Blogs|Nov 12, 2009

ASP.Net Dynamic Data (LINQ) Tips and Tricks

Dynamic data is a technology that enables RAD (rapid application development) for data-driven applications. What is a data-driven application, or rather, when does it make sense to use ASP.NET Dynamic Data? Any type of CRUD (create/read/update/delete) application is a prime candidate for dynamic-driven applications. In fact, if you are building an internal site simply to…
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wintellect-blogs|Feb 6, 2008

Thoughts on ASP.NET’s New MVC Framework

I took a break from Silverlight to spend some time with Microsoft’s new ASP.NET MVC framework. It’s one of the features of the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview, and as such, it offers a tantalizing glimpse at what the ASP.NET of the future might look like. I felt compelled to write down some thoughts after I got…
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Blogs|Mar 15, 2007

Implementing Drag-Drop in ASP.NET AJAX

Several folks requested the source code for the ASP.NET AJAX drag-drop example I alluded to in an earlier blog post. Here are the key parts of it (along with some explanations of how it works) that you can borrow using editor inheritance–I mean, cut-and-paste. The first thing you must do to implement rich drag-drop scenarios in ASP.NET…
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wintellect-blogs|Feb 20, 2007

Asynchronous ASP.NET Programming

In recent months, I’ve taught a number of classes and conference sessions on what I consider to be one of the most important–and under-documented–topics in ASP.NET: asynchronous programming. It is THE secret to building highly scalable ASP.NET Web sites, and yet I rarely encounter developers who are knowledgeable about ASP.NET’s asynchronous programming models. If you have no…
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Blogs|Feb 20, 2007

Drag-Drop in ASP.NET AJAX

One of the most interesting characteristics of ASP.NET AJAX is that the client half (the Microsoft AJAX Library) is full of features not exposed by the server half (the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions). A case in point is drag-drop. The DragOverlayExtender control in the ASP.NET AJAX Futures CTP makes it extremely easy to convert static HTML…
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wintellect-blogs|Feb 1, 2007

Microsoft Publishes Source Code for ASP.NET AJAX

Yep, it’s true. Have you ever wondered how UpdatePanel works its magic? Find out from the source code. You can download an MSI containing the source code here. It even comes with debugging symbols in case you want to step from your own code into ASP.NET AJAX. How cool is that?    
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web-development|Jan 26, 2007

Changes in ASP.NET AJAX RTM Release

I’ve spent a lot of time this week updating ASP.NET AJAX code samples from RC to RTM. I discovered some changes that aren’t documented in the migration guide. One of them in particular cost me several hours of work. First, as the migration guide notes, the AutoCompleteExtender control was moved from the CTP (preview) bits…
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wintellect-blogs|Jan 23, 2007

ASP.NET AJAX is Here!

In case you didn’t know, ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 just went live on the ASP.NET AJAX Web site. It has finally RTMed!
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wintellect-blogs|Nov 13, 2006

ASP.NET AJAX Beta 2 Gotcha

I was porting samples from ASP.NET AJAX Beta 1 to Beta 2 today and ran into a problem that I suspect others will run into, too. A custom script file that loaded fine in Beta 1 wouldn’t load in Beta 2. Turns out that Beta 2 adds a new requirement to custom script files for…
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wintellect-blogs|Sep 20, 2006

ASP.NET Talent Needed

We are busting at the seams with work and working crazy hours trying to meet demand. I’m looking for an ASP.NET person to hire on full-time at Wintellect and help me deal with all the training and consulting requests that are pouring in. Job duties would include, in the following order: 1) Delivering 3- and…
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