In designing .NETOOP we have this issue: Since .NETOOP will be an adaptable application designed to meet the needs of many users, some of the things that one might hard code in an application like “Web Site Name” will need to be set at installation time. For “system”  configuration settings we have...

So there is this guy in the ASP.NET Community named Peter Blum who writes great ASP.NET Controls. One of the control sets he offers is a Data Entry Suite with ASP.NET Dynamic Data support. I want to share the link because, apart from the controls being great, there is also useful info on Dynamic Data...

While getting started on . NETOOP , one of the first issues to address is that of “Global” settings. When you build a web application for a single purpose, you can hard-code things without much concern. Microsoft.com is probably always going to have the same name, but .NETOOP is going to be a portal...

Here is a sample ASP.NET MVC application to show how to create URL shrink/snippet/etc and handling of shorten URLs. The purpose of this sample project is to show developers how simple it is to create a simple URL redirection service like tinyurl , is.gd or snurl . To get a full listing of all available...

Here is a sample ASP.NET MVC application to show how to create URL shrink/snippet/etc and handling of shorten URLs. The purpose of this sample project is to show developers how simple it is to create a simple URL redirection service like tinyurl , is.gd or snurl . To get a full listing of all available...

With lots of great feedback I’ve modified the “SiteGlobalSettings” class I wrote about earlier. Though it still uses global static but the values are stored in a Global Resource File. This affords us the superior performance of the mechanism, keeps the “editable” nature of the data, and keeps the simple...

NOTE: This is “Misfit Data” - While I do work for Microsoft, this data is NOT “official Microsoft” data and is not endorsed or ratified by Microsoft in any way. I built and ran these tests because I was personally curious about comparative performance. If these test results cause you dizziness, vomiting...