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ASP.NET MVC custom ActionResult (ImageResult)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:33:03 GMT

The ASP.NET MVC framework introduces the concept of returning an ActionResult in Controllers since the "preview preview" release on CodePlex. The purpose of this concept is to return a generic ActionResult object for each Controller method, allowing different child classes returning different results. In this blog post, I will build a custom ActionResult class which will render an image to the HTTP response stream.

ASP.NET MVC - Using Post, Redirect, Get Pattern

Fri, 09 May 2008 08:01:02 GMT

Moving away from the postback mindset and utilizing the Post, Redirect, Get pattern within ASP.NET MVC to achieve true separation and less chance of reposting form information.

Code Based Repeater for ASP.NET MVC

Sun, 04 May 2008 23:01:02 GMT

A foreach loop doesn't help you handle alternating items, for example. My response to this story is, "The foreach loop is not our repeater control. Our repeater control is an iterating extension method with lambdas!". Because who doesn't love lambdas?

A C# Operator I would like to see.

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:46:03 GMT

You could argue there are too many operators in C# as it is; however, I feel having an acute knowledge of the available operators is like knowing CTRL + B will bold the selected text in most word processing software. To put it simply, it hurts no-one, whilst providing shortcuts to advanced users...

ASP.NET MVC CSS Sprite

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:16:02 GMT

I build on my last technique of generating CSS Sprites and make a unique solution for the MVC framework using a custom ActionResult.

CSS Sprites generated for ASP.NET

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:34:32 GMT

CSS Sprites are a technique of adding images into one image file and then rendering them for use on your site. This will save your website's users HTTP Requests needed to load up your pages.