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OpenID implementation in C# and ASP.NET

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:01:02 GMT

Interested in adding OpenID to your .NET website?

Understanding Single Sign-On in ASP.NET 2.0

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:01:02 GMT

In this article, Masoud discusses the concept of Cross Application Authentication using ASP.NET authentication model consisting of Membership Providers, web.config configuration, encryption, and decryption of configuration files. At the end of the article he also examines the application of the concept using ASP.NET login controls.

New Blog Engine Theme: MarketPlace 1.0

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:46:02 GMT

This is a new BlogEngine.Net Theme by Adam Zastawski.

A good list of opensource apps

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:46:30 GMT

I agree with the list totally

How to Write a Provider Model

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:46:02 GMT

In this article Keyvan teaches you how to write your own data provider for .NET applications using the provider model.

New* .NET 3.5 Feature: AddIn Framework ( Part 1 of 3 )

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Introduction to the addin framework in .NET 3.5

Free Web.config editor

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:31:02 GMT

A free tool that enables editing the Web.config.

C# by Contract - Using Expression Trees

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:31:02 GMT

Using Lambda Expressions to get more bang for my buck! This Article is part of a series exploring the capabilities of .NET 3.5 and how new advances allow the development of a very powerful Design by Contract (or Contract First or Contract Driven Development) system in very few lines. DBC can help you write better code and although the examples in this post are in C#, they will work equally well in VB.NET.

Hello World of Rhino Mocks

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:01:07 GMT

A lot of tutorials on Rhino Mocks are long and complicated. This post gives you just enough basic code to start working with rhino mocks so you can see what is going on.

Waterfall Doesn't Work

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:01:02 GMT

Waterfall Doesn't Work; All Non-Agile Projects Eventually Devolve into Necessary Sub-Standard Agile. The traditional life cycle approach effectively ignores these issues and developers have been forced to consider other methods to overcome these problems.

Write to XML File Using C#

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:38:25 GMT

Part one of writing data to an XML file using C#. Is very basic to allow easy understanding and 90% of code is explained.

Why Use Continuous Integration - Beginner's Overview

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:16:02 GMT

Good conceptual overview of why to use Continuous Integration. As a person that didn't understand much at all about it. This article sense me down the right direction of understanding.

ASP.NET MVC (Part 3): Passing ViewData from Controllers to Views

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:46:05 GMT

Passing data from Controller to View

TDD pt2 Pig Latin

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:31:02 GMT

Part 2 in a Test Driven Development series for the extreme beginner

Do we need to teach the basics?

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:16:48 GMT

One mistake that many companies fall into is trying to completely automate certain business processes. Sure there are a lot of business processes that are just screaming to be automated, and some of them seem to have been invented just to be automated, but sometimes a bit of thought should be put into whether or not we should automate them.

TDD Test Driven Development for Beginners pt1

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:31:02 GMT

Part 1 in a series on Test Driven Development for the extreme beginners to Test Driven Development

Silverlight 2.0 to Launch Early Next Year

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:40:03 GMT

The next version of Microsoft's browser plug-in will have more relevance for enterprise applications, promises the company.

XNA - Displaying Centred Text

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:13:14 GMT

Here is a couple of quick lines of code that will allow you to display some text on the screen that is centred. When using this sample it will calculate the length of the text, then work out the exact centre of the screen. Then using the normal sprite origin functions it will work out the exact centre of the text and position it on the screen.

Real World Interfaces in C#

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:46:03 GMT

A basic example of how you can use Interfaces

Now Available: XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta)

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:54:28 GMT

Now Available: XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta) from the XNA Team Blog has the announcement. The XNA team is pleased to announce the Beta release of XNA Game Studio 2.0! This Beta release is your chance to try out the new features available in XNA Game Studio 2.0, including support for Visual Studio 2005, multiplayer support over System Link and LIVE, and many more features and enhancements, many suggested by you, the community members. If you're an existing XNA Game Studio Express user, you won't have to worry about uninstalling anything - XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta) lives comfortably side-by-side with XNA Game Studio Express. Just follow the link below to find out what's new in XNA Game Studio 2.0 and download the Beta, as well as updated sample content you can use with the Beta right away. There's even a multiplayer-enabled starter kit you can use to familiarize yourself with multiplayer programming in the XNA Framework. XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta) supports multiplayer gaming over Games for Windows - LIVE. If you are planning on making multiplayer games on Windows that make use of any Games for Windows - LIVE features, you will need an Xbox LIVE Gamertag that has an active XNA Creators Club membership, and a special token. To receive your token, send a message to xnacgp@microsoft.com with the subject "Beta Key Request". Note that you must send this message from the same e-mail address that is associated with an Xbox LIVE Gamertag that has an active XNA Creators Club membership. (Note it may take up to a few days to receive your code in email) If you're not an XNA Creators Club member, you can use the System Link functionality or program against the multiplayer API's without a code. Please keep in mind that the timeframe between this release and our final release will be very short, in fact we've already had a chance to fix some of the larger issues that you may run into during the beta. That said, if you do run into issues I would encourage you to file them through our Microsoft Connect site at: http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=226 XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta) Download Page Thank you for your interest in XNA Game Studio 2.0, and we hope you enjoy the Beta!

Tips for Blogging about .NET

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:31:07 GMT

More developers should be blogging as long as they write well and maintain great blogs. Here are tips to do that.

ASP.NET Tip: Render Control into HTML String

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:12:22 GMT

Occasionally there is a need to get string representation of ASP.NET control in other words - render it into string instead of let it be rendered on the page. The following method renders control into HTML string. Namespaces used:

Groupthink vs. Market Think

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:20:19 GMT

Phil discusses the benefits and problems with letting crowds make decisions about software design.

ASP.Net MVC Framework Part 1

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:31:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie provides some great insight into the upcoming ASP.Net MVC framework.

5 Truths of On Call

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:46:21 GMT

5 things that seem to happen when you are on call