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Forms Auth\Windows Auth – what is more common?
I was talking to some coworkers today about the scenarios for Forms Auth and Windows Auth in line of business applications.    We were having a debate about which was more common. As you might guess at Microsoft we are an all windows shop, Read More...
Posted 04 June 09 10:39 by BradA | 89 Comments   
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Survey: Ajax usage among .NET developers in 2009
A couple of years ago Simone Chiaretta did a survey of .NET Developers usage of Ajax ..   I just saw that he is refreshing that survey to see what has changed in the industry.  Are people still actively moving to Ajax?  Are they using Read More...
Posted 27 May 09 08:25 by BradA | 5 Comments   
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.NET RIA Services May 2009 Preview
Today we posted a minor update to .NET RIA Services . This release is mainly focused on addressing bug fixes we have heard in the forums and delivering on a few key areas… There are a lot of other long lead work items that will fall into future releases. Read More...
Getting Ready for Mix09
What were you planning to do March 18-20th? If it does not have to do with Vegas and the Web, it might be time to think again! Mix09 is going to rock ... I have had a chance to look at some of the sessions that are in the works (some of them haven't made Read More...
Posted 18 January 09 04:11 by BradA | 5 Comments   
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Enabling Firefox support in Visual Studio 2008
In the comments on a recent post a reader asked me how to enabled Firefox in Visual Studio 2008..   Luckily it is very easy..   You right click on the aspx page and select "Browser With"   Then select "FireFox"... Read More...
Posted 28 October 08 11:44 by BradA | 16 Comments   
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AjaxWorld Talk: Building a Great Ajax application from Scratch
I had a great time today at AjaxWorld during my talk on building a great Ajax Application from Scratch.  It was fun to get out from behind the powerpoint and show some real code!   For this demo, I only used freely available tools... In  Read More...
Posted 19 October 08 08:45 by BradA | 28 Comments   
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Book Plug: Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5
I recently got a copy of Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET Framework 3.5 .  This promises to be a great book.   With .NET Framework 3.5, Ajax is really interesting the mainstream and the Ajax Server Controls make it very easy Read More...
Posted 22 August 08 09:16 by BradA | 3 Comments   
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New Web Developer Tips and Tricks Blog
We recently launched a very cool tips and tricks blog series just for web developers .  The goal is to get a similar format to Sara Ford's successful tips and tricks series.  We are of to a very goo start! Did You Know… Tip #1 – Read More...
Posted 08 August 08 07:47 by BradA | 3 Comments   
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DropThings: Open Source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Portal - new and improved
Omar AL Zabir (author of Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5 ) updated his very cool ASP.NET AJAX Portal application with 3.5 features, Workflow Foundation and new C# 3.0 features. Play with it here: http://dropthings.omaralzabir.com Check out Read More...
Posted 21 July 08 09:07 by BradA | 8 Comments   
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Loving the South African Developer Community
I just got back from South Africa and I am happy to report that the .NET Developer community is very strong there.    User's Group Meetings in in Johannesburg and Cape Town User group meeting in Johannesburg  - thanks for setting this Read More...
Updated Talk: Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008
For my Mix Essentials talk in South Africa I updated my Mix08 talk Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 to have a little more Africa feel... I used some photos from my safari at Mala Mala here this week.  Read More...
Posted 30 June 08 10:30 by BradA | 6 Comments   
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ASP.NET Dynamic Data: Customizing the UI
In my last post on Dynamic Data , I showed what Dynamic Data adds to the current ASP.NET data story.  In this post I show how to customize the UI with Metadata, field templates, and page templates.  I start off by showing off the Dynamic Data Read More...
Posted 27 June 08 09:55 by BradA | 3 Comments   
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Data focused Silverlight demo
Yet still more time on traveling , I thought I'd do a little demo of a data oriented scenario with Silverlight. Here is what we are after: The data for the app is loaded from a Linq model and sent to the Silverlight client via a WCF services. As the user Read More...
Posted 26 June 08 09:41 by BradA | 11 Comments   
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ASP.NET DynamicData: An Introductory Demo
I had a bit more time on my travels , so I cooked up this brief introduction to Dynamic Data .  I tried a different approach this time by showing what Dynamic Data adds to our existing data story.  More information on Dynamic Data:  http://asp.net/dynamicdata Read More...
Posted 20 June 08 01:35 by BradA | 11 Comments   
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Silverlight talk at AjaxWorld
I am pretty exited to be going to AjaxWorld (Oct 20-22) in San Jose.... I will be at least giving a Silverlight talk and maybe something else fun in the Ajax, MVC, ASP.NET space. I love getting out in the broad industry events because I can hear such Read More...
Posted 11 June 08 10:04 by BradA | 2 Comments   
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