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New ASP.NET Charting Control

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:31:03 GMT

From ScottGu's blog. Brand new, Free, ASP.NET 3.5 chart control. It looks very nice!

How to get the Content Type (MimeType) of a file in C#

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:31:04 GMT

This blog post discribes 2 methods to get the content type of a file in C#

Viewstate Viewer add-on for Firefox

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:01:16 GMT

This add-on can decode and show viewstate contents of an *.aspx page. Once you intall this add-on, it shows up a 'Show Viewstate' item in context menu of Firefox. When this menuitem is clicked, a popup comes up showing the viewstate details.

Codebehind Files in ASP.NET MVC Are Evil

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:46:05 GMT

Having Codebehind files for Views in ASP.NET MVC tempts developers to use web forms style programming in MVC applications. Removing them from the default application templates and new File->ASP.NET MVC View templates will help developers fall into a "pit of success" by eliminating the temptation to put code into codebehind files that should really go into Controllers.

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.

30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part I

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:01:08 GMT

This article compiles some common String operations that we encounter while working with the String class. In Part I, 15 common string operations have been covered .

7 principles of clean and optimized CSS code

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:02 GMT

With the popularity of CSS layouts and JavaScript-enriched web page experiences, it's not uncommon, particularly for large sites, for the CSS files alone to grow in size, but there are some principles to consider during and after you write your CSS to help keep it tight and optimized. Optimization isn't just minimizing file size - it's also about being organized, clutter-free, and efficient. You'll find that the more knowledge you have about optimal CSS practices, smaller file size will inevitably come as an direct result of their implementation. You may already be familiar with some of the principles mentioned in this article, but they are worth a review. Being familiar with this concepts will help you write optimized CSS code and make you a better all-around web designer.

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:

Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few L

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:01:04 GMT

Only In A Database Can You Get 1000% + Improvement By Changing A Few Lines Of Code

The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:31:02 GMT

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list.

Forms Validation Framework for ASP.NET MVC

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:31:10 GMT

A reusable technique and sample project detailing how to use POCO models to generate forms and perform validation upon them. The forms helper class can be used as parameters to action methods via an action filter providing seamless integration with the MVC framework. Generate, render, and validate forms based upon POCO objects quickly and easily.

Partitioning an ASP.NET MVC application into separate "Areas"

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:31:10 GMT

A missing feature of ASP.NET MVC: separating controllers in different areas and namespaces.

Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:31:03 GMT

"CSS can powerfully open the doors to a lot of rich and unique techniques. Today we are presenting a round-up of CSS coding, creative approaches and techniques."

Create PDF with C#

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:01:02 GMT

Create PDF with C# on the fly

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.

Inclusion of JavaScript Files

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:46:02 GMT

How do you deal with JavaScript inclusion into the page given that you have a fair number of JavaScript files that are bound to change frequently and across multiple projects/applications?

55 Free High Quality Icon Sets

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:01:02 GMT

A lot of freebie icons. Another great article from Smashing Magazine

Give Your ASP.NET Applications Velocity

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:16:03 GMT

Scaling ASP.NET Application just got easier with a new technology that Microsoft has just released that they have dubbed codename "Velocity". This product is still in the early stages of development, but it is meant as a direct competitor against memcache.

Create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

This article shows how to create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS. It have the ability to render different message types. It also have a close button in order to enable users to hide the message after reading. The article will guide you through the basics of making a simple and functional user control.

unit testing your events

Sun, 04 May 2008 11:01:02 GMT

In this article I will show you how you can unit test your events. I will show you a simple technique that will enable you to test if your events fire exactly as often as you want them to and I will provide you with two implementations. One implementation works well with the .NET Framework 2.0 and the second one uses .NET 3.0 (anonymous methods) in order to minimize the code necessary.

ASP.NET MVC Screencast: Model-based client-side validation

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:31:08 GMT

A very sweet and simple way to get validation into an MVC app, just by specifying rules as attributes on model objects (e.g. [ValidateEmail]). Client-side validation happens automatically...

Implementing Generic Caching

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:46:02 GMT

I develop for a large, high-availability website, with hundreds of thousands of daily users. As such, we need to cache a lot of data in our web-server memory (which is cheap) to save numerous hits to our main database cluster (which is very expensive). I would imagine the desire to improve performance by saving on database hits is common across many web applications - and caching frequently used data is often seen as one of the best ways to solve this problem.

47 ASP.NET MVC Resources to Rock Your Development

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Get the grand tour of today's best ASP.NET MVC resources

A Great XPath Query Tool

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Visual XPath is a free graphical XPath query tool which have many great features, some of those features are: Load an XML file and see it in a form of tree

How To Create a FTP Connection Pool in C#

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:59:11 GMT

A very simple approach to create a FTP connection pool in C# using the Object Pool Pattern.