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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.

Create apple.com-like breadcrumb using simple CSS

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:01:02 GMT

Janko shows an extremely simple and nicely polished way to create graphical breadcrumbs like on apple.com.

Filters in ASP.NET MVC Preview 4

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:31:02 GMT

In CodePlex Preview 4 of ASP.NET MVC, we split out our action filters into four types of filters, each of which is an interface. To write a custom filter, you simply need to create an attribute that also implements one of the four interfaces I mentioned.

Frames per second in the DateTimePicker and TimeSpan editor

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:13:57 GMT

Smart FieldPackEditor.Net adds a new "Frames per second" field for datetime and timespan types in their respective editors.

Screencast of the new TimeSpan editor for .Net

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:13:32 GMT

As promised last week, here is a screencast showcasing the features of the new TimeSpan editor and especially its powerful format string letting you input a duration the way you want.

A TimeSpan editor for .Net

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:46:16 GMT

At last there is now an editor to enter a duration with the format you want and with the usability brought by Smart FieldPackEditor.Net. It can be used standalone, in the DataGRidView and in the PropertyGrid.

The PropertyGrid gets Office 2007 and other themes

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:19:29 GMT

... or how to theme the PropertyGrid with the free Krypton Toolkit.

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:16:07 GMT

From ScottGu's weblog - "This morning we released the Preview 3 build of the ASP.NET MVC framework. I blogged details last month about an interim source release we did that included many of the changes with this Preview 3 release. Today's build includes some additional features not in last month's drop, some nice enhancements/refinements, as well as Visual Studio tool integration and documentation."

CSS Message Boxes for different message types

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:01:04 GMT

Can you believe this: Few days ago I went to my bank to check my credit score with the Credit Bureau. The bank official typed in my personal data and sent a request. Web application responded by displaying a yellow message box with an exclamation icon saying that data processing is still in progress. He checked several more times, but he didn't notice that at one moment the message changed to "Account available". But the message box hasn't changed. He continued to check a few more times and eventually he realized that the request was successful. I don't know what was in the minds of developers and designers who created this application, but it certainly wasn't the user. This poor bank official was really frustrated. I can't imagine what the rest of the application looks like.

How to synchronize two side by side PropertyGrids

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:04:14 GMT

A screencast about the synchronization of 2 PropertyGrids and the source code of the synchronizer class.

Coder Journal's MVC Toolkit

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:01:03 GMT

Today I decided to release a toolkit that I have been building over the past couple of months. Most of the code in the toolkit is related to MVC. The list of features includes many MVC ActionFilters, Routes, ViewEngines, and Extensions. Including ActionFilters for Cache, GZip Compression, CAPTCHA, HTTP POST Only. And an attribute to provide serialization of the ViewData to XML, JSON, or JSONP. I hope it helps everybody out.

DotNetOpenId 2.0 Released!

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:46:02 GMT

This release adds full support for OpenID 2.0 while preserving full backward compatibility for OpenID 1.x. It is a mature library with lots of help for diagnostics and debugging, and a balance between simplicity and extensibility.

MVC: Membership Starter Kit Updated

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:31:02 GMT

The MVC Membership Starter Kit has been updated to include OpenID, MVC components, password recovery, and basic client-side validation.

Fix for Mads' C# OpenID Implementation

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:01:01 GMT

Check_Authentication is a request protocol for OpenID that plugs a security hole recently found in Mads Kristensen's OpenID implementation. I have implemented the method and provided instructions on how to integrate this method into his code, giving you a secure, lightweight OpenID consumer.

Upcoming Changes In Routing

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:31:02 GMT

Phil Haacked details the changes (some of them breaking) to Routing in ASP.NET MVC.

Updated PagedList Class

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:50:45 GMT

Troy Goodes implementation of the PagedList Class

Google AdSense Advertising - eeech...

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:46:02 GMT

Rick Strahl has a great post questioning how much fraud Google actually lets through with AdSense.

ASP.Net MVC Membership Starter Kit

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:19:04 GMT

Troy Goode posted abou this yesterday. Today, there's already an update available containing some cool new stuff!

MVC Membership Starter Kit

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:16:02 GMT

The MVC Membership Starter Kit is a CodePlex project designed to get your membership-based MVC applications off the ground as quickly as possible. Login, registration, user administration and more is handled right out of the box.

MVC UI Validation Framework

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:31:16 GMT

Initial stab at an integrated UI Validation framework for ASP.NET MVC.

MVC: Error Handler Action Filter

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:46:02 GMT

An Action Filter for the MVC Preview 2 release that allows you to say "hey, Mr. Action, if you throw [ThisException], please show [ThisPage]".

MVC: ViewData vs TempData

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:46:02 GMT

How do I pass data to a view when using RedirectToAction? TempData. Find out more about how TempData works and how it is different than ViewData.

Smart PropertyGrid.Net knows how to target multiple collections

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:00:48 GMT

This screencast shows how the Microsoft PropertyGrid fails at targetting multiple instances and how Smart PropertyGrid.Net solves the problem.

PropertyGrid's SelectedObjects and immutable properties in SPG

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:52:44 GMT

VisualHint publishes two screencasts to show how Smart PropertyGrid.Net 2.5 handles multiple target instances better than the Microsoft PropertyGrid.

Two values in a DateTimePicker

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:00:12 GMT

This post from VisualHint shows how Smart FieldPackEditor can be used to show two editable and independant values in a single DateTimePicker.