Keep your .config clean with external config files

published 5 months, 15 days ago, submitted by aloker 5 months, 15 days ago

blog.andreloker.de — The web.config (or app.config for non-web applications) file is the central place to configure your web application, starting from connection strings, over application settings to ASP.NET specific topics like caching, authentication & authorization, sessions as well as HTTP handlers and modules. Normally the web.config starts as a neat little pet you can easily manage. But as soon as your project grows mature, web.config turns out to be a huge beast. This article shows you a way to tame the beast. read more...

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Why asp.net MVC is so awesome.

published 9 months, 2 days ago, submitted by justin_etheredge 9 months, 3 days ago

codethinked.com — The number one reason why asp.net MVC is the best thing ever. read more...

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10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets

published 10 months ago, submitted by superghost 10 months ago

codeproject.com — 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... read more...

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5 Reasons why SubSonic is Better than Sliced Bread

bloodyflux.com — Toast your bread before you put gravy on it. Use SubSonic in your applications. read more...

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Open source .NET libraries you should be already using

plentyofcode.com — As we know, there are many good, enterprise level, open source libraries, frameworks and projects implemented in Java. Most of them are being ported into different platforms like .NET and PHP, so developers are migrating to the these platforms with their familiar tools. For example, i have been using Ant, JUnit, Log4J, iText and many mores when i was developing in Java, but now i am still using Log4Net and Nunit in my current read more...

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15 Visual Studio .NET Add-Ins you won’t live without

fabiopedrosa.info — From the console compiler to the powerful Visual Studio IDE, .NET is just about coding as much as the tools. For that matter, here’s a list of 15 indispensable VS.NET add-ins. read more...

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Programmatically resolving ~ URL's to the Virtual Root

published 1 year, 5 months ago, submitted by phayman 1 year, 5 months ago

geekzilla.co.uk — The base WebControl class exposes a method named ResolveURL(). This method accepts a url such as "~/Customers/Profile.aspx" and returns the real url, starting from your site's virtual root. read more...

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Creating a simple paypal shop

aspcode.net — Simple and clean paypal enabled ASP.NET shopping cart. read more...

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