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  • Passing multiple POST parameters to Web API Controller Methods

    Passing multiple POST parameters to Web API Controller Methods

    May 12
    09

    ASP.NET Web API introduces a new API for creating REST APIs and making AJAX callbacks to the server. This new API provides a host of new great functionality that unifies many of the features of many of the various AJAX/REST APIs that Microsoft created before it - ASP.NET AJAX, WCF REST specifically - and combines them into a whole more consistent API. Web API addresses many of the concerns that developers had with these older APIs, namely that it was very difficult to build consistent REST sty...

  • Using an alternate JSON Serializer in ASP.NET Web API

    Using an alternate JSON Serializer in ASP.NET Web API

    Mar 12
    09

    The new ASP.NET Web API that Microsoft released alongside MVC 4.0 Beta last week is a great framework for building REST and AJAX APIs. I've been working with it for quite a while now and I really like the way it works and the complete set of features it provides 'in the box'. It's about time that Microsoft gets a decent API for building generic HTTP endpoints into the framework. DataContractJsonSerializer sucks As nice as Web API's overall design is one thing still sucks: The built-in JSON S...

  • Studio for Wijmo MVC Review

    Studio for Wijmo MVC Review

    Aug 11
    22

    I was recently asked to review Studio for Wijmo MVC by Component One and, overall, I am impressed. There are 2 major components of this. The first is Wijmo Complete which is a collection of over 30 UI widgets (very similar to jQuery UI). The second is Wijmo Scaffolding for MVC which builds upon the scaffolding that was released as part of the MVC 3 Tools Update (note: is does *not* build on top of powershell-based MVC Scaffolding which Microsoft released earlier this year). Some of the Wijmo...

  • Custom Model Binder for binding drop downs into a DateTime in MVC

    Custom Model Binder for binding drop downs into a DateTime in MVC

    Jul 11
    06

    I have a Nullable DateTime Property in my Model I want to bind painlessly with three drop down select boxes I have for Day Month and Year respectively. First thing to do is to make a new shiny custom model binder. I have done mine by inheriting from DefaultModelBinder (which you will need to include System.Web.Mvc to access). using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Web.Mvc; namespace Infrastructure.OFP.ModelBinders { public class MyUserModelBinder : DefaultModelBinder { protect...

  • Mix 11 - Web Platform and Tools Keynote Demo Script

    Mix 11 - Web Platform and Tools Keynote Demo Script

    Apr 11
    13

    It's Day 1 of the Mix 11 conference here in Las Vegas. I work for the Web Platform and Tools (that's ASP.NET, IIS, IIS Media, etc) group and I did the Web Platform demos for Scott Guthrie's part of the keynote. A lot of people in Dev and QA worked hard all year long to make some fun and cool products and as the designated talking head, I had just 16 minutes to make all of them (people + products) look good. I hope I did them all justice. We built a backend and a front end for Rob and my sie...

  • March 6th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, EF, .NET

    March 6th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, EF, .NET

    Mar 11
    07

    Here is the latest in my link-listing series. Also check out my Best of 2010 Summary for links to 100+ other posts I’ve done in the last year. [I am also now using Twitter for quick updates and to share links. Follow me at: twitter.com/scottgu] ASP.NET 35 ASP.NET and VS 2010 What’s New Videos: 35 free videos from Joe Stagner that highlight some of the new features that came in ASP.NET 4 and VS 2010. Filling in PDF Forms with ASP.NET and iTextSharp: Nice article by Scott Mitchell on ...

  • Custom Data Annotation Validator Part II: Client Code

    Custom Data Annotation Validator Part II: Client Code

    Feb 11
    23

    The validator we looked at in the last post only supports server side validation. To support client side validation we need a little more code on the server, and some custom client script. One approach to client validation is to have the validation attribute implement the IClientValidatable interface, which requires a single method: GetClientValidationRules. public class DateGreaterThanAttribute : ValidationAttribute, IClientValidatable { public IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> Get...

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