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Building a Single Sign On Provider Using ASP.NET and WCF: Part 2

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:04:30 GMT

Using Forms Authentication with WCF This is the second article in a four part series on building a single sign on (SSO) provider using the ASP.NET platform. If you just want to know about forms authentication and WCF and aren't interested in implementing SSO read ahead. Otherwise, make sure to check out part 1.

Building a Single Sign On Provider Using ASP.NET and WCF: Part 1

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:02:24 GMT

Need a cross-domain, cross-platform single sign-on provider? Here's how I did it. This is the first in a 4 part series addressing issues around cross-domain authentication with AJAX on the ASP.NET platform.

Free CodeRush Xpress for C# and Visual Basic inside Visual Studio 2008

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:01 GMT

Mark Miller writes about all the features available in the free edition of CodeRush

PLINQO 3.0 - Even Better

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:15:00 GMT

A review of PLINQO 3.0 from CodeSmith including an overview of new features since version 2.0. "In case you're not familiar with PLINQO, this set of code-generation templates are designed to enhance the LINQ-to-SQL development experience. They're not only a time-saver like most code generation templates, but they allow you to overcome many of the limitations of raw LINQ-to-SQL."

ASP.NET MVC and the Templated Partial View - Death to ASCX

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:00:22 GMT

We are used to master pages and applying them to ASPX pages. Then we pull small parts of the view into user controls or ASCX. In ASP.NET MVC, we use ASCX files as partial views because the user control model is so baked into our thinking. I propose that ASCX does not provide much benefit in ASP.NET MVC. It's usefulness may end with using the extension as a naming convention for the easy identification of partial views. Beyond that, it's pretty thin.

LINQ to SQL changes in .NET 4.0

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:15:00 GMT

What's fixed and breaking changes for LINQ to SQL in .NET 4.0

Customize Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Start Page using WPF/XAML

Sat, 23 May 2009 00:39:31 GMT

My name is Adrian Collier and I am the Program Manager responsible for the Start Page in the Visual Studio. One of the coolest things we can do in this release is to create custom start pages using WPF. This post details how to get up and running with this feature, along with some warnings on how this feature will be changing.

Regular Expression Engine in C# (the Story)

Wed, 13 May 2009 09:36:58 GMT

A "long time ago", more precisely 3 years ago, I was studying Automata and Formal Languages which was a Computer Engineering discipline. At that time I was amazed by the new things I was learning such as NFAs, DFAs, FSMs and Regular Expressions. For the sake of my development I started searching for programming related material that could...

ASP.NET MVC Tip: Turn on compile-time View Checking

Mon, 04 May 2009 22:01:05 GMT

I like the compiler to catch as many errors as possible before I start debugging or release my application. This also applies to code nuggets in ASP.NET MVC views, especially since these are not unit-testable. This article shows how to enable compile-time View checking for ASP.NET MVC projects.

Introduction to Mixins For the C# Developer

Fri, 01 May 2009 05:39:00 GMT

If you are a C# developer then you may keep hearing about all the cool kids from Smalltalk, Ruby, Python, Scala using these crazy things called mixins.

How to Create A JQuery Plugin

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:01:45 GMT

A small tutorial about creating JQuery Plugins

http://www.thinkedge.com/blogengine/post/2009/04/25/Managed-Operating-

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:46:01 GMT

Project to create a Managed Operating System based on the CIL.

Organize your Personal Resources - Just use a Wiki!

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:14:02 GMT

I don't know about you but I got sick of adding favorites, printing articles, trying to remember certain tools I used, techniques in code, or whatever the case was. I'd manage this information by adding them to favorites, writing this down on paper, tossing it in the garbage because I can't stand clutter and then wish I hadn't, etc. The point? Other than your team's Wiki (if you have one), just use a wiki for yourself to organize YOU at work and to keep a nice repository of information for the following items to keep your productivity up:

22 amazing JQuery - Modal - Plugins

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:31:03 GMT

A collection of 22 amazing JQuery - Modal - Window - Plugins

ELMAH: Error Logging Modules and Handlers for ASP.NET (and MVC too!)

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:01:11 GMT

ELMAH has been one of the most useful tools for ASP.NET developers to log errors on their web applications. Now Scott has a nice talk on how to use it even in your ASP.NET MVC applications. Cool!

Learning resources for .NET 4.0 new features

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:16:03 GMT

A comprehensive list of articles for .NET 4.0 new features

Why I prefer MVC

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:01:06 GMT

I tought about writing a post about why I prefer the MVC framework instead of the old .NET way, webforms, to build my webapplications. But today when I opened my google reader to check out the new posts, I saw this post by Rob Conery which I think has some very good arguments to why you should atleast try it out.

Optimizing URL generation in ASP.NET MVC - Part 1

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:46:04 GMT

Inspired by a great presentation by Rudi Benkovic I thought I would make a series of blog posts about improving ASP.NET MVC performance through URL generation. While developing an application for a project of mine I went gung-ho with expressions wherever I could. Whether it was methods in my controllers or URL generation they were everywhere. While stress-testing my app I ramped up the items on a page and noticed performance dipped significantly.

Do you know how can you obtain access to nested types through XAML?

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:01:16 GMT

XAML is a declarative XML-based language created by Microsoft which is used to initialize structured values and objects. I have already written how we can obtain access to properties of instance that located in other properties here (I have described binding's potential). But what can we do if we need to access to nested type?

Notes on SampleDocViewEditor

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:46:59 GMT

The SampleDocViewEditor from the Visual Studio 2008 SDK is useful for figuring out how to create a designer view for an xml file. However, as noted by Nikita Frolov, there is some trickery involved that will cause it to not work for you if you use a different extension. Here's how to get it working.

WorkGrabber.com - Sweet ASP.NET MVC 1.0 + jQuery Application

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:01:24 GMT

Mike Bosch shows us his latest creation using ASP.Net MVC: WorkGrabber.com is a social marketplace for local contractors and customers to interact and get projects done.

Ten C# Keywords That You Shouldn't Be Using

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:31:03 GMT

Overview of some not-so-common keywords and reasons to avoid them...or understand what the implications are if we use them.

SpicIE -- framework for developing managed BHOs

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:55:36 GMT

SpicIE makes it easy to develop plugins for IE in managed code.

Cool Stuff in the System.Web.Mvc.UrlHelper Namespace!

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:05:03 GMT

As well as your typical Html Helpers for ASP.NET MVC in System.Web.Mvc.Html which aids in rendering html for use in your MVC work, have you had a look at the Url Helpers available? For instance today I had to do a url redirect from JavaScript as my user had two options based on a confirm dialog on what to do, one of which appended a QueryString to the url.

How .NET Regular Expressions Really Work

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:46:04 GMT

A very deep dive into the source code for how .NET Regular Expressions really work