I wrote about implementing a custom profile provider inside of your ASP.NET MVC application yesterday. If you haven’t read the article, don’t sweat it. Most of the stuff I write is rubbish anyway. Since you have joined me today, though, I might as well offer up a little tip: you can run into trouble, like [...]
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It’s been a long while since I last used the ASP.NET Profile provider. It’s a shame, too, because it just works with very little development effort: Membership tables installed? Check. Profile enabled in web.config? Check. SqlProfileProvider connection string set? Check. Profile properties defined in said web.config file? Check. Write code to set value, read value, [...]
ASPX and ASCX files are compiled on the fly when they are requested on the web server. This means it’s possible that you aren’t catching compile errors associated with your views when you build your ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio. Unless you’re willing to click through your entire application, rendering each view looking for [...]
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Noah and I continue our screencast series by sharing our approach to managing external dependencies referenced within a .NET solution. This is another introductory episode but you might find a hidden gem in the short 4-minute clip. ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) is the external dependencies we are focusing on in the presentation. If [...]
Early in my career, when I wanted to learn a new technology, I’d sit in the bookstore aisle and I’d work my way through each of the available books on the given subject. Put in enough time in a bookstore and you can learn just about anything. I used to really enjoy my time in [...]
In this screencast, Noah and I demonstrate preferred practices around .NET solution setup, naming conventions and version control. I consider this an introductory video. If you’ve been around the block, you might want to skip this episode but if you’re a .NET/Visual Studio newbie, it may be worth a look. YouTube – Visual Studio [...]
One may quickly build and deploy an ASP.NET web application via the Publish option in Visual Studio. This option works great for most simple deployment scenarios but it won’t always cut it. Let’s say you need to automate your deployments. Or you have environment-specific configuration settings. Or you need to execute pre/post build operations when [...]
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Some of the ASP.NET 4 improvements around SEO are neat. The ASP.NET 4 Page.MetaKeywords and Page.MetaDescription properties, for example, are a welcomed change. There’s nothing earth-shattering going on here – you can now set these meta tags via your Master page’s code behind rather than relying on updates to your markup alone. It isn’t difficult [...]
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