We've published a new series of tutorials about how to develop an ASP.NET 4.5 web application on the ASP.NET site: Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms . This five step tutorial series builds out a toy store application using Entity Framework Code...

I’ve been thinking about how developers will be staying connected to Microsoft technologies and the tech community in the future. They will often be on the go and desire up to the minute information. Much like now! With this in mind, I created a...

This post provides details and code about creating 3D charts in WebMatrix (Beta). A quick method for creating 3D charts using ASP.NET Web Pages is to use the built in theme named Vanilla3D . However, if you need to create a custom 3D chart, you can add...

This post shows you how to create a custom chart template based on an existing theme in WebMatrix Beta 2 . The ChartTheme class includes built-in themes. You can create a page to display the XML contained in a built-in theme, and then create a custom...

Are you interested in WebMatrix, Silverlight, or Expression Encoder? Do you create instructional videos? Are you interested in reaching a bigger audience? Then take a look at the post I created on my team's blog: Translated Captions for Silverlight...

This post provides details and code about creating a custom helper for WebMatrix (Beta). The idea behind helpers in WebMatrix is to be able to add functionality very easily to your Web page. You will see that adding (or calling) the helper using...

This post provides details and code syntax about the helpers provided in WebMatrix (Beta). This post continues from an early post that describes other WebMatrix helpers. Here, I'm providing information about the following helpers: · Chart...

This post provides details about viewing the Helper classes and members contained in the WebMatrix (Beta) assemblies. I found it very useful to use the Object Browser in Visual Studio to check the WebMatrix assemblies and see the parameters I...

This post provides details and code syntax about the helpers provided in WebMatrix (Beta). If you're not familiar with WebMatrix, here are a few details. WebMatrix is used to build Web sites. It includes IIS Developer Express (a development Web server...

Articles (with Videos) Learn what to do and why it works with Visual Studio Express. · Creating Windows Forms User Interfaces · Customizing Visual Studio Express · Saving Your Application's Settings · Web Sites vs. Desktop Applications...

This post provides quick steps to use the ASP.NET controls for Silverlight with Silverlight 3. (This information relates to Silverlight 3 and ASP.NET) The two ASP.NET Controls for Silverlight (the MediaPlayer control and the Silverlight control...

I was reviewing accessibility information today and found a quick list from the W3C that might be helpful to all Web developers. Also, it looks the link below includes these quick tips as a free business-card-size reference card (up to 500 cards are available...

This post shows how to persist the timeline position of a Silverlight video between postbacks. (This information relates to Silverlight 2, ASP.NET and JavaScript) Are you familiar with the Silverlight MediaPlayer ? It allows you to easily play a...

This FAQ provides answers to questions about Silverlight HTML Bridge. What is HTML Bridge? Why is HTML Bridge important? How do I use HTML Bridge classes in managed code? How do I call managed code from JavaScript? As well as several other questions,...

This FAQ provides answers to questions about Silverlight XAP and ASP.NET. What does XAP mean? Why is XAP important? How does XAP work? How can I create a .xap file in Visual Studio? And, several other questions and answers. (This information relates...

What is Silverlight? Silverlight is a new Web presentation technology that is created to run on a variety of platforms. It enables the creation of rich, visually stunning and interactive experiences that can run everywhere: within browsers and on multiple...

ASP.NET AJAX makes working with client objects and client events much easier. The code below allows you to choose the type of event and the "test" object to act upon. I pulled a sub-set of client events from the W3Schools.com site (included below). Also...

In addition to the ASP.NET MSDN links (see related blog entry), here are C# links to MSDN content. I hope these links are helpful in this format. Visual C# Language C# Language Tour What's New in Visual...

I recently read a post on http://forums.asp.net that asked where ASP.NET resources could be found. Here's a listing that I adapted from msdn that may be helpful. ASP.NET Building ASP.NET Applications ...

What is a Web Application Project? A Web Application Project is a Visual Studio 2005 project template. Why would I use Web Application Projects? The Web Application Projects template is ideal for web developers who are converting a Visual...

What is Health Monitoring? Health Monitoring is a framework for monitoring status of running ASP.NET applications and logging significant ASP.NET application events. Why would I use Health Monitoring? Health Monitoring is runtime based...

Today seemed like a good day to start up a blog. My plan is to post a few FAQs about ASP.NET. Let me know if you have any topics of interest. Thanks Erik