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Create A Netflix/Blockbuster Style Pop-Up Using the AJAX Control Toolk

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:19:52 GMT

I just recently signed up for NetFlix to get my videos over by mail. My wife in particular pointed out to me how nice the descriptions are being shown in a pop-up. Thereafter, I noticed that they have done super cool UIs all over their website. One of the things I got curious about was the way they showed descriptions of the movie by poping up a box with an arrow. The nice thing is that the box has a transparent shadow/glow in the back. I wanted to impress my wife and show her that this can be done easily. This article will show you how to show a pop up like the one mentioned above, both statically and dynamically by using the AJAX Control Kit's HoverPopUpMenu.

ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 and Form Posting Scenarios

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:01:03 GMT

Another epic post by The Gu

ASP.NET Routing, DataBinding and WebForms

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:06:19 GMT

Clever article on how to use Routing in WebForms to achieve ASP.NET MVC-type behavior of auto-binding URL parameters to controls

Form validation with ASP.NET MVC preview 5

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:31:02 GMT

In earlier ASP.NET MVC previews, form validation was something that should be implemented "by hand". Since the new ASP.NET MVC preview 5, form validation has become more handy. Let me show you how you can add validation in such a ridiculously easy manner.

ASP.NET MVC P5 released on Codeplex

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:16:12 GMT

Keeping on with the 6 weeks release plan, the ASP.NET MVC team quietly release P5 of ASP.NET MVC on Codeplex.

Entities and Repositories Discussion

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Earlier today, there was a great discussion in an IRC channel about entities and whether they should have behaviors or not, and that eventually moved onto Repositories. It's a good discussion and after it was over, several of us felt it would be a good reference for later. Since I have a log of the conversation, I figured I'd repost it for future reference. Hopefully, you'll find it a good read as well.

ASP.NET Caching and Performance

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:01:10 GMT

Steve Smith, owner of ASP Alliance and Lake Quincy Media joins us today to teach us about some hidden gems in ASP.NET caching and performance. Steve's expertise in this area comes from first-hand experience as Lake Quincy's ad system serves over 60 requests per second and handles over 150 million requests per month.

IE8 Beta2 - The RIA Slice (Silverlight WebSlice)

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:46:02 GMT

The Internet Explorer Beta 2 was released yesterday introducing quite some new features about which you already probably read in one of the various like the IE8 Homepage or the announcement on the official IE Blog. However there may be a feature that isn't mentioned too often which is the fact that now with beta2 RIA technologies like Silverlight are also supported in the flyout of a WebSlice. This is something that wasn't available with Beta1. And since it is not as obvious to integrate a Silverlight portion into a WebSlice I will give you a littel walkthrough on how to do that. First of all I want to introduce you to the concept of the different sources from which a WebSlice can retrieve its information. To understand that we first need to differentiate between the two main components of a slice which is the button in the favorites Bar on the one hand.

Displaying time in relative format

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:01:03 GMT

Many websites specially forum sites display time relative to the current time as "3 Hours 25 Minutes ago", "30 Seconds ago" etc. In this post I will show a method using which we can convert datetime into descriptive relative time string.

WPF in LOB

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:16:18 GMT

A link to 2 videos of LOB applications developed using WPF!!!

ASP.NET Dynamic Data - Simple 5 Table Northwind Example

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:31:09 GMT

Excellent summary of what you can do with Dynamic Data - a huge timesaver for most common CRUD-style sites

Exploring System.Web.Routing

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:31:11 GMT

An overview of the new System.Web.Routing namespace that was included in .net 3.5 SP1.

SubSonic Scaling

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:31:11 GMT

Rob runs some tests with millions of records to see how SubSonic holds up with respect to speed and memory use.

10 Invaluable CSS Resources

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:01:13 GMT

First things first. I'm an application (middle tier) developer. My design skills while adequate, are not by any means what I'd like them to be. Like a good geek girl, I've been working on this. I've put together a list of very helpful CSS resources I've stumbled upon in my quest to improve my presentation layer skills. I thought I'd share them:

Localizing Linq to SQL Entities

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:31:10 GMT

Sidar shows a possible strategy to localize Linq to SQL entities

Dynamic Data DateTime Formatting for Edits

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:30:58 GMT

"While using the new ASP.NET Dynamic Data, I had a problem when a DateTime field from the database was displaying with the timestamp included."

ASP.NET gets no Respect

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:11 GMT

Poor ASP.NET! Is it really that bad? I say No!

Silverlight DataGrid CRUD, Sorting...

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:36:38 GMT

Some weeks ago I started using the Silverlight DataGrid, I have found that there is few reference / training material available. In this link you will find a compilation of good articles that helped me a lot to understand how this control works. HTH

ASP.NET Routing documentation at QuickStarts

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:16:16 GMT

"ASP.NET routing enables you to use URLs that do not have to map to specific files in a Web site. Because the URL does not have to map to a file, you can use URLs in a Web application that are descriptive of the user's action and therefore more easily understood by users."

Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:46:02 GMT

Subtext 2.0 is hot off the CI Server and the new bits are packed with a metric crap-load of bug fixes, new features, and patches.

What's new for Entity Framework in the VS 2008 SP1?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:58:49 GMT

Between the Visual Studio 200 SP1 beta and RTM , there are a number of fixes and even a few new things to be found. What's in ADO.NET? Check out this list for what's new in the Entity Framework and Entity Designer.

Over 60 Free Controls from DevExpress

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:16:02 GMT

Once you register, you will be forwarded an Email with your login credentials to our product download portal. With this information in hand, you will be able to download and install all the controls and tools listed above free of charge. The applications you create with these controls can be distributed royalty free (see the EULA that accompanies the products for more information). Note that the installation you download will include evaluation versions of our entire product line. You can install these trials if you wish during the setup process. Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 are fully supported.

Dynamic Data documentation is released!

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:24:53 GMT

Soma, senior VP of the Developer Division, just announced on his blog that the Service Pack 1 for VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 are released! That means that Dynamic Data is released and the documentation for Dynamic Data (and for the entire SP1) is now published on MSDN! This is how the Table of Contents for Dynamic Data looks like for this release:

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:07 GMT

It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en

Subtext 2.0 Released

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:38:20 GMT

It's been a long time coming, but we are finally ready to release Subtext 2.0.