March 2008 - Posts

31 March 2008
Making the UpdatePanel accessible
Bertrand has written a great article for the dotnetslackers web site on how to make the UpdatePanel acessible. Great read, don't miss it! Read More...
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26 March 2008
WCF again: the slow problem attacks again
On a different set of machines...I'm stumped. I mean, I though I'd nailed it with the proxy problem , but unfortunately there are still some machines where the 1st call is really really slow and removing the proxy isn't helping. I've even profiled the code but I still can't see where... Read More...
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24 March 2008
The dataItems dictionary
Today I noticed that there are still many guys that don't know about the dataItems property which is exposed by the Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager. So, I decided to write a small sample that will show you how to use it when you're using partial updates and need to send some info back to the... Read More...
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21 March 2008
ASP.NET MVC source code available on codeplex
I've just read about it on ScottGu's blog . It seems like the MVC code is live on the codeplex site . Read More...
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20 March 2008
xUnit.NET RC2 released
I've just noticed that xUnit.NET RC2 was released a few days ago. It seems like it has several cool things, though there still isn't a runner for R# 4.0 . Read More...
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14 March 2008
WCF client calls slow
Today I was able to get back to my previous WCF client problem that I had described here . After looking at the old logs again, it was clear that the delay was on the server discoverability. The problem was that pinging was really fast, so it seemed like there was no client/server communication problem... Read More...
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13 March 2008
It's official: the latest version of my ASP.NET PT book is out
The most interesting thing about the release (besides the new chapter and updates I've made to the content) is that my friends Paulo and Israel managed to blog about it before me :) Read More...
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13 March 2008
More on the MVC approach
It seems like I wasn't the only one trying to reuse the MVC routing engine with ASP.NET: check the Chris' post and Haack's reply . Haack's code is really cool and shows an even easier way to pass data to the page... Read More...
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12 March 2008
Using the routing MVC API with classic ASP.NET
I admit it: I'm getting rusty on web development! In these last months I've been building Windows Forms apps with C#. So, I still didn't had the time to look at the ASP.NET MVC platform or the new Silverlight release. Anyway, I'm hoping that this will change in a near future (which can... Read More...
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11 March 2008
WCF+Windows Forms = lots of problems with some services
In these last days I've been really busy finishing an application which consists of a Windows Forms app that gets its data from serveral WCF services (which, btw, use basic HTTP binding + SSL). Now, most of the services work really smoothly, but...there are 2 which are really making me go crazy:... Read More...
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05 March 2008
Silverlight 2.0 beta 1 is out
So, while I was busy playing with my new HTC Touch , it seems like MS has presented Silverlight 2.0 beta 1 . Now, this is really a tough choice... Read More...
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