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Why Many Developers Hate ASP.NET… and Why They’re Wrong

Why Many Developers Hate ASP.NET… and Why They’re Wrong

on Nov 29th 2011 with 254 comments

Few platforms draw the same amount of ire as ASP.NET (or .NET in general) from the development community. While there are certainly valid criticisms of the platform (what platform doesn’t?), the majority of negativity comes from those who haven’t spent any time with .NET. Those developers typically rely on misconceptions or flat out hatred to base their opinion, and they do a disservice to others looking to learn a new technology and to the platform itself. So, let’s examine these excuses and add a dose of reality on why you shouldn’t listen to the rabble and give ASP.NET a try.

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Generating Traditional URLs with ASP.NET MVC3

Generating Traditional URLs with ASP.NET MVC3

on Jul 13th 2011 with 21 comments

There are certain truths in the world: we’re born, we die, and URLs should end with a slash if it doesn’t point to a file. The ASP.NET MVC framework bucks tradition and convention, and the built-in methods that generate URLs do so by omitting the trailing slash. It may seem like a non-issue (and to many people it’s not one), but many developers, this author included, are bugged by them.

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The Ins and Outs of WebMatrix: .NET Programming Using the Razor Syntax

The Ins and Outs of WebMatrix: .NET Programming Using the Razor Syntax

on Jul 8th 2011 with 23 comments

This tutorial gives you an overview of programming with ASP.NET Web Pages using the Razor syntax. ASP.NET is Microsoft's technology for running dynamic web pages on web servers.

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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the The Ins and Outs of WebMatrix Session
Getting Started with Umbraco: New Premium Series (The Full Series)
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Getting Started with Umbraco: New Premium Series (The Full Series)

on Apr 29th 2011 with 24 comments

Umbraco is a super-friendly, ultra-configurable and uber-powerful .Net-based CMS, and you need it in your life! It is so powerful that you can literally do whatever you want with your site, but it’s so easy to use that even your non-technical clients will be able to pick it up with minimal training. In this written series, I’ll teach you exactly how to build a website theme from scratch with Umbraco.

Become a Premium member to read this tutorial, as well as hundreds of other advanced tutorials and screencasts.

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ASP.NET from Scratch: Views with MVC3
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ASP.NET from Scratch: Views with MVC3

on Apr 13th 2011 with 30 comments

ASP.NET MVC3 is now available, and it includes a new View engine called Razor. In this lesson (dubbed 9.5), we download the MVC3 bits and look at Razor and rebuild the application from the previous lesson with the new View engine.

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This entry is part 10 of 10 in the ASP.NET from Scratch Session
ASP.NET from Scratch: Views
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ASP.NET from Scratch: Views

on Feb 22nd 2011 with 11 comments

The last major piece of the ASP.NET MVC Framework is the View engine. In this lesson, we look at the default View Engine in MVC2 – the WebForms View Engine – and learn how we can use views to display information to the user.

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This entry is part 9 of 10 in the ASP.NET from Scratch Session
ASP.NET and AJAX

ASP.NET and AJAX

on Feb 16th 2011 with 25 comments

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at some of the things you can do with ASP.NET and AJAX in your web applications. It’s more than just wrapping an UpdatePanel around some buttons, textboxes and grids!

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How to Build an RSS Feed with ASP.NET

How to Build an RSS Feed with ASP.NET

on Nov 10th 2010 with 31 comments

Over the course of this tutorial, we’ll review how to create an RSS Feed with the ASP.NET framework. Having an RSS feed for your site has become a necessity in recent years. With blogs or news sites being updated frequently, and with the vast amount of blogs and news websites out there, RSS has allowed readers to keep up with new content without being forced to visit them. Once you’ve completed this tutorial, you’ll know how to create an RSS feed with ASP.NET, and how to render XML documents on ASP.NET Web pages.

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ASP.NET From Scratch: Controllers and Simple Model Validation
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ASP.NET From Scratch: Controllers and Simple Model Validation

on Nov 1st 2010 with 8 comments

This latest episode continues to delve into the ASP.NET MVC framework by looking at controllers and their role in MVC applications. You also learn how to perform model validation by implementing the IDataErrorInfo interface.

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This entry is part 8 of 10 in the ASP.NET from Scratch Session
ASP.NET from Scratch: Routing in MVC
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ASP.NET from Scratch: Routing in MVC

on Sep 29th 2010 with 18 comments

In today’s episode of ASP.NET from Scratch, we’ll look into URL routing in the MVC framework, and examine how a request can be routed to a controller and action method. You’ll learn how to use constraints to gain better control over your routers, and also discuss best practices in adding routes to the route table.

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This entry is part 7 of 10 in the ASP.NET from Scratch Session
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