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  • ASP.NET Web API (Part 1)

    ASP.NET Web API (Part 1)

    Feb 12
    24

    Earlier this week I blogged about the release of the ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta. ASP.NET MVC 4 is a significant update that brings with it a bunch of great new features and capabilities. One of the improvements I’m most excited about is the support it brings for creating “Web APIs”. Today’s blog post is the first of several I’m going to do that talk about this new functionality. Web APIs The last few years have seen the rise of Web APIs - services exposed over plain HTTP rather than through a more f...

  • Announcing the Web Standards Update - HTML5 Support for the Visual Studio 2010 Editor

    Announcing the Web Standards Update - HTML5 Support for the Visual Studio 2010 Editor

    Jun 11
    15

    Folks have been asking When will VS2010 support HTML5? I've been saying, jokingly, that the answer is yesterday as there's nothing keeping you from creating HTML5 in Visual Studio or ASP.NET today. However, there's no intellisense and there's lots of squiggly lines that make people uncomfortable. Combine all that with the fact that HTML5 is a moving target, and it's unclear. We've said before that the next version of Visual Studio will have better support HTML5, but what about today? Today,...

  • Using dynamic WCF service routes

    Using dynamic WCF service routes

    May 11
    09

    For a demo I am working on, I’m creating an OData feed. This OData feed is in essence a WCF service which is activated using System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceRoute. The idea of using that technique is simple: map an incoming URL route, e.g. “http://example.com/MyService” to a WCF service. But there’s a catch in ServiceRoute: unlike ASP.NET routing, it does not support the usage of route data. This means that if I want to create a service which can exist multiple times but in different con...

  • ASP.NET and HTML5 Local Storage

    ASP.NET and HTML5 Local Storage

    Jan 11
    12

    My favorite feature of HTML5, hands-down, is HTML5 local storage (aka DOM storage). By taking advantage of HTML5 local storage, you can dramatically improve the performance of your data-driven ASP.NET applications by caching data in the browser persistently. Think of HTML5 local storage like browser cookies, but much better. Like cookies, local storage is persistent. When you add something to browser local storage, it remains there when the user returns to the website (possibly days or month...

  • Tools for the lazy: Templify and NuGet

    Tools for the lazy: Templify and NuGet

    Jan 11
    07

    In this blog post, I will cover two interesting tools that, when combined, can bring great value and speed at the beginning of any new software project that has to meet standards that are to be re-used for every project. The tools? Templify and NuGet. You know the drill. Starting off with a new project usually consists of boring, repetitive tasks, often enforced by (good!) practices defined by the company you work for (or by yourself for that company). To give you an example of a project Ive...

  • Simple Code First with Entity Framework 4 - Magic Unicorn Feature CTP 4

    Simple Code First with Entity Framework 4 - Magic Unicorn Feature CTP 4

    Jul 10
    15

    Microsoft's been releasing a number of right-sized LEGO pieces lately. In case you missed it, Betas have been announced for: SQL 4 Compact Edition - It has a small embedded file-based SQL Database, and a web-server called IIS Express that's compatible with the full version of IIS. Razor Page Syntax - A way to make pages/ViewEngine called Razor. Your sites can be later be expanded to use all of ASP.NET MVC. It's a simple syntax that is easy to learn. WebMatrix - It's a small (15 megs if ...

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