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ASP.NET development best practices

• Static methods are a code smell

  Static methods work best as only utility methods. Learn what constitutes a code smell and how to best avoid these potential issues.  Continue Reading

• Introduction to ASP.NET's Model View Controller (MVC) Design Pattern

  Microsoft is working on an MVC framework, which will let ASP.NET developers decouple their data, events and views and enable a more flexible application architecture.  Continue Reading

• Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 introduces ADO .NET Entity Designer

  Ed Tittel discusses ADO .NET Entity Designer -- a tool that permits direct mappings between a database schema and a conceptual schema.  Continue Reading

• Check the MSDN Virtual Labs for regular, compelling new content

  Microsoft Developer Network offers a great resource to the development community through its Virtual Labs. These labs are updated monthly and will help you to stay abreast of upcoming happenings in the MSDN world.  Continue Reading

• Windows XP SP3 pack includes new XML parser, enhanced IP security

  The latest XP update includes developer goodies including a new internal XML parsing engine, better IP security policy support, and a new management console.  Continue Reading

• Localization practices for .NET 2.0: It's still about the architecture

  Michele Leroux Bustamante shows you how to architect an application in the .NET Framework 2.0 to allow for localization of resources and text. The article discusses how to make use of external resources and satellite assemblies as well as the affect...  Continue Reading

• Creating custom ASP.NET 2.0 profile providers

  In this article, Shawn Wildermuth shows how profile providers are used to enable ASP.NET 2.0 applications to maintain user profile information on web site visitors as well as how to implement your own searchable custom profile provider.  Continue Reading

• Learning .NET: Tips for getting started with .NET development

  Our "Getting Started" tip series provides an introductory look at leading-edge technology like ASP.NET AJAX, .NET 3.0 and Visual Studio Team System.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET development best and worst practices

  Recent tips from Microsoft highlight what to do -- and what not to do -- to keep ASP.NET applications running as they should.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0 migration in five steps

  ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0 migration can be done in as little as half an hour, Microsoft says. This tip outlines the five-step migration process in Visual Studio 2005.  Continue Reading

• Beginning ASP.NET 2.0: Develop a one-page Web application

  See how to use ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 to build Web applications in this book excerpt.  Continue Reading

• Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0 drive uniform design

  One of ASP.NET 2.0's most notable advancements is the Master Page, which lets developers create consistent headers, footers and logos across an entire Web app.  Continue Reading

• Using DataGrid and GridView in ASP.NET 2.0

  Ed Tittel reviews ASP.NET 2.0's news DataGrid and GridView controls, which lets users manage master/detail views or manipulate single-record views to create flexible, customized views of data.  Continue Reading

• How to Use Master Pages - Chapter 3 of Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide, VB Edition

  This chapter introduces programmers to master pages, which make it easy to include banners, navigation menus, and other elements on all of the pages in an application.  Continue Reading

• Using the File Field control to upload files

  Using the File Field control to upload files.  Continue Reading

• Share session state between ASP and ASP.NET apps

  Learn how -- and how not -- to share Session variables between your old and new apps.  Continue Reading

• Easy .NET Framework application deployment

  Leverage the .NET Framework to create a simple application installation process in Visual Studio .NET.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET path mapping: MapPath

  ASP.NET has more than 30 classes that deal with path and URL. This tip looks at one of the most commonly used path methods: MapPath.  Continue Reading

• 10 rock-solid UI tips

  Give your Web applications that rich-client look and feel using ASP.NET. Lots of code samples in this one.  Continue Reading

• When IIS and ASP.NET don't get along

  Learn to use aspnet_regiis.exe -- a hush-hush .NET utility that solves many ASP.NET installation problems.  Continue Reading

• Make VB6 COM components work with ASP.NET

  Avoid big performance hits -- or outright failure -- by marking your ASP.NET pages ASP-compatible.  Continue Reading

• Setting permissions to write to event log

  How to set permissions for ASP.NET to write to the registry without making ASP.NET a local admin.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET client side validation

  ASP.NET Web Form controls and HTML Server Controls can execute client side script before posting the page back to server. This tip shows how.  Continue Reading

• Moving from ASP to ASP.NET

  An overview of the key improvements made to the .NET version of ASP.  Continue Reading

• Dynamic drill-down DataGrid

  The DataGrid is a good way to display the hierarchical nature of data. This tip demonstrates the use of the DataGrid in ASP.NET applications.  Continue Reading