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Threading is easy (Simple Thread, Thread Pool, Object Pool and more)  [click for more...]
This simple library provides implementation of almost all aspects of multithreaded programming
10/10/2007   [Link] soptest
New Videos on CSS Design, and Custom Membership and Profile Providers  [click for more...]
If you are still using HTML <table> elements to create page layouts, Chris Pels shows you why you should start using Cascading Style Sheets and <div> elements. We then learn how to create a custom membership provider and a custom profile provider for your ASP.NET application.
10/10/2007   [Link]
Join us at ASP.NET Connections in Las Vegas  [click for more...]
Register now for ASP.NET Connections and Visual Studio & .NET Connections on November 5 - 8 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Learn all about the new features in Visual Studio 2008 from Microsoft and industry experts.
10/10/2007   [Link]
NumericTextBox for ASP.NET  [click for more...]
An ASP.NET control that allows users to enter only numbers
10/10/2007   [Link] Lukas Holota
Writing programming books  [click for more...]

 Petzold writes an interesting blog on authoring programming books. 

I agree 100% with him, you do not do it for the money. I co-authored a book once and did not receive a dime, not one dime, for my efforts.  In fact, I get paid more to do a technical book reviews for Addison Wesley then I did to author this one.  Oh well. I am not complaining as I enjoyed the experience.

 

 

10/10/2007   [Link]
Using Fiddler with ASP.NET's default local server  [click for more...]

If you've ever done any kind of AJAX debugging, you may have used Fiddler to figure out exactly what is going over the wire.  Fiddler is a neat little tool that let's you analyze the traffic between the browser and the application.  It shows session information, cookies, and a lot more.  One thing that's not clear right away is how to use it with the ASP.NET local server. 

If you run your typical ASP.NET application with the default server, you'll notice that Fiddler is not capturing any traffic.  To remedy this situation, you can simply add a period ('.') to the end of "localhost" in the address bar (http://localhost.:8181/mywebapp).  This will allow you to view your application’s traffic data with Fiddler.

10/10/2007   [Link]
Microsoft now in the OpenAjax steering comittee  [click for more...]

Thanks to all members who voted. I'm looking forward to working with the other members.

http://www.openajax.org/blogs/?p=41

10/10/2007   [Link]
IIS FastCGI and PHP: What you absolutely need to know to host PHP applications on IIS 6 and IIS 7  [click for more...]
Everybody knows that IIS FastCGI is a great way to run PHP applications on IIS. We've been making great strides at delivering a solid production experience for hosting PHP on IIS, for both IIS7 on Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 and IIS6 / IIS5.1 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. So, if you are looking to give FastCGI a try, where should you start? With all the coverage this work has been receiving, its starting to get out of hand. Get all the information you absolutely need to know to get...(read more)
10/10/2007   [Link]
Steve Smith in PHX for our User Group Oct 9th, 2007 6-9pm  [click for more...]

Mr. Steve Smith of http://ASPAlliance.com fame is in PHX (thanks to INETA.org) talking to our asp.net user group ( AZGroups.com ). His subject is asp.net caching. If you're in the area, it would be great to have you out to the meeting.

In addition to INETA sponsorship for Steve Smith as an INETA speaker, the meeting is being sponsored by Robert Haft Technology, who will be supplying our pizza for the break.

10/10/2007   [Link]
Database Drivers not provided by Microsoft  [click for more...]

I wanted save some people some time looking for providers for their non-Microsoft databases to use with .NET.  Please keep in mine I have not tried or used all of these providers / tools but have found them from searching and asking around.

Oracle

Oracle's .NET center can be found here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/dotnet/index.html

Oracle 64bit ODAC drivers can be found here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/windows/odpnet/64-bit/index.html

Very helpful for Oracle development and integrates directing into Visual Studio. Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio .NET: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/dotnet/tools/index.html

Oracle ASP.NET Data Providers: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/dotnet/aspnet/

MySQL

MySQL ADO.NET Driver (Connector/NET): http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/

Step by Step Guide for using MySQL with ASP.NET: http://www.15seconds.com/issue/050407.htm

MySQLRoleProvider: http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/MySQLsuite.asp

SQLite 3

SQlite3 .NET Provider: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlite-dotnet2

SQLite ASP.NET Membership Provider: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/SQLiteProviders.asp

SQLite 2007 Pro Enterprise Manager is a free GUI (Graphical User Interface) for working with SQLite database. I have used it's predecessor and found it quite helpful. http://www.osenxpsuite.net/?xp=3

NHibernate

Sort of a repost but I wanted to group them together

NHibernate Data Layer Generation :http://sourceforge.net/projects/nhib-gen/

This project is hosted on SourceForge.  This project requires CodeSmith to generate the code.  The project generates, C# classes for business layer, data layer, and DataSources.  In addition, these templates will generate some based Insert, Update, Delete ASP.NET pages.

NHibernateDataSource: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/NHibernateDataSource.asp

10/10/2007   [Link]
Microsoft is evil, aka Proud to be a Vista anti-hero, aka I'm bad to the [CJK RADICAL ]BONE  [click for more...]

Everyone is always saying Microsoft is evil, right?

I think I can prove that they are conclusively, depending on your political opinions.

To start, remember how I pointed out that Even every version of XP Home is fully internationalized....?

Well, to that bit of knowledge add the [reported in Language Log] issue that multilingualism is evil (according to some).

Thus as Microsoft strives with each version to be more fully supportive of all languages, it becomes more and more evil.

In fact, in my position as the software developer who made the initial checkin of the new setup manifests that install all language support by default in Vista, one might even call me as sort of בעל זבוב (Beelzebub) of this enduring campaign of evil.

I wonder if I can trade in the blue T-shirt with bull's horns they gave me for doing all setup those manifests in Longhorn M6 for one that says "I helped ensure Microsoft would be considered enduringly evil, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt!"

Though I would settle for a "Bad to the ⻣" T-shirt. Or at least recognition of being a Vista anti-hero? :-)

 

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10/10/2007   [Link]
10 SEO tips for your ASP.NET website  [click for more...]
10 tips for search engine optimization (seo) for your ASP.NET website
10/10/2007   [Link] hartertobak
Is Java the platform Ajax is most used with?  [click for more...]

This week's SD Times has an article AJAX-Based Web 2.0 Ready for Takeoff. Included within the article is a chart which shows a breakdown of "...what application runtime platform(s) would you be using AJAX with?".

  • 55.7% said Java / Java EE
  • 44.7% said Microsoft ASP.NET / Atlas
  • 25.9% said PHP
  • 21.8% said Adobe/Flash
  • 12.1% said Ruby on Rails
  • The rest were a mix of Perl, ColdFusion, etc.
These numbers really surprised me. I would have expected to see much higher numbers for PHP and much lower numbers for Java. We work with a lot of enterprise customers and most are using either Microsoft solutions or the LAMP stack. It is actually not that common that we see Java used (and even less common to see Ruby on Rails).

I'm by no means claiming that I expected to see Microsoft running away with it, although the Microsoft numbers do seem to reflect what we see within customers, but the Java and PHP numbers just don't add up in my opinion.
10/10/2007   [Link]
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