January 2010 Entries
Of course T-Mobile is had a major outage for android phones 2 weeks before I’m planning on getting a Nexus One. For my Birthday. Hint-Hint. ASP.NET/MVC Populate an ASP.NET ListBox from JSON results using jQuery Reading Code, Spark’s Once Attribute ContentType route constraint in ASP.NET MVC Nice “Quick Hit” Videos about ASP.NET 4 and VS 2010 Editing a variable length list, ASP.NET MVC 2-style Shrink your Views with FubuMVC Html Conventions .NET ...
I will not talk about the Apple iPad… wait I’m talking about it right now, doh! And of course everyone has seen this original iPad, so no reason for me to repost it. ASP.NET/MVC Beyond web.config Extensible Output Caching with ASP.NET 4 (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series) Coupling ASP.NET Session State With Forms Authentication Dynamic Select Lists with MVC and jQuery Passing JSON serialized objects to a WCF service with jQuery Implementing Custom Action Filters in ASP.NET MVC...
Something something, Apple something. Someone pointed out that the entry level iPad is cheaper than the unsubsidized Nexus One. Web MVC or WebForms: It's more about client side vs server side View Models in ASP.NET MVC Security Questions with ASP.NET MVC & fluentHtml Migrating ASP.NET MVC 1.0 applications to ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta (updated!) Translating routes (ASP.NET MVC and Webforms) Context and Best Practices Implementing Custom Action Filters in ASP.NET MVC...
I’ve been working with a personal trainer at the gym this week and she’s kicking my butt. Web KISS Your ASP.NET MVC Routes Good article, it’s pretty easy to dig yourself a hole with routing. Setting Up IoC in ASP.NET MVC using Castle Windsor A much needed article since there were already a number of articles for StructureMap out there. My ASP.NET MVC in Action talk from Houston TechFest (webcast) More .Net Stuff ...
A little late this morning, but nothing that can stop this .NET train from rollin’. Web Input Validation vs. Model Validation in ASP.NET MVC The lords of .NET MVC have spoken. Only time will tell if this [Validation] thing all works out. The WebForms Rant And the gloves are off. About Technical Debates (and ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC debates in particular) Scott Guthrie tries to put some perspective on the latest ASP.NET vs MVC debates going on...
I like the direction NBC is taking with it’s new logo. Web Phil Haack posted a tweet hinting that Visual Studio 2010 may support custom extensions like .spark for example. Yay! Scott Guthrie also tweets that the ASP.NET team is considering reversing it’s validation behavior recently panned by the community. HttpContext.Items and Server.Transfer/Execute ASP.NET MVC with Castle Validators, fluentHtml, and jQuery More .Net Stuff What’s the difference between a destructor and a finalizer? ...
The rumored Apple tablet has been spotted in the wild. Web My Favorite Helpers For ASP.NET MVC [Required] Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does Well then fix it says Ayende, Jeremy Miller agrees. Using CDN Hosted jQuery with a Local Fall-back Copy Seems like a really good idea. Large or asynchronous file uploads in ASP.NET MVC New insight on a popular subject. ...
Time waster of the day, Text Ascii Art Generator. Web Testing ASP.NET WebForms You probably won’t ever do this, but if you did, here’s how! Why ASP.NET MVC 2 is Broken Steve Mason makes a few good points, but is a little too eager to throw out the baby with the bathwater because a few features don’t work as well as they could. Service Pack 2 for Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC released Securing Form...
It’s even more foggy in St. Louis today, if that is even possible. Watching Final Season Of 'Lost' Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever. Funny stuff. Web Editable Routes In Medium Trust Phil Haack walks you through how to enable his Editable Routes technique in Medium Trust for those who have to deal with those limitations (like me). My picture of an MVC-WebForms marriage I just threw up in my mouth a little. Working with...
A foggy morning here at the Gateway to the West. Web Editable Routes Phil Haack shows you how to tweak MVC Routes on the fly. Drop-down Lists and ASP.NET MVC Drop downs seem to be a sticking point in .MVC for a lot of people. ASP.NET Page Life Cycle Diagram I don’t miss this. Why choose between Ajax or MVC ? Together they KISS so sweet… ...
I’m really enjoy the late night tv kerfuffle going on, it’s the most entertaining Conan’s been been since the writer strike. Also, IT’S FRIDAY! Web Of course the big news today is the release of jQuery 1.4. Nettuts has all you need to know about the big new features ASP.NET MVC 2: Model Validation Using ASP.NET 3.5's ListView and DataPager Controls: Creating an SEO-Friendly Paging Interface and The Ultimate DataPager Interface SharpKit - Write C# instead of JavaScript ...
Web Take your MVC User Controls to the next level DotNet JQuery (DNJ) : new features in version 0.4.0 SEO Tips for Developers : Page Speed IE Conditional Comments If you don’t know, this is the way to go If You’re Graduating Soon, Consider Working For The ASP.NET Team Another job I can’t have ASP.NET MVC: Using UserControls Usefully ...
If you think I’ve missed anything or could be doing anything better, please let me know. My contact page is down here for the moment My contact page is working again, and you can find me on Twitter and Facebook. Web ASP.NET Performance - Part 4 – CDN & ASP.NET Performance - Part 5 - Nginx Implementing ViewModel in ASP.NET MVC Application Limitations of MVC2’s ModelValidatorProviders Of Web Browsers and Humanity Ambiguous Controller Names With Areas ...
Just learned that planning for the next St. Louis Day of .NET has officially begun. 2009’s was awesome and I can’t wait to see what happens in 2010. Web MVC Turbine Redux T4MVC 2.6.11 Is Out ASP.NET Performance - Part 3 - Cache Busting More .Net Stuff LINQ to SQL tips and tricks #3 Visual Studio 2010 Tip of the Day Returns!! Passing the torch Make KeyedCollection<TKey, TItem> to work properly with...
Another week off to a great start. Web Get The Drop On ASP.NET MVC DropDownLists Harder than it should be ASP.NET MVC 2 & ASP.NET MVC 2: Strongly Typed Html Helpers The official 411 Ordering fields in ASP.NET MVC 2 templated helpers More .Net Stuff Practical T/BDD - Half Day Hands-on Lab at CodeMash 2010 Phil...
Huzzah, we made it to Friday! Web ASP.NET Performance Part 1 Compressing JS files as part of your build process and Part 2 – YSlow [Video] Spark View Engine Part 3 (Part 1 and Part 2) ASP.NET MVC Bootstrapper jQuery and ASP.NET UpdatePanel Boo, vanilla ASP.NET is no fun anymore How ASP.NET MVC WORKS? In case you were wondering ...
A snowy Thursday morning here in the Midwest. Web Have a WebForms Open Source Project? Want Tekpub’s ASP.net MVC 2 Series for free? Framework Fundamentals and Practices and Intro to ASP.NET MVC and the MVC Design Pattern Free ASP.NET MVC FireStarter presentations Working with Partials in Spark: Part 1 Scalability Tip In ASP.NET And The MachineKey Element Solving some issues with cookie encryption and server farms Announcing FubuMVC and a plea for help...
It’s a nice and easy day in the land of .NET. Web MVC 2 in Action book conducting public reviews Give your feedback and help make a better book Website Performance: What To Know and What You Can Do Smashing Magazine reminds us that Website performance is even more important today Mix10 Open Call Entry Voting Has Begun: My 4 jQuery Sessions Elijah Manor wants you to vote for his Mix10 jQuery...
2 days in a row, I’m on a roll! Web 25 User Experience Videos That Are Worth Your Time ASP.NET 4 SEO Improvements (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series) Good times in SEO with Scott Guthrie & ASP.NET 4 ViewModel Value Formatting using AutoMapper T4MVC: shorter way to refer to action, and more More .Net Stuff The Power of Patterns Everything Else Google's Nexus One is now for sale...
I probably spend way to much time reading tech blogs, so why not make it official? Here’s the latest and greatest from around the .Net world. Web UI Automation tools snake oil? The tools are only as good as the design. A Form of Madness New form goodies in HTML 5. I’m looking forward 2020 when I’ll be able to use them. ReSharper 5.0 has awesome ASP.NET MVC support ...