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ASP.NET Session Expiration Redirect by schnieds

Unfortunately ASP.NET doesn't provide a nice out of the box solution for handling the session timeout gracefully. Everything expires behind the scenes and your user is left unaware of what has happened. Additional problems can arise if the user abandoned...
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C# Competency Test by schnieds

One of the companies I used to work for has a huge problem in keeping competent developers on board. They basically have a revolving door for anyone that is a decent software engineer and most of the employees that stay there long term can't go anywhere...
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How To Register An ASP.NET Custom Control by schnieds

Here is a quick post on how to register a custom ASP.NET control at the Page level or the Web.Config level. This works for standard sites as well as pre-compiled sites. http://www.schnieds.com/2009/04/how-to-register-aspnet-custom-control.html -Aaron...
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LINQ vs FOREACH vs FOR Loop Performance by schnieds

I made a blatantly stupid logic mistake the other day in a business logic layer method that I was writing and got the following exception: “ Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute. ” The problem what I was trying to remove an object...
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Creating a SQL Exclusion Table Using LEFT JOIN by schnieds

For a current project I needed to create a table that contained a list of exclusions that should be filtered out from another table when a specific set of criteria were met. This is a pretty common scenario where you have a large table of data and you...
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The Keys To Successfully Delivering Software by schnieds

I have been developing and delivering software for over 10 years now and I have learned a few things along the way. I am not the smartest developer, the most elegant engineer or a hardcore software design geek. I have however had a good deal of success...
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How Has The Recession Effected You As A Developer? by schnieds

With all of the recession talk in the news, the daily massive layoffs that are taking place and the general doom & gloom feeling in the air I am very curious about how the recession has specifically effected developer's jobs. I have read many articles...
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Team Foundation Server (TFS) Installation Errors & Fixes by schnieds

I have had the unfortunate pleasure of conducting three different Team Foundation Server - TFS - installations in the last couple of years. Each installation has been difficult to say the least and each installation has presented me with new & challenging...
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WCF BasicHttpBinding with Windows Authentication & a 2.0 Client by schnieds

Windows Authentication is a great way to provide authentication security in your WCF services. With the WSHttpEndpoing and a .NET 3.0+ client Windows Authentication works right out of the box with WCF, everything is just peachy. However, if you want to...
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Setting Up IIS7 In Vista For ASP.NET / WCF Development Purposes by schnieds

I recently needed to setup IIS in Vista (again) to support my ASP.NET & WCF development purposes. Since there are a few different things to remember when setting up IIS in Vista to support development purposes (ASP.NET, WCF, Windows Authentication...
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