SQL
I'm currently working on a project where I need to quickly insert a list of Countries and Us States into a database table. This is not the first time that I've needed to have a useful script handy for this sort of thing. I had a
Testing
What is mocking? Well....according to Wikipedia it is: "In object-oriented programming, mock objects are simulated objects that mimic the behavior of real objects in controlled ways. A computer programmer typically creates a mock object to test the behavior of some other object" In short, Mock objects
I recently stumbled across the following site and looked at some of their applications that they have on offer. One of the great tools that they offer is a tool called Postmark. Postmark helps deliver and track transactional emails. The service basically replaces using SMTP, and allows you to send
C#
A really useful built in feature of .Net is the Lambda expression. I've been using these for a while, but until I started looking into it, I never realized how useful these can actually be. There are loads of quick, nifty ways to get things done that might
ASP.NET
In the constant quest to deliver faster, slicker websites it is important to try and improve the users experience. This could include improving the page load speed, smooth navigation or page accessibility. While working on this site, I have tried to improve page loading speeds as much as possible. There
ASP.NET
I am currently working a project at work that requires us to use progressive enhancement so that our site is accessible to all users regardless of whether they have javascript enabled. One of the issues that we came across was keeping only one version of the html that we needed
C#
I've started to take a look at Dependency Injection Containers (IoC), mostly because we have started using them where I work and also just out of general interest and trying to get my mind around how they work. From Wikipedia: Inversion of control, or IoC, is an abstract
Spotify
Toastify is a great little app that allows you to add hot-keys to Spotify. If you haven't already heard of Spotify, it is a streaming player that allows you to listen to music for free. I've been looking for a way to add hot-keys
ASP.NET
Asp.net Mvc has an awesome little class called the HtmlHelper class. I have only recently started to get into creating custom HtmlHelpers, and I thought that creating a small Google charting helper would be a good place to start. From the Microsoft MSDN site: The HtmlHelper class provides a
Windows Apps
I've just got my hands on a shiny new computer, maxed out with new RAM and Windows 7. So far I am very impressed with Windows 7, although it looks pretty similar to Vista, its a lot slicker and I can't really seem to find any
C#
An easy way to create PDF files is to use iTextSharp. It is an opensource PDF library that allows to you generate PDF files on the fly. It's great if you need to dynamically create a PDF using dynamic data. Also, I found that this is a great
After my last post, I decided to dive a little more into T4 templates and learn more about them. After some goofing around, I decided to write a template that would minify js files automatically using the Yahoo YUI compressor for .net - http://www.codeplex.com/YUICompressor. T4 is a