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MVC Features Rumored to be Coming to ASP.NET WebForms
Despite the excitement around MVC, ASP.NET WebForms are still very popular. According to Evonet Consulting, the next major ASP.NET release will contain a number of features originally introduced in MVC, including Model Binders, unobtrusive client-side validation, and CSS sprites.
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ASP.NET MVC 3 Embraces Dynamic Typing
Nearly a decade ago Microsoft gambled big on WebForms and static typing. With the dial cranked all the way over to full encapsulation, each page could almost be treated as its own program. In the intervening years the industry has largely gone in the other direction, favoring separation of concerns over encapsulation and late binding over early binding. Now Microsoft is doing the same.
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The Murky Future of ASP.NET AJAX
With Microsoft’s embrace of jQuery, one has to wonder what will happen to the other JavaScript libraries that they created. As it turns out, ASP.NET AJAX will continue to be supported while the newer ASP.NET Ajax Library will never see another bug fix. In a recent MIX article, Dave Ward clarifies the situation.
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Patterns for Building Applications for Windows Azure
J.D. Meier, a Principal Program Manager for the patterns & practices group at Microsoft, has listed a number of ASP.NET application patterns for Windows Azure, showing how the components work in the cloud. He also gave an example of mapping a standard web application to the cloud.
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Series On Available Authentication Mechanisms For OData Services And Clients
The WCF Data Services Team have recently been doing a series on the available authentication mechanisms for client/OData service authentication.
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.NET and Azure Samples Showcase .NET Technologies Used in a Layered Architecture
Serena Yeoh, a Microsoft consultant and a contributor to Microsoft pattern&practices Application Architecture Guide, has created a Layered Architecture Sample for .NET 4.0 which was later ported to Azure, showcasing various .NET technologies (WPF, WCF, WF, ASP.NET, ADO.NET EF) used in an architecture based on the Layered Architecture design pattern.
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WebMatrix: Microsoft's New Stack to Create Simple Websites
WebMatrix is a free tool from Microsoft putting together a web server, ASP.NET + Razor, SQL Server CE and an IDE for creating simple websites.
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Infragistics Offers an ASP.NET Toolkit Targeting both Windows and Linux
Infragistics’ NetAdvantage for .NET 2010 Volume 2 contains an ASP.NET toolkit that runs both on Windows and Linux via Mono. The toolkit contains a number of new controls: WebScriptManager, WebRating, WebExcelExporter, WebCaptcha.
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ASP.NET MVC 2 Brings Breaking Changes
A few days ago Scott Guthrie announced the production release of ASP.NET MVC 2. With it comes with many new features, but also some breaking changes. Compared to the rather strict rules around changing .NET’s base class library, the changes in ASP.NET MVC are almost caviler.
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ASP.NET MVC 2 Feature Rundown
ASP.NET MVC 2 is now ready for production use. Microsoft’s open source MVC framework is compatible with both .NET 3.5 and the soon to be released .NET 4. It provides many new features including Templated Helpers, Areas, Asynchronous Controllers, and a new validation framework.
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Spring.NET 1.3: VS.NET Solution Templates, MSTest Support and Spring Integration.NET
A new version of the Spring.NET framework, version 1.3, was recently released. InfoQ spoke with Mark Pollack, founder and lead of the Spring.NET project, to learn more about this release and what new capabilities it brings, and also to learn more about the new Spring Integration.NET project.
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Creating Facebook Applications in WPF, Silverlight, WinForms, and ASP.NET with Facebook SDK 3.0
Clarity Consulting Inc. and Microsoft have released Facebook SDK 3.0, a toolkit allowing developers to write WPF, Silverlight, WinForms or ASP.NET applications integrated with Facebook.
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ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview Updated
Microsoft has released a new preview for ASP.NET MVC 2. Preview 2 builds on the features of Preview 1, adding client-side validation, streamlined support of Areas, and abstractions of Data Annotations validation and metadata providers.
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A Preview of Version 2 of ASP.NET MVC
Microsoft has released the first preview for their ASP.NET MVC v2. Highlights include a new plugable validation model, sub-projects for dividing up large websites, and an enhanced templating model.
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FireAtlas ASP.NET AJAX Viewer
FireAtlas is an extension to Firebug dedicated to ASP.NET AJAX debugging through providing PageRequestManager tracing and partial update inspection.