ASP.NET MVC 2 RC 2 Released
UPDATE: This blog post is out-of date. We released the RTM of ASP.NET MVC 2 in March 2010. Read about it here.
Read MoreCan You Really Measure Customer Satisfaction?
One question that came up recently during my mid-year review is how am I measuring customer satisfaction with the products that I work on? For example, how can I measurably demonstrate that customers are happy with the work we are doing on ASP.NET MVC and that my team is responding to customer feedback?
Read MoreEditable Routes
UPDATE: 2011/02/13: This code is now included in the
RouteMagic
NuGet package! To use this code, simply run Install-Package RouteMagic
within the NuGet Package Manager Console.
Editable Routes Using App_Code
UPDATE: THIS POST IS DEPRECATED!!! I’ve updated the original post for editable routes to work in medium trust and not require a full app domain reload like this approach does. I think that approach may supersede this approach until I learn otherwise. :)
Read MoreIf You're Graduating Soon, Consider Working For The ASP.NET Team
This is the second job posting in two days for positions on the ASP.NET team, how exciting! This one is a developer position for upcoming graduates.
Read MoreJoin My Team And Help Us Produce Higher Quality Products
The ASP.NET Team is still looking for that QA person out there who shares our passion for technology and improving the means by which software is made.
Read MoreDo Not Adjust Your Browser
This blog is experiencing technical difficulties. Do not adjust your browser.
Read MoreAmbiguous Controller Names With Areas
Note: This describes the behavior of ASP.NET MVC 2 as of the release candidate. It’s possible things might change for the RTM.
Read MoreSpeaking at Mix 10
It’s that time of year again when a young man’s thoughts turn to Las Vegas! Yep, it’s another year and another Mix Conference (March 15-17, 2010), but this time they’ve changed locations to Mandalay Bay.
Read MoreDeath to confirmation dialogs with jquery.undoable
Confirmation dialogs were designed by masochists intent on making users of the web miserable. At least that’s how I feel when I run into too many of them. And yes, if you take a look at Subtext, you can see I’m a perpetrator.
Read MoreConverting an RGB Color To Hex With JavaScript
UPDATE: 12/30 I had transposed the rgb colors. I corrected the function.
Read MorejQuery Hide/Close Link
UPDATE (12/26): I updated this post to use the href
instead of the
rel
attribute
Merry Christmas
Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or a Happy whatever you are celebrating at this time of year. I hope you are spending it well with family and friends! :)
Read MoreASP.NET MVC 2 and Visual Studio 2010
When we released ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta back in November, I addressed the issue of support for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2.
Read MoreASP.NET MVC 2 RC Released
Paternity leave is not all fun and games. Mostly it’s soothing an irate
baby and toddler while dealing with explosive poo episodes. Believe me
when I say the term “blow out” is apt. That’s probably not the imagery
you were hoping for in a technical blog post, but I think you can handle
it.
;)
What!? It’s already time for an RC?! I think I need to be changed.
Live Preview jQuery Plugin
Many web applications (such as this blog) allow users to enter HTML as a comment. For security reasons, the set of allowed tags is tightly constrained by logic running on the server. Because of this, it’s helpful to provide a preview of what the comment will look like as the user is typing the comment.
Read MoreHow the IIS SEO Toolkit Saved My Butt
Ok, it wasn’t necessarily my ass that was saved, but it was years worth of images which were important to me!
Read MoreBack in Business
Yeah, the past few days have been a pretty low moment for me and this blog. Long story short, on December 11, a hard-drive failure took down the managed dedicated server which hosts my blog among other sites.
Read MoreLocalizing ASP.NET MVC Validation
This is the fourth post in my series on ASP.NET MVC 2 and its new features.
Read MoreT4CSS: A T4 Template for .Less CSS With Compression
Good news! I have contributed my T4 template to the .less project. You can access it from the big download button on their homepage.
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