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Minifying HTML and JavaScript Using Microsoft Expression Web by Jason N. Gaylord

I don’t get an opportunity to use Microsoft Expression Web that often, but when I do, I always discover new features. I was looking for a way to compress HTML and JavaScript files that I was generating for one of our affiliations. In Expression Web, simply...

Getting Started with Web Slices for Internet Explorer 8 by Jason N. Gaylord

What is a Web Slice? One of the most interesting features in Internet Explorer 8 is the ability to subscribe to information you frequently check on a website. This is called a web slice ( ). I find myself frequently checking sports scores and news on...

Visual Studio 2008 Tips and Tricks by Jason N. Gaylord

Stephen Walther has posted a great list of Visual Studio 2008 Tips and Tricks . I found 3 or 4 that I didn’t realize when checking out his post. The two I’ll likely use the most are number 1 and 3. Great stuff Stephen!

MVC: From Start to Blog by Jason N. Gaylord

I gave a talk this past weekend at the Philly.NET Code Camp 2008.3 . I’ve uploaded my slide deck , project , and a few additional files (used in the demo) in case anyone would like to review again. I was also able to find another way to fake HttpContext...

My Syndication at FeedBurner – Using Your Domain by Jason N. Gaylord

Awhile back, one of my friends over at Telligent , Scott Watermasysk , posted a message regarding FeedBurner and hosting your own RSS feeds . FeedBurner is a web application owned by Google that hosts syndicated feeds and provides statistics based on...

Debugging ASP.NET MVC Routing by Jason N. Gaylord

One of the most critical pieces to MVC is routing users to the proper controller. During the development process, you must keep in mind that routes will take users to the first pattern that matches. It’s not that difficult to create patterns that are...

Web Site Performance by Jason N. Gaylord

I came across a post on StackOverflow.com regarding web site performance . Quite often you can take a look at your application and find 10 different ways to make it more efficient. Depending on your environment, you may have many different ways to increase...

Velocity Podcast by Jason N. Gaylord

Want to learn more about Microsoft Velocity and how this distributed caching system can improve your web applications? Then you'd better check out the new Velocity podcast at ASP.NET Podcast. You can download the MP3 at http://www.aspnetpodcast.com/PodcastFiles...

How to Override Cassini's Virtual Path in Visual Studio by Jason N. Gaylord

On one of the email lists that I'm on, someone had posted a question about running a website using the root path "/" or a different virtual path than the project name that is populated by default. James Crowley pointed out a blog entry from...

Tip: Set the SelectedValue on a DropDownList that is populated by a CascadingDropDown by Jason N. Gaylord

When using a DropDownList, you can set the selected item by using the SelectedIndex property. However, if your DropDownList is being populated by the CascadingDropDown control (from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit), that doesn't work. Instead, you must...
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