Nick Harrison 14 December 2015

Using Scaffolding to Create MVC Applications with Visual Studio

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Scaffolding is a great way of kick-starting model-view-controller (MVC) framework development. Visual Studio's MVC Scaffolding uses templates to generate the routine code that is common to all ASP.Net MVC builds, such as data access and Web API. It allows the developer to concentrate on what is unique to the application.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 20 January 2015

ASP.NET MVC Security through Validation

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ASP.NET MVC provides a way of providing declarative validation of user inputs. It removes a lot of the tedium of this important task. Nick Harrison explains how to do it, and also points out why it is so important to provide input validation… Read more

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Nick Harrison 02 December 2014

Extending Editor Templates for ASP.NET MVC

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If you find yourself doing routine work repeatedly in ASP.NET MVC, it is worth exploring the possibilities that come from modifying or creating Editor Templates in Visual Studio. Templates can save you a lot of time when creating views or other default content. Nick Harrison explains.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 22 August 2014

Building an Excel View Engine for ASP.NET MVC

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When we see a grid with some interesting data in it in an MVC application we, as users, expect to be able to download it as an Excel spreadsheet. If your application can't do it, it is no use telling the user that it is too difficult, because it isn't, as Nick Harrison explains.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 03 June 2013

T4 – The Insource Code Monkey

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T4 usually stays behind the scenes in Visual Studio, but if you find that you have a good reason to write similar code over and over again, or use a lot of copy and paste, then it could be that you have a specific use for T4. There are times when it can be useful for generating code templates but it is versatile to provide a solution for a number of programming headaches.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 25 February 2013

Dynamic LINQ Queries with Expression Trees

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It's possible to build up dynamic LINQ queries or queries with several conditional criteria. In fact there are several options for doing this, including the use of expression trees.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 27 November 2012

Client-Side Markup with JQuery Cloning and Templates

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Almost certainly, any HTML-based application is going to need to create markup on the client-side, using JavaScript. The language isn't particularly geared for the task, but with JQuery and now JSrender, it is no longer something that the web programmer needs to dread… Read more

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Nick Harrison 24 September 2012

Understanding Asynchronous Programming with .NET Reflector

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When you are working with the .NET framework, it is great to be able to view, and step into, assemblies. The documentation is handy to have, but nothing beats being able to see and debug the code to understand how it works. Suddenly, the new Async features stop being mystical, and start to make practical sense.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 11 July 2012

jQuery Fast Food Cook Book

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Anyone in IT should be aware of jQuery. This free, open-source JavaScript library has become amost essential to anyone creating a web-based application. Nick Harrison explains, in as sucession of small examples, why it helps his productivity so much, and takes the grudgery out of creating dynamic web pages.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 23 February 2012

Revisiting Hosting Reflector

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You can automate .NET Reflector processes, and run .NET Reflector from within a .NET application, from within ASP.NET or even within ASP.NET MVC. What is more you can host a reflector Add-in. This opens up many possibilities as Nick Harrison points out.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 04 April 2011

A Developers’ Guide to Refactoring Databases

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When Agile meets 'Big Design', the result can be frustration on both sides. Is it possible for database development to to easily coexist with Agile methodologies for application development? Nick suggests that the technical solutions already exist, and the dissonance is more due to cultural and organisational problems… Read more

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Nick Harrison 01 February 2011

Database Refactoring

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Although the methodology of refactoring code has been adopted enthusiastically, the same has not really been the case with databases. Nick argues that the reason could lie in the extent of the task of unpicking complex databases systems sufficiently to make them more efficient and effective; and this will only be ameliorated with better tools and planning to support the techniques. … Read more

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Nick Harrison 25 November 2010

Some NHibernate Best-Practices

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NHibernate can help to build a project more quickly if the database it connects to is sound. Otherwise, there are bound to be problems, but they are not problems of NHibernate's making. Nick Harrison gives some advice, and suggests some 'best-practices' for using it, fresh from the reality of developing an application based on NHibernate. … Read more

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Nick Harrison 05 October 2010

Under the ORM Hood: Revealing the SQL

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Your application code may look neat and clean, and you are using a sound Object-relational Mapper, but when you put the pedal to the metal, you're not getting the performance. The time has come to lift the hood and see what SQL is being generated by the ORM, and what part of your code is causing the bottlenecks. The effect can be spectacular.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 12 August 2010

jQuery Goodness in a DotNet World

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jQuery is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks. It shields the programmer from the idiosyncrasies in the way that each browser implements the language: it makes life easier by doing all the routine chores and takes the pain out of AJAX. It also introduces a 'Wow' factor to browser-based applications.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 18 June 2010

Back to Basics: Wiring up a Web Application

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In the third of a series on Web Application design, Nick turns his attention to the Model part of the Model View Presenter (MVP) pattern, and discusses what a well-behaved model might look lik… Read more

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Nick Harrison 20 April 2010

Back to Basics: Converting a Web Page to a Web Form View

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ASP.NET developers can learn a lot from MVC practices. This article shows you how to structure a WebPage in an ASP.Net web application so that it is behaves like an MVC View, and suggests a number of ways to increase the quality, and portability, of ASP.NET applications by encapsulation, and separating the logic between the Presenter and View. … Read more

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Nick Harrison 25 February 2010

Reflector Pro Cometh

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Reflector 6 is here. Nick Harrison is a long-time Reflector enthusiast, and has been responsible for writing an add-in. As he'd helped test the new version, Nick asked to review it for Simple-Talk. The team were anxious to know what he thought. They needn't have worried.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 28 January 2010

Back to Basics: Structuring a Web Page with CSS and ASP.NET

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Nick explains why such habits as using nested HTML Tables to position content in the right place on the browser page is bad practice and, nowadays, avoidable. This is just one 'Markup smell' that he discusses on the way to demonstrating the benefits of CSS Style-sheets and ASP.NET Master Pages.… Read more

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Nick Harrison 02 October 2009

.NET Reflector meets the CodeDom

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.NET Reflector was the first .NET tool to allow assemblies to be disassembled back into the high level language that produced them. Moreover, it has a plug-in architecture that allows you to disassemble to any language for which you have a plug-in, or are prepared to write one. Nick Harrison takes it one further step, and creates a plug-in that produces the CodeDom code needed to create the contents of the assembly. Nick explains, gently.… Read more

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