ASP.NET AJAX Best Practices
While we develop AJAX applications, we often carelessly ignore giving up bad practices, which cause effects which are not so significantly visible... more »
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Using Gridview to display Images from Database
In ASP.Net 1.x days Datagrid is one of the most common control that is used to display a table of data. With the introduction of ASP.Net 2.0 we have... more »
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SecureString in .Net 2.0
There are some disadvantages in using string if we want to store some important information’s like password, credit card numbers, bank pins, etc for... more »
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C# Dictionary Basics
Learn how to use the Dictionary collection object in C#.
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Asynchronous Execution in Silverlight, GWT and Javascript
When Rich Internet Applications reach a certain level of complexity, you start having concurrency problems similar, but not identical, to the... more »
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MVC Storefront, Part 9: The Shopping Cart
In this episode I dive into implementing the Shopping Cart in a basic way so I can run a spike to make sure my pattern can push data nicely back into... more »
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Exception Handling - Do's and Dont's
Exceptions provide a consistent mechanism for identifying and responding to error conditions. Effective exception handling will make code more robust... more »
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ASP.NET Validation Controls – Important Points, Tips and Tricks
ASP.NET validation controls provide an easy-to-use but powerful mechanism of ensuring that data is entered correctly on the forms. There are 6... more »
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So long Borland.. it has been a true rollercoaster ride with lots of fun on the way!
What does the future bring for the sell of CodeGear to Embarcadero? My take on it.
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Contrasting Two MVC / LINQ to SQL Applications for the Web
There are two applications on CodePlex that are interesting to compare and contrast. The MVC Storefront and Background Motion. MVC Storefront is Rob... more »
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Using the Model View Controller Pattern in C# ASP .NET Web Applications
With the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft is working on including an add-on for C# ASP .NET web application developers to include the Model... more »
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Quick and dirty reporting with the Google Chart API
On a recent project, I need a quick and dirty report that would give a breakdown of statistics for orders that have been placed. I didn’t need any... more »
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Java Exception Handling: Checked or Unchecked Exceptions?
This text discusses the differences between checked and unchecked exceptions in Java, and argues that unchecked exceptions are often a cleaner... more »
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ASP.NET AJAX Calendar Extender – Tips and Tricks
The CalendarExtender is an ASP.NET AJAX control that is associated with a TextBox control. When the user clicks on the TextBox, a client-side Calendar... more »
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MVC Storefront, Part 7: Helpers and Routing
In this installment, I continue working on the UI as I ready the demo for the client. I also talk at length with Scott Hanselman about Routing and... more »
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Automated conversion to web standards a (beta!) reality
The first beta version of Aggiorno has been released: it can convert crappy source code to valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional in just a couple of clicks. It... more »
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Sexagesimal Conversions in .Net
Sexagesimal is a base-60 number system much like our own base-10 decimal system. Throughout history different cultures have chosen different base... more »
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Five things .Net has that I'm glad aren't in Java
A follow up to "Five things I like in .Net that I miss in Java"
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Health Monitoring in ASP.NET 3.5
Keeping an eagle's eye on the errors and important events occurring in your web site is an important administrative job. ASP.NET health monitoring... more »
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Localizing MVC for ASP.NET views and master pages
Microsoft's MVC for ASP.NET is still under serious development but at the moment support for localization is a little weak. Here's one approach that... more »
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Five things I like in .Net that I miss in Java
Things Java can take from .Net
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MVC Storefront, Part 6: Catalog Completion and Initial UI
This is a long one - 20 minutes to be precise. I usually try to edit things pretty liberally, but I asked Jon Galloway to help me out with CSS and... more »
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Why Windows Form Designer is Bad
Windows Form Designer in Visual Studio seems great for a newbie programmer. With drag and drop capability and a powerful visual designer, you can... more »
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Designing a Data Access Layer for ASP.Net Applications
Get more from ADO.Net using DAL
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Porting Silverlight 2.0 to WPF
For a while now, I've been writing a Silverlight 2.0 game based on Desktop Tower Defense. Recently I wanted to profile my code to look for any... more »
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