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Subsonic 3 released

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:00:46 GMT

Just read Rob Conery's Blog and saw that Subsonic 3 is now available for download. For those unfamiliar with Subsonic it really is the ONLY no BS ORM out there, in fact it is so easy to get up and running that it is easy to forget that you ever set it up in the first place. The whole Subsonic ethic is to remove the hoops that other ORM's have you jump through and essentially to get you home earlier.

SubForum.net Is An Open Source ASP.NET MVC Discussion Forum

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:22:33 GMT

we are announcing an open source project on codeplex called subforum.net. Subforum.net is an ASP.NET MVC discussion forum. We want it to be unique and different from other discussion forums but still maintain the ideals of a forum. We would like it to combine the best ideas of other sites such as stackoverflow and DIGG. Please join us and check out subforum.net.

Upload Multiple Files in ASP.NET using jQuery

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:27:12 GMT

Continuing my 'no less than an exciting' journey of exploring ASP.NET with jQuery, today's article will demonstrate how to Upload multiple files in ASP.NET using jQuery.

ASP.NET DropDownList with Custom Paging

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Very cool post that shows how to page through an ASP.NET DropDownList control as if it were a GridView control

25 Very Important interview tips for anyone

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:40:03 GMT

25 Very Important interview tips for beginners. These are really good tips specially for people who are newly searching for jobs or have not attended an interview from long time.

Hey jQuery lovers, ASP.NET AJAX can do Ajax too!

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:32:19 GMT

Learn how to make Ajax requests easy with the ASP.NET AJAX client-side library.

Recompiling Stored Procedures - All, Few or One at a time

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Handy queries to show how to recompile all stored procedures at once, recompile a few or recompile one at a time

Delayed execution vs ToList() in LINQ Database Queries

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:00:02 GMT

Should you use ToList() in your repository methods, or should you pass the iterator back to the UI to delay the execution of the query? Read on to find out why it's a bad idea to delay execution in this case.

Unit Of Work ActionFilter

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:21:56 GMT

Setting up StructureMap and The Unit Of Work ActionFilter UnitOfWork ActionFilter In my previous post I had created the repository implementations along with unit of work. But how do we use this unit of work in our application. ASP.NET MVC has a concept of ActionFilters. These could be applied to an action or a controller in general. The two main methods that concern us are OnActionExecuting and the OnActionExecuted. As seen in the code below we call the initialize method of the unit of work which would create a new transaction for us and this is held until the action is complete after which we commit the transaction. We are getting a new instance of _unitOfWork through an IoC container which I will talk about in a bit.

SQL Server 2005/2008 Diagnostics Queries and Configuration Checklist

Sat, 23 May 2009 13:46:14 GMT

Very useful queries by SQL Server MVP, Glenn Berry ..A must have

Rarely used C# Keywords

Sun, 17 May 2009 17:31:02 GMT

When doing code reviews or when working with code that was developed by someone else, once in a while I come across keywords that are rarely used. Some of them are forgotten keywords that are not considered a good practice and hence are not promoted by the community. Some of them could be handy and efficient but they never made it to the limelight.

Entity Framework: Abstracting ObjectContext

Sat, 16 May 2009 05:17:34 GMT

If you want to be able to inject your ObjectContext using IoC (perhaps in a custom controller factory for MVC) and maintain a high level of testability you're going to need an interface that exposes not just the members of your custom object context, but also the members of the base ObjectContext - this article will show you how you can achieve those goals.

jQuery to the rescue - some numbers

Fri, 15 May 2009 22:49:38 GMT

... I immediately notice is that the old version does a lot of traffic. Since the new version only does GET reques it reduces the upload payload from 178k to zero !!!!!

Five Reasons for using an ORM Tool

Sat, 16 May 2009 01:46:03 GMT

Gud intro of as what orm tools do...

XSRF Attacks in AJAX enabled apps

Thu, 14 May 2009 19:56:42 GMT

A bit of research and a brief P.O.C. demonstrating a cross site request forgery against an AJAX enabled application...

Using multiple Object Contexts in a Transaction

Thu, 14 May 2009 15:02:44 GMT

You have using the entity Framework and have multiple ObjectContexts each working against a different database and you want o execute operations on both of them in a Transaction. Here's how

Creating a Tabbed Wizard Interface in ASP.NET using jQuery Tabs

Fri, 22 May 2009 18:06:06 GMT

jQuery Tabs with ASP.NET including Wizard interface and remembering tabs on postback - Must See

Creating jQuery Plugins from Microsoft AJAX Components

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:30:30 GMT

Just as the title says. An approach for calling MS AJAX Components in a more jQuery-like syntax

8 Common Uses of the undocumented Stored Procedure sp_MSforeachtable

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:31:02 GMT

Check out some common uses of the undocumented procedure sp_MSforeachtable of the Master database.

Calling JavaScript from ASP.NET Master Page and Content Pages-Part II

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:31:04 GMT

A cool article describing common problems and their solutions of calling JavaScript from a Master/Content page. .

BlogEngine.NET 1.5 Upgrade Guide

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:24:08 GMT

How To-BlogEngine.NET 1.5 Upgrade Guide

BlogEngine.NET 1.5 final release

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:16:03 GMT

BlogEngine.NET 1.5 final release announcement

Aggregator Provider Pattern: White Paper and Samples

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:01:02 GMT

Provider Aggregator Pattern is an extension of Provider Pattern, which enables us to create and utilize multiple instance of the class having the same provider interface. In this pattern, there is an Aggregator class which implements the provider interface and contains a collection of instances of classes having the same provider interface.

jQuery Search box and Asp.net MVC

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:16:03 GMT

This is a simple tutorial on how to create a fancy search box, that has suggestions underneath the input box, and that also can do autocomplete.

Learning the Template Pattern

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:01:03 GMT

Taking a look at how you can use the Template Design Pattern in your applications. The Template Design Pattern is perhaps one of the most widely used and useful design pattern. It is used to set up the outline or skeleton of an algorithm, leaving the details to specific implementations later. This way, subclasses can override parts of the algorithm without changing its overall structure.