Wyatt Barnett
ASP.NET gives a developer a lot of loosely typed key-value collections in which to stash stash variables, depending upon persistence needs. The short list includes ViewState, Session, Application... Read More
Why you should not use checkboxes combined with autopostback.Read More
This just in—MS Ajax 1.0 Final has been released! Download it here or see Scott Guthrie’s blog post for full details. Note that ajax.asp.net is down at the time of this writing, so... Read More
.NET's default Page_Load method is evil. And here is why, and how you can fix it in your code.Read More
One project I work on revolves around an annual event. And it just became imperative to do a significant overhaul of the visual bits of it’s website. Unfortunately, said website is a .NET 1.1... Read More
In between holiday events and cocktail hours, it is traditional for some to make sweeping predictions about the world to come and then write about them. Read on for my musings.Read More
Learn how to pull ranked search results out of your Full-Text indices.Read More
Full-Text Search is neato! And here is how to get started using it.Read More
As I have noted many times, the standalone Internet Explorer implementations are hacks that are best avoided. Alex Russell, leader of the Dojo project, explains the reasons quite eloquently. The... Read More
I have never met a boxed CMS--open source or store bought--I liked. And here is why.Read More
Full-Text search is fun and easy! And the first step to getting there is to configure Full-Text search in your Sql Server Database.Read More
So, you have built your secured web application. You have enabled ASP.NET’s handy authentication and authorization features. But have you done enough? No, not at all. What happens if you forget to... Read More
One of the poorly documented, yet quite important, facts of life in dealing with .NET applications is that one is often using Windows Authentication to communicate with Sql Server databases.... Read More
Atlas has been renamed Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX Extensions. And Beta 1 has been released. Read more for some details, and one big trick to keep it more easily deployable.Read More





