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December 2005 - Posts

24 Gifts for Christmas

Posted Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:06 AM by whodurun4
Drew McLellan has given us all a great gift this year. His compilation of articles, 24 Ways has an web development article for each day in December leading up to Christmas. Each one looks good and had I found them sooner, I would have read them all. Here Read More...
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ASP.NET 2.0 Profiles

Posted Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:43 AM by whodurun4
K. Scott Allen wrote a nice overview of Profiles in ASP.NET 2.0 and added some comments about using a base profile class in his blogl Read More...
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Web Forms Usability

Posted Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:10 AM by whodurun4
Brian Crescimanno's Sensible Forms: A Form Usability Checklist presents a logical and thoughtful list of considerations for web form useability. His best idea may be using CSS to hide fields that have been filled in correctly to allow users to more easily Read More...
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.NET 2.0 Links and Resources

Posted Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:03 PM by whodurun4
Here are some links to various .NET 2.0 resources: Codebehind and Compilation in ASP.NET 2.0 by Fritz Onion Query Notifications in ADO.NET 2.0 by Bob Beauchemin Changes to Validation Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 by Scott Mitchell Custom Data Control Fields Read More...
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RSS Resources

Posted Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:46 AM by whodurun4
Continuing the catch-up theme of the week, here are links to RSS-related resources. allowing readers to take action immediately by Mark Woodman Syndication's Next Wave - presentation notes from Scott Gatz another approach towards linking to feeds by Jeffrey Read More...
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Cookieless ASP.NET Sessions

Posted Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:30 PM by whodurun4
Dino Esposito has a whitepaper on the risks and benefits of cookieless ASP.NET sessions . Read More...
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Unit Testing Maintenance

Posted Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:22 PM by whodurun4
Roy Osherove has an article on writing maintainable unit tests that helped me get to a place where I can use them practically. Read More...
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ASP.NET Links, Resources and How Tos via Scott Guthrie

Posted Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:32 AM by whodurun4
For those looking to stay abreast of ASP.NET development, I highly recommend following Scott Guthrie's blog . He covers all sizes of topics and links to insightful articles. This past month he’s been so prolific I've been unable to keep up Here’s a quick Read More...
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Pure CSS Image Switcher

Posted Tuesday, December 27, 2005 8:04 AM by whodurun4
Here's a nice looking method to display different images when links are hovered by Ray Williams. It doesn't look overly complicated, but should be easily altered and extended, even by someone new to CSS such as myself. Read More...
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Javascript Resources

Posted Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:19 AM by whodurun4
Aaron Gustafson created a javascript tracing routine called jsTrace . This is a new debugging technique I'll have to try. Dean Edwards suggests an optimized method of object detection in javascript . Read More...
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Avoiding Tables for Layout

Posted Friday, December 16, 2005 1:04 PM by whodurun4
Bill Merikallio and Adam Pratt offer an educational and entertaining exortation on why to not use tables for layout on the web . Read More...
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Non-Intrusive Javascript and Semantic XHTML

Posted Friday, December 16, 2005 12:11 PM by whodurun4
Jeremy Keith gives a clear and excellent overview of using javascript and DHTML without cluttering your markup and a though-provoking piece about meaningful XHTML . Read More...
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Embedding SQL Server Express in Applications

Posted Friday, December 16, 2005 8:58 AM by whodurun4
Here's a whitepaper by MSDN on Embedding SQL Server Express in Applications . Read More...
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Web 2.0 sites

Posted Friday, December 16, 2005 8:16 AM by whodurun4
Here are some Web 2.0 sites I need to look at when I have more time. Techcrunch ProgrammableWeb.com You're It Read More...
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Some Suggestions for Forms

Posted Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:18 AM by whodurun4
Here are some thoughts on improving forms by the guys at ParticleTree . They also have an interesting suggestion on how to create a combobox for the web . I took a slightly different approach at work before coming across their suggestion, but it's definately Read More...
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Unit Testing for XHTML Compliance with NUnit

Posted Monday, December 12, 2005 11:54 AM by whodurun4
Steven Smith shows how to do unit testing for XHTML Compliance with NUnit and ASP.NET . Since this isn't integrated into Visual Web Developer, I need to hold on to the link. It's dissapointing Microsoft doesn't encourage everyone to use standards by keeping Read More...
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Custom Data Source Controls and Google Sitemap Integration with ASP.Net 2.0

Posted Monday, December 12, 2005 11:39 AM by whodurun4
Scott Guthrie has a couple great posts that pull together some excellent resources. He passes on links to a 5-part series on custom data source controls in ASP.NET 2.0 from MSDN. There's also a post with a more diverse set of links on how to integrate Read More...
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Prototype javascript library

Posted Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:56 AM by whodurun4
Here's a concise overview of Prototype by the guys at ParticleTree. Read More...
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Google Suggest

Posted Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:52 PM by whodurun4
Here's an example of how to implement functionality similar to Google Suggest . Read More...
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Free SQL Server 2005 Training

Posted Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:33 PM by whodurun4
Microsoft is offering free SQL Server 2005 online training for a while. Read More...
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Form Field Focus Script

Posted Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:58 AM by whodurun4
The Man in Blue suggests a more advanced approach to setting focus on a form field than most use. It may be a little overboard, but his rant does have a point. Read More...
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Debug and Release Builds in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:44 PM by whodurun4
Here's a substantial article on building ASP.NET 2.0 websites with standards . Read More...
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New ASP.NET 2.0 Controls and Streaming Media

Posted Monday, December 05, 2005 1:19 PM by whodurun4
Steve Orr has a great overview of the new ASP.NET 2.0 controls that is both concise and thorough. He also has an article on streaming media with ASP.NET . Read More...
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Building for Debug and Release in ASP.NET 2.0

Posted Monday, December 05, 2005 7:45 AM by whodurun4
K. Scott Allen provides a solid overview of the differences between how builds are done in ASP.NET 2.0 as opposed to 1.1 . Read More...
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Conditional Shortcuts at Installation for a .NET Application

Posted Monday, December 05, 2005 7:37 AM by whodurun4
Mukund Pujari suggests a method for adding shortcuts conditionally during the installation of a .NET Application . His simple method uses a custom action and a form to allow the end user to select the shortcuts he or she wants to install. Read More...
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