Galloway

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:01:01 GMT

Good CSS design starts with structured HTML. Here's how to do that, with an emphasis in ASP.NET.

Asp.net ListView - DataEditing

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:16:02 GMT

Shows the DataEditing capabilities of Asp.net ListView Control both with LinqDataSource as well as code.

First Impressions on LINQ to SQL

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:16:04 GMT

I've been experimenting with LINQ to SQL for the last few weeks and there's a lot to like as well as a few things to think about. In this editorial I'll describe some of the things that worked well and some of the issues I struggled with and how I worked around them.

Asp.net ListView - DataBinding

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:31:01 GMT

Shows how to bind data with LinqDataSource and as well as code.

ASP.NET AJAX Data Controls (GridView, Pager, Repeater)

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:31:04 GMT

The purpose of this project is to Develop data controls such as GridView, DataList, Repeater, DetailsView, FromView, ObjectDataSource on top of Microsoft Ajax Framework for Client Centric Development model. Since the Asp.net version of these controls does not have clientside object model thus it is not possible to to bind/update data from/by a WebService. The Project is still in development and contains few prototypes of the following controls: GridView, Pager, Repeater.

Honeypot Captcha - new Subskimet Captcha control

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:01:02 GMT

Comment spam bots love form fields

LINQ to SQL, Aggregates, EntitySet, and Quantum Mechanics

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:17:27 GMT

LINQ to SQL lets you write queries in C#, and it will turn them into SQL queries. This is not limited to the C# 3.0 query syntax - it also applies when you use LINQ through ordinary function call syntax.

Using SingleTagSectionHandler Instead Of appSettings

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:31:02 GMT

As an alternative to appSettings you can use SingleTagSectionHandler to store settings in a web.config file. Learn how.