Recent Posts
Creating a Repository Pattern without an ORM
If you don't feel like using an ORM, like Entity Framework, you can build your own data layer. In this post, I talk about a different way to pull data from a database using a strategy pattern.
The Two Tools I Use To Find Broken Links On My Site
So how many broken links (404s) do you have on your site? Today, I talk about the two utilities I use for finding broken links on your site.
What are the differences between ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET WebForms?
Since 2002, Web Forms was always the method for developing Microsoft Web Applicatons...until MVC came along. Today, I talk about the differences between Web Forms and MVC.
ASP.NET MVC: Data-Driven CSS Sprites
If you want to speed up your site, you need to make a minimum amount of requests. In today's post, we'll create a dynamic sprite image based on multiple images in a database.
Top Travel Gear for Developers
In this digital age, it doesn't matter where you are in the world, freelance developers need the right tools in this mobile world. Today, I talk about all of the gadgets you need by going through my messenger bag.
5 Awesome Libraries That Enhance Twitter Bootstrap
Twitter's Bootstrap creates a CSS standard for "devigners" to build websites extremely fast. Today, I talk about 5 free libraries that enhance Bootstrap to give you more functionality.
Simplified ASP.NET MVC Charts
If you've built any kind of dashboard, you know that charting is absolutely necessary for your users (especially management). Today, we'll show you how to create a simple chart using Microsoft's charting library.
ASP.NET MVC: Enhancing The WebGrid - Lazy Loading with SignalR
In this fifth post about how to enhance your WebGrid, we talk about using SignalR to lazy load records dynamically.
ASP.NET MVC: Enhancing The WebGrid - Lazy Loading with WebAPI
Part four of our WebGrid series answers a reader's question of how difficult it is to make a WebGrid lazy load records.
ASP.NET MVC: Enhancing The WebGrid - Exporting Data to CSV
Part three of this WebGrid series provides us with a way to export records to a CSV file. This CSV exporter builds off of our previous project when we built an Excel export...and answer a question.