ASP.NET Resources

November 2004

View State Slaughter

Killing view state is one of my favorite subjects to talk about. It is so because view state can either make you, or break you. Well, not you. Your application, that is. It's so easy to abuse it and overlook consequences—it's not even funny.

11/28/2004 |

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Weather Control ver 1.7

I have updated the Weather control to ver 1.7. If you've been using it, please pull down the latest code.

11/28/2004 |

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I Love Holidays!

Some four centuries ago a group of people sailed from Plymouth, England, to the New World. The first winter nearly half of the 102 settlers died from cold and hunger. Local Indians taught them how to cultivate corns and grow native vegetables so they could survive from that point on. To remember their tribulations we hold Thanksgiving holidays each and every year.

11/27/2004 |

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Announcing Markdown.NET

I've been debating this in my mind for a while now: How do I allow my readers to submit comments that contain HTML and yet maintain control over the markup? It's easy enough to miss a closing tag and skew the entire page. If you read comments below an older post, A CMS Plugin Wanted, you'll see that this is a pretty complicated issue which has no cut-and-dry answer.

11/22/2004 |

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The Worst Book on .NET Patterns

This week I finished reading .NET Patterns: Architecture, Design, and Process by Christian Thilmany. To be more precise, I didn't finish it. I couldn't. I was compelled to throw it away. It's that bad.

11/18/2004 |

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Architectural Rebuttal

A while ago folks at Vertigo Software took the original Java Pet Store and ported it to .NET. The whole purpose of this exercise was to show how much leaner and meaner .NET code was compared to Java. The redesign was followed by a series of articles on MSDN and ".NET vs. J2EE" seminars in major cities. I remember attending one of those in Atlanta.

11/18/2004 |

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New Look of MSN Search

It's difficult to miss announcements about Microsoft's beta launch of their own search engine. The latest update looks better than its technology preview counterpart. I'm very intrigued by the MSN Search beta and its bells and whistles.

11/12/2004 |

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Lightweight Database Cache Dependencies: Part II

In the previous installment of this discussion of database cache dependencies a-la ASP.NET 2.0, I alluded to some of the problems current implementations have, including the one in ASP.NET 2.0. Since the previous post my idea and its implementation got traction with patent lawyers, so I'm going to have to wait and see how it pans out with them and whether I may share any code (I also get to be the product architect at my company, so my hands are tied). At least, I can share my idea, and y'all can take it from there.

11/8/2004 |

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Windows IT Pro Hax0red!

I think special ops from the Black-And-Yellow Penguin squad infiltrated Windows IT Pro and sabotaged its production. Or... someone sent the wrong cover to print.

11/8/2004 |

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Link Exchange and Product Endorsement

I’ve been receiving more and more requests for link exchange. I wanted to take a minute to say where I stand on this. Guys, I simply don’t run a link directory and don’t intend to add a link "silo" ever. I’m trying to keep this site focused on ASP.NET and web standards. I don’t want it to look like yet another link repository. I’m even thinking about completely redoing my Resources page (suggestions?) because it looks like a link dump at this point. Not good.

11/4/2004 |

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Book Review: Design Patterns in C#

I've always wanted to find a reference of all classic design patterns, crafted by the "Gang of Four", and see their implementation in C#. Knowing patterns in theory looks nice on your resume, but being able to apply them in work is even more valuable. With this goal in mind I picked up a copy of Design Patterns in C# by Steven John Metsker.

11/4/2004 |

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"Halliburton Candidate" Coming To a Country Near You

I wanted to congratulate all of us on the culmination of 2004 US presidential elections. I hope life will get back to normal and we won't have to take any more stories of Swiftboat Veterans vs. Star Wars Veterans For Kerry. There's a lot of uncertainty in the air, but one thing is certain...

11/3/2004 |

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November 2004