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Using HoverMenuExtender with ListView to Update, Delete & Insert

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:01:02 GMT

Explore how to associate a HoverMenuExtender with a ListView control to update and delete records. The Listview control in this sample will also contain the functionality to add new records.

C# vs Ruby

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:31:15 GMT

Interesting observation

Documents 2.0 - Consumable Documents

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Sidar discussing the need for more agile documents in business environments.

Jump between braces in Visual Studio.

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:01:09 GMT

Move fast between open and close braces. No more scrolling to find beginning of that illusive if statement.

Being Smart Does Not a Good Developer Make

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:31:08 GMT

Not every programmer needs to be a crazy mathematical genius who knows every algorithm and data structure known to man (although I think Steve Yegge would argue differently).

A C# fluent repeater

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:01:03 GMT

A fully-featured fluent class used for repeating method calls, handle exceptions, callbacks and more... Just plug-and-play and start repeating stuff!

The static Keyword

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:31:05 GMT

We all use the static keyword, but do we really know what the possibilities are?

Great Little Silverlight Tool Every .Net Developer Need

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A light and handy Silverlight utility which allows you to select through all the possible String.Format options. And provides you with a code snippet to paste into your code.

Using the Observer Pattern

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:04 GMT

This article walks through a C# example of implementing the Observer design pattern using an interesting video game example

ASP.NET Google Charts Implementation

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:01:02 GMT

Implementation of Google Charts wrapped in server controls for easy consumption by asp.net developers.

How to grayout an image in .Net

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:31:02 GMT

This article shows how to gray out an image in .net programmatically. This can be useful for making "Disabled" versions of images, etc.

inline asp.net tags... sorting them all out (<%$, <%=, <%, <%#, etc.)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:46:02 GMT

There are all sorts of different inline tags, and I haven't found a place that explains them all in one place, so here is the quick and dirty...

.NET Event Techniques

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:31:02 GMT

A very simple technique to avoid the need for a null check prior to raising an event

Can't think of a good class name?

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

Try this

Creating screenshot with C#

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:01:02 GMT

Simple way how to create screenshots in Winforms applications for error-logging purposes.

stylizedweb.com - Most used CSS tricks

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:01:02 GMT

Earlier before I have written an article about current best CSS hacks which you can see here And now here's the list of today's most used CSS tricks - tips. I have added image examples for most of them because of critics on CSS hacks article. If you think I have missed any please let me know.

Localhost HTTP debugging with Fiddler

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:01:02 GMT

I have been a huge fan of Fiddler the HTTP Debugging Proxy for a couple years now. However one thing that always bugged me about any network debugging tool was the fact that it could debug localhost or 127.0.0.1. However I just found a solution while racking my brain for a way to debug one of my local projects.

IE8, Microsoft and the Reverse Fanboys

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:16:02 GMT

As the beta test of IE8 recently became available we are quickly approaching the release of another version of Internet Explorer. Much frustration has been expressed about the issues (or supposed issues ) in this beta. Some of this concern is definitely understandable, however, I think some of the negativity is present just because IE is a Microsoft product.

Hidden Gem: Singleton Factory in C#

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:01:04 GMT

Simple and generic implementation of singleton factory in C#.

Compiling VS and generating project version based on SVN revision.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:31:02 GMT

Solution for dynamic and automatic AsseblyInfo generation with version number based on SVN revision. It is using just csproj file.

Yield in C#

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:01:02 GMT

simple explaination of what that keyword does exactly

Memcached's .NET cousin - Cacheman

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:01:02 GMT

Sriram from Microsoft develops Cacheman, a fast distributed hashtable similar to Memcached written in pure managed code.

XmlDocument fluent interface

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:46:02 GMT

A simple fluent interface for creating XmlDocuments & strings.

Friendly "maintenance" page for your ASP.NET application

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:31:02 GMT

ScottGu demonstrates a nice and easy way to show a maintenance page for your ASP.NET application while you're working on it.

Minify your CSS through Regex

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:16:02 GMT

Decreace the size of your CSS stylesheet through a few simple and easy Regex replacements.