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A lap around MIX09 keynote announcements

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:31:09 GMT

Simone collects all the big announcements from MIX09 and provides links to get deeper into the new stuff

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 released

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:01:26 GMT

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 RTM is released

AnkhSVN 2.0.6310 Released - Subversion Plugin for Visual Studio.

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:31:20 GMT

New features include: Experimental support of Visual Studio 2010, Overall performance improvemens, and much more...

How to Retrieve User Data from Facebook Connect in ASP.NET

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:00:42 GMT

In this article, we will bridge the gap between Facebook Connect and retrieving user data using the Facebook Developer toolkit. A useful class is included for download that simplifies the process and reduces the work to just five lines of code!

xVal 0.8 improves client side validation in ASP.NET MVC

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:01:16 GMT

xVal is an open source validation framework bridge for ASP.NET MVC. Its new release, version 0.8, became available this morning and adds the following features: Support for NHibernate.Validator, Internationalization, Custom validation logic, Fluent syntax for defining ad-hoc validation rules, Comparison validators, and more.

Joining "IE6: Do NOT want!" campaign

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:01:16 GMT

IE6 users are still too many... it started with a tweet from a Norwegian web developer, and spread like fire across Europe. Joining the campaign is easy: just add a few lines of code to your site or blog. In this post is how to do it and a little more of background on how to do it.

100% Unit Testable Linq To Sql Repository - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:31:47 GMT

In this post, I will show you how you can architect your Linq To Sql repository which will have 100% code coverage. I will use our favorite Northwind database along with my ongoing UnityCommonServiceLocatorMVC project. First, lets add a Linq To Sql diagram in our project and drag n drop the Category and Product table that will look something like foll...

Domain Model (Developing KiGG v2.0 Part 1) - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:31:05 GMT

As mention in my previous post that I will be discussing the technical side of **KiGG**. So this is the beginning and it will be a multi-part series. I will try to put as much detail as possible, do let me know if I missed anything. Just for a recap, KiGG is Web 2.0 style social news application where I am trying to exercise some of the best practice like TDD, DDD, SOLID etc with Microsoft supported tooling. If you want to see it in action just visit http://dotnetshoutout.com . KiGG is already a fully functional application, but here I am starting from scratch, so the actual code might not look the same with following but it will show you how it is evolved as I am going to post more on it over the time.

Create a Strongly Typed CRUD UI With ASP.Net MVC RC

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:01:06 GMT

"In this post I will show the tooling enhancements in ASP.Net MVC that lets you build CRUD (List, Details, Create and Edit) actions very fast. With a little amount of code we can create a good starting point for building a data entry application using ASP.Net MVC."

ASP.NET Chart with MVC and Google Spreadsheet API

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:46:17 GMT

Learn how to integrate ASP.NET charting controls with ASP.NET MVC and Google Spreadsheet Data API. It shows a sample ASP.NET MVC application that uses data retrieved from a Google Spreasheet to feed an ASP.NET charting control.

You're Doing It Wrong

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:31:07 GMT

Templating tends to break down because it forces you to treat code and markup as two different and fundamentally incompatible things. We spend all our time awkwardly switching between markup-land and code-land using escape sequences. They're always fighting each other -- and us.

ASP.NET MVC Validation - The Definitive Guide (in my eyes)

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:16:03 GMT

After trying a ton of techniques, I bring you the tried & tested definitive guide to ASP.NET MVC validation utilising both CLIENT (jQuery validator plugin) and SERVER validation ready to go with strong object model validation AND compatible with LINQ 2 SQL. What more could one want?!

Using C# "Yield" for Readability and Performance

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:46:30 GMT

I must have read about "yield" a dozen times. Only recently have I began to understand what it does, and the real power that comes along with it. I'm going to show you some examples of where it can make your code more readable, and potentially more efficient.

Codeless databinding in Silverlight development

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:31:11 GMT

With Intersoft's latest Intersoft Presenter (Feb'09 CTP is available for public download in www.intersoftpt.com/ctp), databinding process in Silverlight development is as much more easier than ever. Read through their blog on how to perform the codeless databinding in Silverlight.

Form validation with ASP.NET MVC release candidate

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:16:02 GMT

Last week, the ASP.NET MVC framework release candidate was released (check ScottGu's post). Apart from some great new tooling support, form validation has never been easier. Here's a quick introduction.

Updated CarTrackr to ASP.NET MVC RC

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:42:12 GMT

As you may have noticed, ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate has been released over the night. You can read all about it in ScottGu's blog post, covering all new tools that have been released with the RC. Since I've been trying to maintain a small reference application for ASP.NET MVC known as CarTrackr, I have updated the source code to reflect some changes in the ASP.NET MVC RC. You can download it directly from the CodePlex project page at www.cartrackr.net.

ASP.Net MVC Custom Error Pages

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:01:15 GMT

I have recently spent quite a bit of time getting my ASP.Net MVC application to display errors to the user the way I want and this post outlines the steps I took to get there. This includes general application errors, page not found errors and stupid user errors.

MVC Storefront Final

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:31:02 GMT

Rob Conery published the final episode of MVC Storefront video series.

Don't use Delete Links because they create Security Holes

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:46:02 GMT

Reasons why you shouldn't use a Delete link in your web application

Introducing DotNetShoutout.com

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:31:18 GMT

Kazi announces the public beta of DotNetShoutout.com

Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:46:03 GMT

Tomorrow's presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will be a truly historic event. Silverlight is being used as an enabling technology on several sites that will allow those of us who can't be there in person to share the experience online...

Slick-Ticket Trouble Ticketing/Help Desk System (Open Source Project)

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:07:11 GMT

This is a simple, to-the-point system. It was born out of loathing of the system that I was forced to use. It was tested in a live environment with hundreds of users and ultimately de-throned our expensive and bloated ticketing software. I really enjoyed developing this and my users and I really enjoy using it, I hope some other people out there like it.

Construct a comma delimited list from table column with SQL

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:16:08 GMT

How many times have you had to create a comma delimited list from a table column? Do you ever remember how to do it? I don't. Here is a little snippet I find useful

Creating A Navigation In Silverlight

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:31:02 GMT

A navigation is always a tricky project for every application. It seems to be in a constant state of flux, up until the minute the site goes live. With Silverlight, some of that becomes easier. This post will show you how to create a simple navigation in Silverlight.

Time released content in ASP.NET

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:01:17 GMT

"While working on the PDC2008 website, we had several time-critical updates. There were some announcements that needed to go live on the website at specific times to coincide with other marketing, there were updates to the list of of software being given to attendees that needed to go live right after the keynotes in which they were announced, etc."