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ASP.Net
So, I made a post yesterday about the way we're keeping our view state persisted on the server. I had been feeling pretty good about the methods that I came up with and the results of not only our tests, but the real world tests that we've seen with this code "out in the wild" per se... I started to do a lot of reading. When I say a lot, I mean I fired up google, started at the top and went through every "view state" related link I could find to see if there was something I was...
It's all about the user experience...
[Update: There is a small bug with this posting. I've made a follow up post here to explain the problem and the solution as well]
We all know that the quickest way to kill a web site is to have all of your users disappear. After all, a web site without users is pretty pointless. We are constantly striving to bring fresh new content and the latest and greatest "WOW" factor to our sites in order to not only garner new users, but to keep the users we already have coming back.
Users *HATE* slow sites. This...
So, I've got a requirement for an asp.net application that collects data and makes use of Tabs. The basic idea is, as each section of the forms are filled out, the tab will change colors to give a visual queue to the user that they have completed that individual tab section.
Standard Tab Styles:
The goal of all the tabs being complete:
In Process, some done, some not done (Blue means not done)
The TabContainer of the AjaxControlToolkit supports custom styles, and this process is very well documented in a number of places. Once could easily change the look of all...
Mads Kristensen of the .Net Slave blog and BlogEngine.Net fame recently stumbled upon tagMapping in ASP.Net. Long story short, it's a quick and easy way to replace all your controls on your ASP.Net site of a particular type, to another type of control at run time. For the full story, check out his excellent blog.
Tag mapping in ASP.NET
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One of the problems with being a Microsoft ASP.Net developer, and creating applications for the consumer, is how to get the consumer to deploy your application in their environment.
Many software developers use the 'ole tried and true standby solution of "Unzip this folder here, change these configuration settings here, run these scripts there..." type of solution.
Scott Guthrie reminds us that VS 2005 has the ability to create a web deployment project packaging your web application in a neat and tidy .msi file.
Nothing pleases your consumers more than a simple point and click :)
Tip/Trick: Creating Packaged ASP.NET Setup Programs with VS...