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Exception Logging to the Cloud

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:58:13 GMT

Here's an interesting way to log Exceptions in your application. We have used this in a client project, and it did wonders to improve stability during the initial deployment phases.

Make the .Net Framework work for you

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:56:08 GMT

Here's an example of how the framework artifacts can be used to implement good coding patterns...

Achieving amazing scalability with moderate hardware

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:53:42 GMT

Here's PlentyofFish.com's case study on High Scalability.com Try over a billion page views in asp.net using just 2 servers.

Oxite - Oh Dear Lord Why?!

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:01:16 GMT

Oxite is an open source application built on ASP.NET MVC and Karl Seguin raises some points related to the design/architecture/implementation.

Choosing Between WebForms and MVC

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:46:04 GMT

Another take on what to consider when making a decision between Asp.Net WebForms or Asp.Net MVC.

Some Thoughts on Oxite

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:01:02 GMT

Rob Conery's comments and thoughts on new open-source CMS project 'Oxite'. In this post he analyzed some critical issues in Oxite and suggested some solutions to optimize this ASP.NET MVC powered blog engine.

Deciding Between ASP.NET MVC and WebForms

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:03:31 GMT

Does this diagram make sense?

Firefox integration with .Net framework

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:34:34 GMT

According to this article, Firefox plays really well with .Net 3.5 SP1. It plays well with ClickOnce and XBAP both. This is due to a Firefox extension that gets installed with 3.5 SP1

All that you need to know about deploying the .Net framework

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:13:45 GMT

SmallestDotNet.com is a single page site that does one thing. It tells you the smallest, easiest download you'd need to get the .NET Framework on your system. The size of the .NET download is usually WAY smaller than you think it'll be. There's no database, no cookies, and nothing about your computer has been stored or kept. We just look at the information your browser already reports about your computer and make a suggestion as to the best .NET Framework download for you.

Creating always visible div using CSS

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:16:03 GMT

Explains how easily we can create an always visible div using very simple CSS trick in html..

Are you Throwing Exceptions correctly?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:01:02 GMT

Discuss practices to throw exceptions to intact the exception stack trace

Vb.Net one better than C#

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:31:02 GMT

This is the first time I have envied VB over C#. Here's a thing that is useful and you can do in Vb.Net, but not in C#.

Get namespaces from an XML Document with XPathDocument and LINQ to XML

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:15:22 GMT

how to get the namespaces from an XML document

free e books

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:01:04 GMT

Microsoft has opened 3 MS Press books completely FREE for public.

ADO.NET Data Services with ASP.NET AJAX Support

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:16:02 GMT

Find out how ADO.NET Data Services can be integrated with ASP.NET AJAX support seamlessly.

Introduction to ASP.NET Dynamic Data:

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:01:02 GMT

Learn how the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview enables rapid data driven site development with ASP.NET Dynamic Data and its rich scaffolding framework.

Code Size Is The Enemy (in Java or elsewhere)

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:31:02 GMT

Here's an interpretation by Jeff Atwood of Steve Yegge's Code's Worst Enemy - a look at how Java is its own worst enemy and how dynamic languages may be better suited to some situations that static ones like Java

HttpHandlers

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:31:02 GMT

A pretty useable article on how to use HTTP Handlers and why not.

Error Handling is like Taking Out the Trash

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:28:47 GMT

Here's a talk about the topic that is never talked about enough...

December 16th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, VS, .NET, IIS

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:46:02 GMT

Scotts new links

Web Client Software Factory

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:21:12 GMT

Here's a gem. The Web Client Software Factory by Patterns and Practices group provides resources and visua lstudio guidance packages to accelerate development on composite Asp.Net applications.

NAnt 0.86 Released

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:44:37 GMT

The recent release for nAnt and release notes.

How to self host Astoria (Ado.net Data Services)

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:38:04 GMT

Here's what the documentation doesn't tell you.

Composition vs Inheritance

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:36:08 GMT

A little bit of insight on design.... which every .net developer should read.

Adding custom metadata providers in ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:34:23 GMT

A quick talk about the ability to associate metadata (for example, range validation or formatting) with your data model.