There are cases when you have to send a complex object to server side using GET requests. In order to achieve that you would use the URI binding by decorating the controller method parameter  with [FromURI] attribute.  So if you have an object called "Criteria" which is composed from "CriteriaA" and" CriteriaB" properties, your GET request would look like this: http://myapplication/api/getfoobycriteria?CriteriaA=valueA&CriteriaB=valueB.

Punit Ganshani illustrates how to use claims identity with SimpleMembershipProvider in ASP.NET MVC 4

One of the things that we are planning for Raven 3.0 is the introducing of additional options. In addition to having RavenDB, we will also have RavenFS, which is a replicated file system with an eye toward very large files. But that isn’t what I want to talk about today. Today I would like to talk about something that is currently just in my head. I don’t even have a proper name for it yet.

I am proud to state that Rhino Mocks has a new home. I must admit that I am feeling a little nervous. Its not every day that you get take charge of a project like Rhino Mocks.

Custom paging in Gridview

This article dives into the internals on ASP.NET. It walks you through embedding static files inside the compiler assembly file, enabling us to have every static resource in a single file, and thoroughly introduces WebResource.axd and ASP.NET giving a solid foundation for understanding the Oracle Padding attack.

In this article, I'll take an ASP.NET application that uses partial views and convert it to use AJAX calls and some JavaScript templating. This will give me more options for how I can use the application in the future.

Fluent API is a flexible way to define mapping between POCO classes used in Entity Framework Code first. This article demonstrates how to use Fluent API in an ASP.NET MVC application

Three months ago we shipped the first preview of the portable HttpClient. Many of you wondered when we would ship the RTM version. Today, we’re happy to announce the first step towards an RTM: We shipped a release candidate (RC) of HttpClient (Microsoft.Net.Http package on NuGet) that includes all the bug fixes since the preview.

In recent days, I've twice found myself explaining the difference between lambdas and closures in C++11, so I figured it was time to write it up. The term "lambda" is short for lambda expression, and a lambda is just that: an expression. As such, it exists only in a program's source code. A lambda does not exist at runtime. The runtime effect of a lambda expression is the generation of an object. Such objects are known as closures.

I had this discussion many times over the last few years: - Should we have a class per file? - What about other types such as interfaces, enums, …? Opinions on this subject vary a lot. This purpose of this article is to provide you some basic guidelines and why you should follow them.