(SheoNarayan) In today’s world of information technology, Web Service is the best way to share information from one application to another without thinking on which platform or language it is built on or who is going to consume it. We can consume Web Service into Silverlight application too. This ar
Tag: Development
Explore an overloading method in VB.NET
(Irina Medvinskaya) Developers often need to define a method with the same name that may perform different functionalities. In order to do that, you should use the Overloads keyword in .NET. In this quick tip, I look at an example function that performs different sets of functionalities with the sam
Shift Focus to the Next Control during a PostBack using ASP.NET and LINQ
(Suprotim Agarwal) We at times come across a requirement where a feature in a web application is supposed to behave similar to that of its windows counterpart. One such requirement is to either maintain the focus on the control that caused a postback or to shift focus to the next control after a pos
ASP.NET MVC Tip #47 – Using ResolveUrl in an HTML Helper
(Stephen Walther) Yesterday, I was creating a simple HTML helper for displaying images. Nothing fancy. The code for the helper is contained in Listing 1.
Why 90% of production databases aren’t indexed properly
(David M. Williams) Database design isn’t rocket science but, at the same time, it is a craft which must take into account how the database will be used. More often than not this doesn’t happen and businesses everywhere are losing billions of micro-seconds on underperforming databases due to simple
An In-Depth Look at HTTP Redirection
(Scott Mitchell) Whenever a browser requests a web page, image, CSS file, or other resource the web server returns a response that includes a status code. If the requested resource was found and the requestor is authorized to view it, the web server responds with a 200 status code (and the requested
BizTalk Orchestrations
(John Charles Olamendy) In this article, I will cover one important component of Microsoft BizTalk Server, the orchestrations. Basically an orchestration is the executable code to run a workflow supporting a business process. Orchestration interacts with outside entities by using the ports. All thes
Why are thread safe collections so hard?
(Jared Parsons) Writing a collection which is mutable, thread safe and usable is an extremely difficult process. At least that’s what you’ve likely been told all through your schooling. But then you get out on the web and see a multitude of thread safe lists, maps and queues. If it’s so hard, why
WrapPanel in WPF
(Dinesh Beniwal) A WrapPanel control is used to arrange child controls to arrange vertically or horizontally. This article demonstrates how to create and use a WrapPanel control in WPF using XAML and C#.
An Introduction to jQuery, Part 1
(Rick Strahl) Ok, I admit it. For many, many years I hated JavaScript. I hated writing JavaScript code, and I hated the pain that goes along with dealing with different browsers using reams of script code even more. I still hate those same problems, but thanks to a recently-gained better understandi
