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In order to start using NuGet we need to download the Visual Studio add-in from codeplex. NuGet packages are an excellent way of packaging libraries in a way that can be used and removed from a project very easy. In WebMatrix   Facebook helpers are...

In a previous post a mentioned a BBCode helper based on an existing library ( BBCode Parser ). In this post let’s se how can we create a package using NuGet in order to be used via the package manager inside Visual Studio! [ read more… ]

Recently I developed a website that was built with WebMatrix. The scenario required database interaction and I wanted to use SQL Compact in order to be more portable. But I didn’t want to use the classic way of accessing my data via SQL queries. So I...

First day of Teched 2010 has ended. Today was more about socializing and connecting with others rather than attending sessions. I did attend the keynote and from what I saw Microsoft is giving a LOT of attention to the cloud. The process of building your...

Starting my 2nd day at Teched the first session was “A lap around WebMatrix ”. WebMatrix is a simple to understand IDE but nevertheless fully featured when it comes to develop Websites[ read more… ]

This session was presented by Jonathan Carter (@ lostintanget ). What is OpenData ( OData )? [ read more… ]

In this session were presented some practices for TFS that are intended to make your life easier while working with it.[ read more… ]

Next sessions in the 2nd day where an Entity Framework (level 400, which is like really advanced) related interactive session and a session about Live@edu . [ read more… ]

This session was all about VS and how can we be more productive using it. A interesting fact is that VS is currently the 2nd largest product by Microsoft after Windows! [ read more… ]

In many conversations between ASP.NET developers, the most common question this time of the year is what technology should someone use in order to develop a web application. Both MVC and Webforms have … [more]

If you are using Url rewriting in your app then I strongly suggest to take a look at Url Routing which is available for ASP.NET MVC as well as ASP.NET Webforms (.NET 3.5 SP1).[ more… ]

WebMatrix (and Visual Studio) have a publish method called WebDeploy. Using WebDeploy you can upload all for files along with your database. Either it’s MySQL or SQL Server. So if your hosting provider supports WebDeploy I strongly suggest to use it!...

Although using Facebook connect is really easy via Facebook Helper inside WebMatrix I thought why not making it even simpler by providing a ready to run sample! [ read more… ]

Design patterns are a chapter that I believe every developer should be familiar with. Design patterns are not to be used in every line of code but you should know as many as you can in order to know when to use them – when they will simplify your code...

Today at work a colleague came up with a really interesting question. Let’s consider this [ read more… ]

Javascript is weeeell a script-based language. But over the years it has evolved a lot! So can we develop in an Object Oriented Way using javascript? [ read more… ]

Visual Studio has a build in Replace function that uses Regular Expressions. Let’s consider the following scenario: Although it’s not “good” code many times a developer has to write the following code [ read more… ]

The easiest way to submit a form is to use the input tag with the submit type [ read more… ]

Many times a Web Developer faces the question “This won’t work if JavaScript is disabled. Should I change it?” If it’s something simple like a read more…

I uploaded a package in Nuget Gallery that simplifies the interaction with linked-in. Uses a modified version of Hammock read more…

HDD (and it don’t mean Hard Disk Drive ☺) is intuitively a bad approach on Software Development. If someone tells you that many times is doing Hope Driven Development, only by name you might say “Oh that’s [ read more …]

Firebug is an essential tool for every web developer. It allows to do many things such as script debugging, DOM manipulation etc. What happens though when it get’s to the hand of an experienced attacker? Then it could [ read more …]

ASP.NET MVC3 doesn’t have a built-in RadioButtonList helper and there are times that I want to display an Enum property. I can always do that using a [ read more …]

A flag Enum is an Enumeration that can hold multiple values per instance An example of such Enum is: [ read more …]

Below are a few lines of code written in C#. Is the code bug-free? What will this print in the console? Can you do it without VS? [ read more... ]