Finally a new version of SubSonic was released today with a lot of new features. SubSonic is one of my favorite Data Access Layer (DAL) generators, that makes it super easy to create data access code.
As a developer you have a lot of control over what the generated code looks like, which is great because I do not like code generators to dictate the essence of my code. But the beauty of SubSonic is that you never really have to interact with the generated code itself. It’s automatically generated and compiled for you — you just need to learn how to use it, which is pretty simple. What’s more, it’s free, and works with not only SQL Server, but also with MySQL, SQLite, and Oracle databases. Read more…
ScottGu just made available a free downloadable eBook in PDF format as well as a simple and easy-to-understand sample project called Nerddinner.
The eBook is actually a chapter from his upcoming book on MVC, but it is an end-to-end tutorial that walks through building a small but complete ASP.NET MVC application from scratch.
Download eBook.
Download Nerddinner sample code.
Buy ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Book at Amazon.com.
If you do decide to read this book, please do not forget to share your thoughts with me.
ASP.NET generates temporary files from the code-behind and aspx files that it compiles into assemblies behind the scenes. These temporary files are stored in %WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files folder. Sometimes these files get out-of-sync with the user code and modifications to the code have no effect while debugging. In such situations it is safe to delete the contents of this folder and force ASP.NET to regenerate these files.
A coworker introduced me to Anthem.NET, which is an AJAX library for the ASP.NET platform. Within the last year or so, quite a few AJAX libraries have surfaced, including Microsoft’s ASP.NET AJAX (formerly known as ATLAS), and other free and commercial products. Some of these are pretty decent, while others are not even worth investigating. Anthem.NET, with it’s impressive functionality, belongs to the former group.
Some of the features of Anthem.NET include:
- Free and open source
- Support for .NET 1.x and 2.0
- Seamless integration with Visual Studio 2005
- Broad browser support (IE, Firefox, and Safari)
- Support for Mono
- Familiar ASP.NET postback style functionality
- Support for ASP.NET ViewState
- Support for web user controls
You can download Anthem.NET from SourceForge.
