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ASP.NET MVC, What about SEO?

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:31:05 GMT

Unfortunately, I've run into some alarming SEO (Search Engine Optimization) issues ASP.NET MVC.

jQuery and Microsoft

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:01:02 GMT

ScottGu announce that Microsoft will be shipping jQuery with Visual Studio going forward. We will distribute the jQuery JavaScript library as-is, and will not be forking or changing the source from the main jQuery branch. The files will continue to use and ship under the existing jQuery MIT license.

ASP.NET MVC - Remove Whitespace

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:58:55 GMT

Have you tried removing the whitespace form your ASP.NET MVC View Pages... not exactly how it used to be. Check out my solution to this problem.

No GoLive required to use ASP.NET MVC in production

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:31:03 GMT

ASP.NET MVC EULA allows its usage in live operating environment, so it can be used in production

MVC Storefront Part 17: Checkout With Jeff Atwood

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:01:04 GMT

Checkout With Jeff Atwood

Herding Code Podcast: Episode 9 with Rob Conery

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:31:13 GMT

The Herding Code crew (K. Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott "LazyCoder" Koon, and Jon Galloway) catch up with Rob Conery on SubSonic 2.1, Where SubSonic fits in the Microsoft data access tools explosion, Why LINQ to SubSonic is so durn tricky, MVC Storefront - has it made Rob a TDD believer, and What else is Rob up to at Microsoft.

ASP.NET MVC preview release 4 - part 1

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:01:09 GMT

The ASP.NET MVC team is in the final stages of finishing up a new "Preview 4" release that they hope to ship later this week. The Preview 3 release focused on finishing up a lot of the underlying core APIs and extensibility points in ASP.NET MVC. Starting with Preview 4 this week you'll start to see more and more higher level features begin to appear that build on top of the core foundation and add nice productivity. There are a bunch of new features and capabilities in this new build - so much in fact that I decided I needed two posts to cover them all. This first post will cover the new Caching, Error Handling and Security features in Preview 4, as well as some testing improvements it brings. My next post will cover the new AJAX features being added with this release as well.

ASP.NET Performance Tips

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:31:03 GMT

The article lists few of some of the many performance tweaks that can be implement to boost up ASP.NET performance.

MVC CAPTCHA for Preview Release 3

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:19:37 GMT

Since my last release of the MVC toolkit some major changes have taken place in the MVC Framework. I am going to do a quick run through of how they changed the MVC CAPTCHA for the better. And what ActionParameters are and how they can benefit you.

What should be in C#

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:28:35 GMT

A few things I think C# could benefit from having: generic properties (for generic indexers), typedef from C, static local variables, and non-integral enums.

The 5 types of poor software architects

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:31:06 GMT

The types of software architects you never want to meet in your career

SubSonic: Writing Decoupled, Testable Code With SubSonic 2.1

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:31:56 GMT

I've heard/read rumblings over the last few months that "SubSonic is tightly coupled" and therefore you have to "drag it around" with you in your project. I can see why people might think this - ActiveRecord is not the most testable thing in the world :). I've really tried to push SubSonic into the TDD realm and thought it might be a good idea to show how you can structure up a highly testable, decoupled application using SubSonic as your Data Access tool.

Rock the iPhone with ASP.NET MVC and iUI

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:16:10 GMT

An intro to using iUI and ASP.NET MVC to write web applications for the iPhone.

Code based ASP.NET MVC GridView

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:31:05 GMT

Maarten Balliauw shows you how to build an ASP.NET MVC html helper extension method which generates a nice gridview-like control using pure code and MVC framework.

TDD: Test internal methods the correct way

Tue, 27 May 2008 20:37:07 GMT

Test your internal methods the correct way using InternalsVisibleToAttribute. Details on how simple this is.

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.

ASP.NET MVC: MVC Storefront, Part 5

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:16:02 GMT

In this webcast I create a fictional curveball, wherein the "client" sent some test data that they finally were able to get their IT department to extract. In reviewing the test data, I find some very interesting changes to the DB that I need to make...

Fun with Continuous-Integration (Really!)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:01:02 GMT

Introducing: BILTONS. Biltons are actually sound files that are played by the build-machine, according to the developer that made the last changes ("Build-Tones"). It really adds a lot of fun to the dev environment.

ASP.NET MVC: Introducing The MVC Storefront Series : Rob Conery

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:16:19 GMT

The first in a series of screencasts documenting the building of an eCommerce storefront using ASP.NET MVC.

Setting up authentication in asp.net MVC

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:16:02 GMT

Step by step guide on setting up a simple forms authentication scenario in asp.net MVC.

How to: Optimize the memory usage with strings

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:16:03 GMT

System.String type is used in any .NET application. We have strings as: names, addresses, descriptions, error messages, warnings or even application settings. Each application has to create, compare or format string data. Considering the immutability and the fact that any object can be converted to a string, all the available memory can be swallowed by a huge amount of unwanted string duplicates or unclaimed string objects. Now let's see how a string object should be handled to preserve memory.

How to: Optimize the strings' comparison

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:15:40 GMT

Due to my web research I found some useful tips about how to compare two strings making full use of performance in .NET Framework.

JSON and XML View Engines in ASP.NET MVC

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:43:03 GMT

For passing data models as views for AJAX calls.

FormatWith 2.0 - String formatting with named variables

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:31:02 GMT

An improved version of the string FormatWith extension method. It now has the ability to also work with named variables, e.g. "{UserName} last logged in at {LastLoginDate}".FormatWith(user)

DataGridView in Windows Forms - Tips, Tricks and FAQ

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:36:58 GMT

14 tips and tricks to perform some frequently required tasks with the DataGridView