Nov 14 2007 - 04:47:51 AM
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- ASP.NET
This article shows you how to AJAX-enable an existing ASP.NET web page by using Microsoft’s ASP.NET AJAX Extensions. The UpdatePanel control provided by the framework makes it really easy to start with AJAX programming by defining the areas of the page you want to update independently without a full page reload.
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Oct 16 2007 - 08:13:53 PM
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- ASP.NET
As you advance in your usage of ASP.NET, you will likely get into building your own control libraries, helper classes or any other bit of "common" functionality that you have needed on multiple projects. A powerful feature of ASP.NET is the concept of a configuration file (the web.config) that lets you tailor custom classes for each project without changing any code. This article will show how to build your own custom class and custom configuration section in ASP.NET.
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Oct 09 2007 - 08:15:50 PM
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- LINQ
LINQ (Language INtegrated Query) is a powerful but misunderstood new language feature brought to us in the .NET framework version 3.5 (C# 3.0 and VB 9). Even though this is a new feature, it already has some huge misconceptions (such as thinking LINQ is a replacement to SQL). This article will teach you how to use LINQ (the language itself), where LINQ can save you a lot of time and will cover some basic concepts of Extension Methods and Lamda expressions.
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Sep 15 2007 - 08:09:29 AM
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- ASP.NET
On several occasions I have wanted to perform other client side tasks either before or after, sometimes before and after an asynchronous PostBack in ASP.NET AJAX. In this article I'll divulge my recent findings and how this can be achieved.
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Sep 08 2007 - 08:15:49 PM
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- ASP.NET
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is another huge improvement for web developers. The language enhancements, introduction of LINQ and new web controls all make it a long anticipated upgrade. But have you ever wondered how these new controls are made? Even if you've already read the articles, "The ListView Dominates The Repeater" and "Custom Controls And Control Builders", you'll learn even more about custom control development, and even how to make your own "ListView" control in ASP.NET 2.0.
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Aug 24 2007 - 10:43:25 PM
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- ASP.NET
ASP.NET has a strong set of web controls that provide common functionality for web developers. But there are times when you need to build something custom for your specific web project. Or you may want to author some controls that you think everyone can use. This article will show how to make your own custom controls and utilize control builders.
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Aug 07 2007 - 07:43:15 AM
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- ASP.NET
The Repeater control that was introduced with the dawn of ASP.NET encapsulated much needed functionality and has given web developers a customizable, object oriented way of repeating any kind of data (that doesn't belong in a table which is handled by the GridView control). But the new ListView control in ASP.NET 3.5 blows the Repeater control out of the water. This article will discuss the differences between the two controls showing all the powerful features of the ListView control.
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Aug 03 2007 - 08:18:15 PM
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- SQL
In the world of relational data, many-to-many relationships are one of the hardest concepts to understand and implement correctly. Quite likely the scenario will arise for a developer to decide whether to support a one-to-many or a many-to-many schema, and out of fear we crumble to an "easy" design. This article will use real world scenarios to show how and why to use a many-to-many relationship as well as how to achieve perfect performance.
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Jul 31 2007 - 07:50:04 PM
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- ASP.NET
- LINQ
While the title of this article may seem misleading, you actually can achieve incredible performance gains by updating your web application to use LINQ. This article will dispell some common myths about LINQ and demonstrate how LINQ can practically increase performance. The examples in this article will be using LINQ to SQL, but the principles apply to LINQ to Entities as well.
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Jul 26 2007 - 10:51:19 AM
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- ASP.NET
ASP.NET 2.0 was a major improvement upon web development everywhere. One very powerful aspect of ASP.NET 2.0 is the ability to make your web application personalizable using the Web Part framework. With the launch of MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) many companies and developers have rekindled focus on utilizing this amazing tool. This article will start with the basics of understanding web parts and personalization. Attached at the end of the article is a full source code solution.
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