Dynamically Adding User and Web Controls
I often make use of user controls for my web applications. User controls are nice componentized chunks of HTML and .NET web controls combined and delivered as chunks of reusable code.
Information Overload
This is a subject that has been haunting me of late. I see so many new technologies that look interesting or may be needed in the future. Is this a struggle I have alone?
Microsoft Architecture Journal - Issue 5
The latest edition of the Microsoft Architecture Journal #5 is out now. This is one of the best sources of the current state of systems architecture around and the price is right.
Major Changes for Visual Web Developer 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 from Whidbey Beta 2 to RTM
In case you haven’t heard about the Major Changes for Visual Web Developer 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0 from Whidbey Beta 2 to RTM, this article is worth a look.
Visual Studio 2005 Web Projects
There has been much talk and complaining in the blogsphere about how Visual Studio 2005 Web Project now lack a project file like so many of us are familiar with in Visual Studio 2003.
Does Microsoft not believe in their own hype?
I was reading a post over on Joel On Software about using .NET being a viable development environment for downloadable software. I won’t repeat the thread here but the general idea is with the ability to link in the necessary parts of the .NET Runtime, the download is bloated and...
New ASP.NET 1.x to 2.0 Upgrade Center
Microsoft has just released a new section of the MSDN web site for those developers upgrading from ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0. Check it out.
Visual Studio .NET 2003 C# Compile Error CS0042
I am working on a VS.NET 2003 C# web project that contains multiple projects and on occasion I get an annoying fatal build error (CS0042):
Microsoft Longhorn RSS and Attention
Nick Bradbury at Bradsoft has a great post on his weblog regarding the Microsoft announcement that it is baking RSS support into Longhorn. If you don’t know how the announcement might effect you then Nick’s post is worth the read.
Microsoft announces Atlas Project
Microsoft announced today information about an initiative for supporting Asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX) in ASP.NET 2.0. AJAX is not a new technology but has been used recently by such companies as Google in Google Maps and GMail. AJAX allows client-side script to make calls to the web server without issuing a...