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Why should I use List<T> over IEnumerable<T>?
In my ASP.net MVC4 web application I use IEnumerables, trying to follow the mantra to program to the interface, not the implementation.
Return IEnumerable(Of Student)
vs
Return New List(Of ...
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Streamlining ASP.Net MVC deployment?
I own a VPS with Windows Server 2012 on it. I can install whatever I want on it.
In the past when deploying an ASP.Net MVC project, I would right click the project in the solution and Publish it.
I ...
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Why does the .Net world seem to embrace magic strings instead of staticly typed alternatives?
So, I work in .Net. I make open source projects in .Net. One of my biggest problems with it isn't necessariyl with .Net, but with the community and frameworks around it. It seems everywhere that ...
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Is it better to define all routes in the Global.asax than to define separately in the areas?
I am working on a MVC 4 project that will serve as an API layer of a larger application.
The developers that came before me set up separate Areas to separate different API requests (i.e Search, ...
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What is dependency of ASP.NET MVC on .NET Framework and how to use it with .NET 2.0?
When you download and install asp.net MVC, does it just add code to the .net framework class library? Or does it also modify the installed Visual Studio editions?
Another question: If it is just ...
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1answer
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Caching Business Objects in MVC application
I figured this was more of an architectural question, so I chose to post it here rather than Stack Overflow.
So I'm building an MVC web application and have just finished writing the code that wraps ...
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2answers
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If ASP.NET MVC 4 supports RPC style communication what does that mean for WCF?
From http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28942
ASP.NET MVC 4 also includes ASP.NET Web API, a framework for building
and consuming HTTP services that can reach a broad range of ...
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3answers
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Is it beneficial to have a long-term experience in a specific technology rather than short-term multiple ones?
I am currently working in asp.net and having almost 1 year of experience. Now my company wants to change my technology and wants to put me in mobile development (might be other than .net mobile ...
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4answers
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Learning PHP for an ASP.NET Developer [closed]
I am mostly developing on ASP.NET MVC and sometimes on ASP.NET WebForms. But when I hit a PHP web site, I always think that;
Should I learn PHP?
Assuming answer here is yes, where would be the ...
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3answers
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Question on design of current pagination implementations
I have checked pagination implementations on asp.net mvc specifically and i really feel that there is something less efficient in implementations.
First of all all implementations use pagination ...
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What would your DB Schema look like if you are building a Reddit/Digg-like site?
Just found out something rather interesting about Reddit's database schema:
The way we’ve changed is we use an
“open schema”. Sometimes it’s called
“entity attribute value”. It’s
basically ...
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How far to go with unit tests
A question asked many times before but with a specific slant twds mvc development.
I've been a very good boy and have been coding all my controller actions with corresponding unit tests which has ...
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3answers
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What's missing in ASP.NET MVC?
I think that most people would agree that ASP.NET MVC is one of the better technologies Microsoft has given us. It gives full control over the rendered HTML, provides separation of concerns and suites ...
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7answers
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What do you do when a client requires Rich Text Editing on their website?
As we all know by now, XSS attacks are dangerous and really easy to pull off. Various frameworks make it easy to encode HTML, like ASP.NET MVC does:
<%= Html.Encode("string"); %>
But what ...
