(Scott) In part II of this series we looked at HTTP messages. We saw examples of the text commands and codes that flow from the client to the server and back in an HTTP transaction. But how does the information in these messages move through the network? When are the network connections opened? Whe

(DrABELL) The suggested technique applies to ASP.NET GridView objects, and essentially to any HTML Table tr elements. First, it makes the entire GridView row object (rendered as “tr” element) “clickable” by adding the “onclick” event (see Listing 1 coded in C#).

(Arun Karthick) Microsoft Roslyn has been released as CTP (Community Technology Preview) and can be downloaded from here. It can be installed on top of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Once Roslyn is installed you will find a few project templates available as shown in Fig 1.0.

(Mike Brind) The built-in Web Pages routing system offers a fair degree of freedom in terms of how friendly URLs can be constructed and managed. However, the major limitation with the standard routing mechanism is that it relies on matching segments of the URL to files on disk. ASP.NET MVC and Web F

(Thomas Glaser) After my last post I found that OpenCaptcha.com can be unreliable which leads to the captcha image not being displayed.

(Henrik F Nielsen) MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database that makes it a great backend for Web APIs which lend themselves towards a document store rather than a relational store. In this blog we show how you can use MongoDB with ASP.NET Web API to build an ApiController with support for HTTP GET, PUT,

(Richard Carr) Coupling in object-oriented software indicates the level to which classes are reliant upon each other. A tightly coupled system is usually harder to maintain and modify than a loosely coupled one. The Law of Demeter addresses a specific coupling problem.

(Ben Nadel) The ColdFusion 10 beta was released last Friday. So, naturally, I had to dive in and start experimenting – it was like a second Christmas! I was so excited. The first thing I wanted to explore was probably one of the most controversial features of ColdFusion 10 – Closures and Function Ex

(Scott) In this article we’ll look inside the messages exchanged in an HTTP transaction. We’ll learn about message types, HTTP headers, and status codes. Understanding what is inside an HTTP message is vitally important for developers who work on the web. Not only will you build better applications

(John Papa) Data binding is one of the best features of XAML, so it’s no surprise that this functionality has become more popular in HTML5. Several great JavaScript libraries help bring common and often-used patterns to HTML5/JavaScript development.