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JQuery Addons: dataTables (a JQuery GridView)
As a .Net developer who likes a screaming fast user interface, programming in .Net can be frustrating if you are one of the teeming millions that use a GridView. Perhaps you’ve dabbled in .Net extensions over the years such as … Continue reading
Parallel.For Faster Than Regular For?
In the recent MSDN magazine I read an article espousing the wonders of parallel processing. Ever since I forked my first threat back in school, I’ve liked the idea. However since joining the world of business programming I’ve seldom come … Continue reading
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Entity Framework: getting sproc results the easy way
Most of the articles I read on EF are focused on projects where you only have a database, no sprocs, and your entity model is your primary method for manipulating that data… In the world I work in, that’s typically … Continue reading
Lowering password strength with ASP.Net Authentication
In implementing authentication recently I found it troublesome to pinpoint how to modify this setting. So, here’s how. In this example, I am using the AspNetSqlMembershipProvider over the Active Directory one. I haven’t changed the name from that, although you … Continue reading
Basics of MongoDB with .Net
Basics of MongoDB with .Net Watch the “Introduction to MongoDB” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRDOGkFKBRw&feature=player_embedded#at=95 Download MongoDB for Windows 64bit: http://www.mongodb.org/downloads Unzip to C:Mongo Follow these instructions for installation: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Quickstart+Windows Run these two applications (can be setup as a Windows Service) Mongod.exe first (which … Continue reading
jQuery to Web Service AJAX
jQuery to Web Service AJAX This is a bit wacky, but in the end it all makes perfect sense. jQuery has two functions you could use: get and put, but the function you’ll end up using is.ajax. Example: Let’s say … Continue reading
Twitterizer & .Net: Adding a feed to your website
Create a Twitter user: http://twitter.com/ Register your application: https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new This gives you: <add key=”AccessToken” value=”blahblahblah”/> <add key=”AccessTokenSecret” value=”blahblahblah”/> <add key=”ConsumerKey” value=”blahblahblah”/> <add key=”ConsumerSecret” value=”blahblahblah”/> Add it to your web.config Go to: http://www.twitterizer.net/downloads/ Download the Twitterizer package: … Continue reading