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12+ open source projects for .NET you probably didn't know about.

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:01:02 GMT

Here's a few of the better .NET open source projects which are making a difference to .NET developers worldwide, and it just shows that the open source .NET community is alive and well.

Playing with JSON

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:46:22 GMT

Josh Holmes digs into JSON with Silverlight and a few JSON frameworks... Check out the article to see Silverlight leveraging JSON with System.Json, LINQ and more. There's even samples in raw JavaScript, MSAjax, Prototype and JQuery. Finally he ended it all up by mixing JQuery and Silverlight. That was fun and remarkably simple.

Using Adobe Flex in Visual Studio

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:16:08 GMT

You can now take advantage of the Flex framework from right within Visual Studio to build Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). We get you up to speed on what Flex is and a basic application talking to a web service.

A Dissertation on .NET Properties

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:01:28 GMT

A lengthy dissertation on properties in .NET, including guidelines, MSIL disassembly and disassembled/decompiled automatic properties. Yes, learn what "automatic" properties in C# 3.0 really do for (to) you!

Announcing Sueetie - the Open Source .NET Community Platform

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:43:57 GMT

Sueetie is a open-source community platform/framework built on open-source .NET applications. It currently integrates great open-source .NET applications such as BlogEngine.NET, ScrewTurn Wiki, YetAnotherForum.NET, Gallery Server Pro, & WSAT Website Starter Kit into a single-themes cohesive community.

Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:01:14 GMT

jQuery is awesome. I've been using it for about a year now and although I was impressed to begin with I'm liking it more and more the longer I use it and the more I find out about it's inner workings. I'd call myself an "intermediate" jQuery user and I thought some others out there could benefit from all the little tips, tricks and techniques I've learned over the past year. The article also ended up being a lot longer than I thought it was going to be so I'll start with a table of contents so you can skip to the bits you're interested in.

Oxite: OpenSource CMS from Microsoft Built on ASP.NET MVC

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:16:18 GMT

Simone Chiaretta writes about the recent announcement by Microsoft Evangelist, Jeff Sandquist, about Oxite which is an open source CMS built by Microsoft as a showcase and sample for ASP.NET MVC.

27 Free Must-have Online Collaboration Tools

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:46:12 GMT

hese days teams can be dispersed all over the globe. With outsourcing, telecommuting, distance learning and complex project collaboration, it's often helpful to have tools that can assist with the various collaborative tasks need to be done by dispersed teams. I've put together a great list of 27 free...

New ASP.NET Charting Control

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:31:03 GMT

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

jQuery Ajax uploader plugin (with progress bar!)

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:46:04 GMT

Do you want your HTML file upload controls to show a progress bar during the upload? That's always been tricky. Here's a cool jQuery plugin that gets the job done, along with a demo app written in ASP.NET MVC.

Starting with jQuery - Using jQuery with Web Forms

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:16:02 GMT

In this sixth and final entry on a series of post focused on using jQuery with no prior knowledge, I dive into applying jQuery into the traditional ASP.Net web form environment. The example code covered in this entry focuses on applying the jQuery Validation plug-in against 2 sets of input in the same form. To make the example more realistic, the form fields are contained inside of content page to ensure the code works with ASP.Net's client id renaming feature/annoyance.

Client Side ASP.NET ListView Sorting via jQuery TableSorter Plugin Dem

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:01:02 GMT

I was recently asked to provide sorting on a ListView that I knew needed it, but had left off originally because I was having trouble with the way I normally handle sorting ListViews with this particular page. This led me to searching for another way. I think what I came up with may replace the way I have been handling user requested sorting (all server side) up until now. What I found was the jQuery TableSorter plugin plus a few extras. The plugin, like just about all jQuery plugins is really easy to use. You just point it at your table and it does the rest (make sure your table has thead and tbody tags though). Of course there are many options that you can set for your particular situation. Check out the demo.

Touchless - A webcam multi-touch SDK

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:01:02 GMT

That brings us to today, releasing Touchless to the world outside Microsoft, as a *FREE* *OPEN-SOURCE* SDK with a low barrier to entry for developers and users. Touchless makes developing multi-touch capable software easy, and the results can be enjoyed by anyone with a webcam (and some M&Ms :))! Touchless has come a long way, but its journey has just begun. I can imagine a variety of great directions to explore using Touchless. Perhaps support for the forthcoming Windows multi-touch API, video chat white-boarding, implementing mouse/game/hotkey/media control, and designing decked out Minority Report style file/media browsers.

Check username availability with JQuery & ASP.NET

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:01:04 GMT

This article shows how to use jQuery in a real world practical situation - to check username availability - by making an AJAX call to a WebMethod. In this artcle we examine how to make the call, how get the desired username and pass it correctly as well as using jQuery to style and display firnedly notification messages.

Custom jQuery Selector for ASP.NET WebForms

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:16:13 GMT

My quest for a better way to select ASP.NET auto-generated IDs with jQuery.

Simulate a Windows Service Using ASP.NET to Run Scheduled Jobs

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:46:02 GMT

Back in 2005 Omar Al Zabir (Co-founder and CTO of PageFlakes) posted an article on the CodeProject web site Simulate a Windows Service using ASP.NET to run scheduled jobs that many of you have probably seen. If you liked the idea at the time but didn't do anything with it, you may want to take another look now. In the comments, dselkirk provided an alternative that really cleans things up that Erichero then improved upon slightly and converted to C#.

How to make my web pages Internet Explorer 8 compatible

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:16:02 GMT

Free tool to make your web pages compatible with IE8 by automating the introduction of the compatibility flag.

Completely Scripting a SQL Server Database

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:16:02 GMT

A guide on how to easily script out an entire database (schema and data) using the Database Publishing Wizard. A tool that you may not know you have access to. And if you have Visual Studio 2008, you already have installed!

Json.NET 3.0 Released

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:46:02 GMT

The latest version of Json.NET brings lots of new features including Silverlight support.

Exploring System.Web.Routing

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:31:11 GMT

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

Updated version of Postback Ritalin - ASP.NET AJAX Server Control

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:01:02 GMT

PostBack Ritalin is an ASP.NET AJAX server control to help simplify the common task of disabling buttons and imagebuttons during partial postbacks.

Optimize WebResource.axd and ScriptResource.axd

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:01:06 GMT

Some weeks ago I wrote how to minify and compress the WebResource.axd handler. In the comments of that post someone asked how to do the same with ScriptResource.axd. I thought about it and realized it could be done much smarter.If you take a look at the HTML source at the CodePlex Issue Tracker page, you'll see it references 13 WebResource.axd and ScriptResource.axd. That's 13 different web requests on each page load. The ScriptResource.axd is using HTTP compression but WebResource.axd does not. None of them minifies the scripts.Therefore it would be cool to create a plug 'n play HttpModule that combines all resource.axd scripts into one single web request and then minify and compress them. It would result in smaller HTML, fewer web requests and optimized JavaScript code. If you're a YSlow nazi like me, this is a must-have.

3 mistakes to avoid when using jQuery with ASP.NET AJAX

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:31:14 GMT

Three common problems that I've seen when using jQuery with ASP.NET AJAX, their underlying causes, and simple solutions to them.

Unofficial google shell... awsome

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:16:04 GMT

Web base command shell for google. What else can I say?...

HydrogenCMS Released

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:16:02 GMT

The source for a new simple cms has been released using asp.net mvc.