I have a gripe about web projects in Visual Studio 2005, and it's already come up to bite me in the butt a few times. The idea that every file in the folder is part of the site never really sat well with me, but I couldn't put my finger on why. But, aft… more »

I rarely post about SQL Server, which is odd, since that's the one certification test I've bothered to take. And I even passed it! Anyway, I recently stumbled upon two very nice tips about using SQL Server for doing some things that are typically things… more »

Frank?La Vigne is asking for other's experiences with ASP.NET 2.0 and namespaces. He's noticed that by default, namespaces aren't used in ASP.NET 2.0 pages, and wonders if it's a bug. I don't think it is. In my opinion, it's an omission, but it's not a b… more »

I hadn't seen this in any of the C# 2.0 feature lists, but Fritz Onion brings this little gem to light for me. There's a new operator: ?? It's a lot like the old inline if statement: (Test) ? [True statement] : [False statement]; Well, it's different tha… more »

There's a pretty good article about how a web application that utilizes AJAX should work in the face of adversity. Adversity, as in not having the ability to use AJAX. What?I found most interesting about the article was the approach that's suggested. I w… more »

As I've posted about previously, I'm working through the?process updating our server control for Tourney Logic. Well, we made a pretty big design decision. Since the bracket is much easier to configure, we've decided to add databinding - we only have one… more »

No. I'm not talking about committing to a source control system. I'm talking about the different models you can use when committing your code to your source control system. Why am I talking about it? Well, David Starr over at Elegant Code is asking the q… more »

If you're a user of the Newsgator API, you undoubtedly received a series of emails announcing the Newsgator API blog, which is a nice place to go if you have questions about the API. Well, the email had a link to this site, but because of encoding, the l… more »

In the Tourney Bracket Control, we have a few Javascript methods that allow for the control to be interactive on the client side. In version 1.0, that code was put right into our control - hardcoded into a StringBuilder and then registered to the page. I… more »

As a server control developer, I was very interested in listening to the latest DotNetRocks show. Overall, it was a great show, and while a lot of it was review, there were a few good nuggets in there, as well as some validation that I'm doing things The… more »