ASP.NET is a web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic web sites and web applications. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the .NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology. ...
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Object Initializer in C# problem with readability
I wonder if object initializing have some performance gain in ASP.NET website. I have an office mate that told me that object initialization is much readable and faster than constructor. But one of my ...
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Multiple visual studio projects/solutions on the go
I am working on a large asp.net app as a single developer. I will often work on a number of change requests concurrently. For example, a change required to the Finance component and a change ...
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Best practices for hiding/showing of controls when dropDrownList changes in ASP.NET [migrated]
So far I am hiding/showing controls after dropDownList changes index using 'DropDownList_OnSelectedIndexChanged'. And as far as I know this hiding/showing will always trip to server and I read on ...
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Using mod_rewrite for a Virtual Filesystem vs. Real Filesystem
I started working in a department that uses a CMS in which the entire "filesystem" is like this:
create a named file or folder - this file is given a unique node (ex. 2345) as well as a default ...
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Using a standard localised data cryptography pattern with an ASP.NET MVC3 application
I have been given the task to rejuvenate an existing Human Resources application from Access into ASP.NET. This is a strictly internal application, and I have no problems developing it within our ...
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Integrating legacy Ruby on Rails system with new ASP.NET system [closed]
My client has an existing web application (System A) which was built with RoR/PostgreSQL (hosted on linux), and now wants to have a new ASP.NET application (System B) that will integrate with it.
The ...
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How do I (php developer) work with an asp.net developer? [closed]
I'm a php developer working on a startup, and my friend,
my partner(a developer also), who is building the startup with me,
is an asp.net/C# developer.
How do we work together collaboratively, as we ...
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Unobtrusive JavaScript (regarding asp.net mvc3) not clear
Unobtrusive JavaScript avoids injecting inline JavaScript into HTML. This makes your HTML smaller and less cluttered, and makes it easier to swap out or customize JavaScript libraries
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Unit Test OR Console Application [closed]
I am to write some one-off code in c#.net that will do some db manipulation of existing records and call a third party REST Api to update those records.
I proposed writing a unit test that does it. ...
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What are the definitive guidelines for custom Error Handling in ASP.NET MVC 3?
The process of doing custom error handling in ASP.NET MVC (3 in this case) seems to be incredibly neglected. I've read through the various questions and answers here, on the web, help pages for ...
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Are ASP.NET Page Methods considered obsolete? [closed]
I've been looking into ASP.NET Page Methods and I noticed that many of the tutorials go way back to 2007-ish dates.
My question is simple: are Page Methods still heavily used today or has the focus ...
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A design pattern for data binding an object (with subclasses) to asp.net user control
I have an abstract class called Address and I am deriving three classes ; HomeAddress, Work Address, NextOfKin address.
My idea is to bind this to a usercontrol and based on the type of Address it ...
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What is the difference between the Controller in MVC and ViewModel in MVVM?
I can't see the difference between MVC and MVVM clearly. I feel the Command in a ViewModel is just like the Action method in a Controller. And both the Controller and ViewModel will notify the View to ...
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Data transfer between“main” site and secured virtual subsite
I am currently working on a C# ASP.Net 3.5 website I wrote some years ago which consists of a "main" public site, and a sub-site which is our customer management application, using forms-based ...
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Removing a 'New Line' in ASP [migrated]
How do I remove a new line from the start of a string?
What's happening is that I've been controlling and debugging someone else's php code, and converting it into asp. What he did was put html tags ...
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Looking for input on a daily scheduler app UI and implementation
I'm currently evaluating different asp.net components for the main UI in a “Daily Employee Scheduler” app I'll be making. The tool will be rolled out at a few different locations, which makes it ...
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Clever way to license/obfuscate web applications until the client has paid for it
I am doing contract work for various clients and I was wondering how best to go about safeguarding myself against non-payment. The projects will be ASP.NET web applications, most likely ...
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Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation [closed]
I want create dynamic WCF service channel in VS-2010 using ChannelFactory as follows.
I have one WCF service which is calling another WCF service using ChannelFactory as follows,
BasicHttpBinding ...
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In which cases build artifacts will be different in different environments
We are working on automation of deployment using Jenkins. We have different environments - DEV, UAT, PROD. In SVN, we are tagging each release and placing same binaries in DEV, UAT, PROD. The ...
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Asp.Net MVC Windows authentication - vulnerabilities of http vs https?
I am developing an ASP.Net MVC 3 intranet site that will use Integrated Windows Authentication exclusively. What are the vulnerabilities of the challenge/response authentication traffic being sent in ...
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Architecture For Mockable DAL On Large Projects
I have recently been reading an article about creating a blog using ASP.NET and MVC, and in the article the user splits the Data Access Layer into a separate Class Library, and creates an interface ...
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Is it recommendable to program .net apps with C++
From what I can understand, C# is the defacto language when coding .NET apps. Is it recommendable to program .NET apps [let that be ASP.NET, WinPhone 7, GUI, etc] in C++? What are the pitfalls and the ...
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Does F# offer anything particularly useful for database-driven web development?
My organization finally upgraded to MS Visual Studio 2010 this year. One of the big new features that Visual Studio 2010 offers is the F# programming language.
I understand that F# offers a ...
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Steps in creating mpp file reader and viewer in C#.net web [closed]
I need to make a custom web application in which an MPP file can be read and viewed from a web browser. The application should deploy on a web server.
I need to know the answers of some basic ...
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How should I describe myself on my CV? As a software developer? A software engineer? A senior developer? [duplicate]
I know this has been asked a lot, but I'd like to know what to present myself as on my CV and to future employees.
I'm 24, and began as a C#/ASP.NET developer after graduating from University in 2010 ...
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Technology to be used on a new project [closed]
Hi all am not sure if this question should be posted here or some other site on stack exchange let me know if this need to be moved. and i know the title is wierd
We have a new project in our company ...
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Is learning technology by reading books obsolete? [duplicate]
I am confused if one should read books thoroughly (sometimes they are very bulky and if they contain many aspects of the technology they can be 1500 odd pages or even more).
I have also read some ...
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Should I retrieve one large set of data to filter or smaller individual sets of data?
I have a company intranet that utilizes a similar set of data across many different pages and many different methods.
Speaking in generalities, is it closer to "best practice" to retrieve a large ...
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MachineKey.Protect VS RijndaelManaged
On a .Net web application, what are the differences between using System.Web.Security.MachineKey or RijndaelManaged? Which algorithm does the MachineKey class use under the hood?
Thanks
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Jenkins to automate deployment of ASP.NET applications
Is there any possibility to automate/semi-automate deployments of ASP.NET web applications using Jenkins. It can be under controlled or uncontrolled environments, for uncontrolled user needs to enter ...
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What is the difference between WCF service and a simple Web service in developing using .NET Framework?
My questions are:
What is the difference between WCF service and a simple Web service in .NET Framework?
What a WCF Service can do which a .NET Web service cant? In other words, what are the ...
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What mindset should an ASP.NET developer have in terms of client-side vs server-side code?
I'm jumping back into ASP.NET development after spending the past 7 years playing manager, dba, and winforms developer. I've dabbled with a few things web related, primarily maintenance of existing ...
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Why does my web site load fast locally and at home but slowly for our customer? [closed]
I'm having a frustrating problem that I need some advice with. I've written a ASP.Net web forms application that retrieves its data through a wcf web service. When I run it locally either on my ...
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ASP.net extended with client side operations [closed]
What is the best way to "extend" my ASP skill set to include more client side orientated actions. I am developing the growing need to do things "faster" , without post backs... I am talking about UI ...
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ASP.Net Web.config design [duplicate]
I'm working on an asp.net project that has oAuth keys and other keys I'd like to keep private and I'm looking for ideas on the best way to accomplish this.
My thinking is that in the web.config I ...
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When to favor webforms over MVC
I know Microsoft has said "MVC is not a replacement for webforms". Some developers say webforms is faster to develop than MVC, but I believe this all comes down to comfort level with the technology; ...
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What's the difference between ASP.NET Web Applications and Websites?
Currently, I am reading Pro ASP.NET 4 in C# and in it, two ways of creating a web application are described:
Website
Web Application Project
In which scenarios should I choose the former over the ...
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XML vs SQL for content display on an ecommerce website [duplicate]
I am in process of developing an e-commerce application which is using SQL Server 2008 as a DB. I was suggested to use XML for content/product display, I bought the idea of using XML as a datasource ...
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File storage for a blog component: database or filesystem?
I'm going to develop a fairly basic re-usable blog component, with simple CRUD operations using ASP.Net.
Which method of storing blog posts would be best suited to the situation in terms of ...
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Delivering and caching files in asp.net
The question is - what is an effective way to deliver files to users? Consider an asp.net application which gives an ability to view various files. A kind of image library or web file directory. Key ...
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Possibility to switch over to Java from .Net [duplicate]
I am an MCA fresher and will be working on dot Net for next few months (almost 10-12 months). After that I want to switch over to Java.
How is the possibility that I can switch over to it? What type ...
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Wise way to implement a website login and database tables for a small shop
Im building this website for a small store and I was told that its better not to keep the login and the rest of the users information on the same table.
Now im wondering, what is the best way to ...
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Easy to customize .NET CMS with ecommerce facility
I have tried DNN and nopCommerce. After going through their source-code, I realized they are not that easy to customize and need a fair amount of time to their documentation before any changes can be ...
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Is there a better way to consume an ASP.NET Web API call in an MVC controller?
In a new project I am creating for my work I am creating a fairly large ASP.NET Web API. The api will be in a separate visual studio solution that also contains all of my business logic and database ...
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Which Agile methodology could my small team use? [duplicate]
I have a question related to Agile and small teams.. I'm currently working in a small company (25 people) which main goal is to develop computer software products. However, I'm part of small team ...
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Architecture for asp.net app in tiers with linq or any ORM [closed]
I would like your help on suggesting solution structure for my asp.net web app. I am thinking of using above technologies. I also want validation framework in my project. Please suggest me with some ...
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What are the licencing requirements for publishing and distributing an ASP.net application
I started developing websites using PHP. I have read many times that PHP is free and open source which is an advantage over ASP.net.
However, due to my current job requirements, I had to switch to ...
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Architecture suggestions on a multi-project multi-database 'intranet'
Here is the situation I have inherited:
We have approximately 10 websites (Asp.net web forms) that each have their own database.
Each of these databases houses some site specific data, and each has ...
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I need a date-picker for an ASP.NET page [closed]
I am trying to re-engineer a web application that currently uses an inhouse-developed date-picker control which has proven to be problematic -- for one thing it will only work on Internet Explorer and ...
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Understanding unit tests/TDD for ASP.NET webforms [closed]
I'm the lead programmer at a small software firm (currently 4 developers including myself), we develop bespoke ASP.NET WebForms applications for businesses. I joined there in 2010 just after ...
