(AzamSharp) Application design is one of the most important aspects of creating the application. A design serves as the pillars of the application. An incorrect design can cause delays or even worse destroy the application. In this article we will take a look at designing application using test driv
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.NET Building Blocks: Custom User Control Fundamentals
(Michael Sorens) With the .NET framework, you can build Windows Forms applications (those that run on your local machine) or Web Form applications (those that run in your browser). A Windows Form is simply a container for a collection of controls—buttons, fields, drop-down boxes, selectors, and so f
ListView Header Sort Direction Indicators
(Philip Lippard) The ASP.NET version 3.5 ListView provides developers with a much needed breath of fresh air with respect to simplifying HTML complexity when a data bound grid control is needed. The ListView enables developers to have full control over generated HTML, yet have simplified data bindin
Using FindControl and PreviousPage with Master Pages
(Peter Vogel) PreviousPage promises a lot: You transfer to a target page using either Server.Transfer on the server or cross-page posting from the browser.
Secure Persistent ASP.NET Forms Authentication
(BrantBurnett) While the ASP.NET Forms Authentication system is a great system for authentication, it has one significant shortcoming for a lot of sites. You can only restrict it to always pass the authentication cookies in a secure manner or always pass them even if the connection is not secure. Th
ASP.NET Performance issue: Large number of application restarts due to virus scanning
(Tess Ferrandez) Issues caused by frequent application restarts are pretty common. If you are interested in what causes application restarts in general, and how you can monitor application restarts and what causes them you should read this post: ASP.NET Case Study: Lost session variables and appd
ASP.NET Tips: What to gather to troubleshoot – part 3a – Crash revisited
(Tom) In the previous post around capturing a dump for a crash, we were talking about using DebugDiag. But what if we can’t use this tool. There are various reasons for this, maybe we don’t want to have it installed on the server, or maybe we are trying to capture a 64-bit process (which DebugDiag
Dynamic Data Websites – Displaying Tables and Columns using ScaffoldTable and ScaffoldColumn Attributes
(David Hayden) I am not sure how long the ScaffoldTable and ScaffoldColumn Attributes have been a part of ASP.NET Dynamic Data, but I love the fact that they exist. The idea is this. You want to take advantage of the automatic scaffolding of ASP.NET Dynamic Data to its fullest extent, but there are
Multiple Inheritance in C# 3.0
(Shane Battrick) Many people out there may be not be impressed or happy about this, but yes, there is a way to simulate multiple inheritance in C# 3.0. And more importantly it is incredibly simple to implement.
Visual Studio 2008 simplifies JavaScript debugging
(Tony Patton) One of the more cumbersome development tasks is debugging client-side JavaScript code. Tools such as Firebug are helpful, but in the case of Firebug, you’re forced to use Firefox. Thankfully, Visual Studio 2008 provides a robust and developer-friendly environment for debugging JavaScri
