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jQuery Selectors - Looks just like CSS

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:14:36 GMT

Last week we took a look at the jQuery selector syntax which allows us to select elements by their ID, class name or tag name.

Suspicious DNK Accounts

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:31:29 GMT

Conclusion There is an incentive for publishers that use DNK to setup phony accounts that will help get stories from certain domains on the front page. So guess what happens ... it would appear that a certain number of people are doing this.

ASP.NET Patterns every developer should know

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:25:45 GMT

In the first of three parts, Alex looks at some of the basic patterns in ASP.NET, and how you can apply these to your ASP.NET applications in a few simple steps.

Essential Visual Studio Tips & Tricks that Every Developer Should Know

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:01:02 GMT

In this blog entry, Stephen Walther lists the essential tips and tricks that every developer who uses Visual Studio 2008 should know. The list is kept brief. The list focuses on only those tips and tricks that can be used on a daily basis. Almost all of these tips and tricks are just as useful regardless of whether you are building an ASP.NET Web Forms or ASP.NET MVC application.

Why The Web Application Installer Rocks

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:14:19 GMT

Scott beat me to it. I had been waiting a bit to talk about the new Web Application Installer from the IIS team but got scooped. This isn't the same thing as the Web Platform Installer (which Scott talked about here) - it's a whole different beast that actually installs applications on your machine and configures them (read more from Scott's post).

7 of my favorite jQuery plugins for use with ASP.NET

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:46:04 GMT

Seven of my favorite jQuery plugins to use with ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAX, based on my own successes and failures using them over the past year and a half.

Upload T-SQL and execute at your hosting provider using an ASP.NET pag

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:11:45 GMT

With this approach, you can use the Database Publishing Wizard to generate a T-SQL file from your local database. Then, you can upload the script to your hosting provider, and use the sample ASP.NET page provided to execute the code below.

ASP .NET Dynamic Data

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:54:40 GMT

This tutorial covers an overview to ASP.NET Dynamic Data features. Dynamic Data is new to the .NET Framework 3.5 (SP1) and provides a way to easily creature, modify, and maintain a data driven website. Microsoft describes Dynamic Data as:

Don't run production ASP.NET Applications with debug="true" enabled

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:32:57 GMT

One of the things you want to avoid when deploying an ASP.NET application into production is to accidentally (or deliberately) leave the <compilation debug="true"/> switch on within the application's web.config file.

Dynamic Data - Custom Metadata Providers

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:45:56 GMT

This is really just an addition to Matt Berseth's article Dynamic Data And Custom Metadata Providers from August 24, 2008, all I wanted to do was add the same features to the Table/Class not just the Columns/Properties. So you can see the full explanation over at Matt Berseth's blog. So here are the listings:

ASP.NET Dynamic Data Links

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:44:48 GMT

Client Templating with jQuery

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:16:05 GMT

Client templating in Javascript can be a great tool to reduce the amount of code you have to write to create markup content on the client. There are a number of different ways that templating can be accomplished from a purely manual approach to a full templating engine. In this entry I'll look at several different approaches.

Using jQuery to enhance ASP.NET AJAX progress indication

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:31:10 GMT

An example of how to combine jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX, using jQuery's BlockUI plugin to present a modal progress indication dialog during an UpdatePanel's partial postback.

Best practices for creating websites in IIS 6

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:46:02 GMT

A list of steps that I always take while creating ASP.NET websites in IIS 6. It ensures better performance maintainability, and scalability of your application.

Video: Using LINQ with ASP.NET in VS "Orcas" (Part 1)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:12:33 GMT

One of my goals this year is to use video more with my blog. My theory is that video is often a better medium than text to walkthrough how something works, and can also help you avoid the tedium of reading though some of my really long blog posts... :-)

October 2nd Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:31:06 GMT

Here is the latest in my link-listing series. Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past.

jQuery and Visual Studio

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:08:08 GMT

jQuery is a lightweight open source JavaScript library (only 15kb in size) that in a relatively short span of time has become one of the most popular

Introduction to jQuery Article posted

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:46:05 GMT

I've posted Part 1 in a 2 part series on jQuery today. Part 1 covers the client side features of jQuery from the basics all the way through creating simple plugins and extending jQuery. This is a long article that discusses a host of the really useful features that jQuery brings to the table for client side Javascript development. Part 2 will then follow up with server side ASP.NET integration.

jQuery and Microsoft

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:01:02 GMT

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license.

Why Polymorphism is so important? What is it's role in OO programming?

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:18:44 GMT

Polymorphism gives us the ultimate flexibility in extensibility which is a basis of OO programming. Understanding Polymorphism is crucial to any OO language professional , be it a Java , C++ or C# programmer.

Building Custom Build Providers with ASP.NET 2.0 and VS 2005

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:10:59 GMT

One of the cool new features in ASP.NET 2.0 is support for what we call "build providers". These are providers that can plug into the ASP.NET compilation system and provide custom compilation support for file-types. ASP.NET ships with a number of built-in providers in the box -- including support for .wsdl and .xsd files.

Web Services Contract First: Drop Schema in app_code with a Custom Bui

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:10:08 GMT

Web applications in Visual Studio 2005 allow you to drop items in the app_code directory in your project and classes are compiled in the background for you. For instance, drop a WSDL file in there and you get a proxy for the web service, drop a schema and you get a DataSet. I wanted to drop a schema in app_code and get an XML serializable class.

[.NET 2.0] Playing Around with BuildProvider and CodeDom

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:05:35 GMT

This is old news for some of you, but I've never looked at the ASP.NET buildprovider functionality in more detail until tonight, and it is pretty cool. The buildprovider can generate/build code from certain file types you drop into an ASP.NET project and I'm sure you're familiar with .xsd files and how VS.NET generates classes from those. The cool thing is that you can write your own buildprovider and generate code yourself.

DotNetNuke Modules - Data Access Layer

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:03:00 GMT

Today, we are going to generate the DataSets we need and modify the controller classes to use them. At the end, you will have a DataLayer and Business Logic Layer that will allow you to start coding your presentation layer using the familiar ASP.NET 2.0 model.

Jaw-dropping experience with custom build providers - Onion Blog - Plu

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:54:33 GMT

Every once in a while when I'm exploring a technology, I experience a jaw-dropping moment where I'm blown away by how elegant, or well designed, or rife with potential something is.