Ever wondered what coding standards are used at Microsoft? Brad Abrams has posted Microsoft's own internal coding guidelines. The guide and the posted comments are an interesting read. [button link=”http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/articles/361363.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
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In this experiment I show how to take an URL of a regular image and then return a manipulated image with the looks of a Polaroid picture. In other words, it requires retrieving and loading the image provided in the text box into memory, convert the text provided in the text box into a graphic, load a background image into memory and then putting it all together. Finally, rotate the finished image in memory and return to the browser as a binary stream. All this on the fly… [button link=”http://old.miguelmoreno.net/sandbox/polaroid/default.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
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Not sure how I got to this page, but if you are stuck with ASP.NET or simply need to reference a particular topic, check out this large, large list of ASP.NET articles. There simply has GOT to be something to help you out. The ASP.NET website is a large community site where you can find tons of information on anything regarding this popular technology. There is also a page for quickstart tutorials that I keep bookmarked as well. [button link=”http://www.asp.net/Modules/MoreArticles.aspx?tabindex=0&mid=64″ color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
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Writing a Web application with ASP.NET is relatively easy. So easy, many developers don’t take the time to structure their applications for great performance. This article presents 10 tips for writing high-performance Web apps. It is not the definitive guide for performance tuning Web applications; an entire book could easily be devoted to that. Instead, think of this as a good place to start. [button link=”http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/01/ASPNETPerformance/default.aspx” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
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Excellent article on writing quality code. The author describes simple and straightforward rules to prove false the presumption that it takes teams to develop quality software. Read the article, follow the rules and you'll be inspired to write code that will earn you the full respect of your colleagues as a solid coder. [button link=”http://www.codeproject.com/gen/work/standaloneprogrammer3.asp” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
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The default DataGrid-WebControl shipping with the .NET-Framework already is a powerful control to display and edit data in table form. But when trying to implement the DataGrid in a fixed layout site the sizing behavior of the DataGrid becomes a problem: the number of rows and with it the height of the DataGrid may vary depending on the number of records to be displayed. Workaround in this good article by Alexander Zeitler. read more:...
Read MoreWhile 100 percent backward compatible with ASP.NET 1.1, ASP.NET 2.0 brings a number of internal changes to ASP.NET. These include changes to the code model, compilation, page lifecycle, and more. This article outlines those changes. (21 printed pages) Read article here:...
Read MoreI stumbled across this site and added it to my favorites. It has a nice collection of miscellaneous code snippets and other links too. Psacake Code library Psacake useful other...
Read MoreClean and clear code comparisons of all aspects of both languages. This site will get your attention if you know one of the two and thought different of the other one. Also excellent overview for AS programmers, since AS is very very similar to both these languages. Check it out:...
Read MoreThink it is not possible? Think again….this site shows how to make a box rotate smoothly with only HTML and CSS. Quite clever. It includes a page on how it was done. Check it out:...
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