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  • AutoF5

    Just a few weeks ago I wrote a small application that would allow a designer to work on markup and CSS and when those are saved, changes automatically uploaded to an FTP and local browser that is usually sitting on the second monitor is refreshed. That was a fun side little app to do.

  • ASP.NET WebFormsMVP

    First it was classic ASP, then ASP.NET with WebForms. At the previous company I used to work with it implementing Model-View-Presenter. Since then, I have not touched web development a lot. A lot has changed, and the biggest addition was ASP.NET MVC Framework. Now, there’s a new kid on the blog, that gives ASP.NET WebForms a second change – WebFormsMVP. Check it out.

  • OSS with MS

    This is definitely interesting turn of things. Rather than come with it's own exact copy of an existing product, MS will provide an OSS product as a part of a bundle. I wonder if there are more interesting and welcomed surprises coming from this direction.

  • Know Your Friends Well, Know Your Enemies Better

    Long time ago I had to deal with a case where the famous ViewState generated by WebForms was quiet heavy. This post is not going to wine about how bad ViewState is for the environment. This post is to show that even working with something big and nasty such as web forms, you still have to give a thought what are you trying to do and what is out there that can help you to accomplish the mission.

  • Factory Pattern for User Controls

    User Controls are handy when working in web forms, but what a mess they can generate. I was asked what to do when UCs are used and some dependencies need to be injected during the construction - but UCs are a bit tricky in regards to construction. So the possibilities are: