If you’ve developed any moderately complex web application, you’ve probably implemented some form of role-based security. For instance, only administrators can access the /Admin directory. Only ContentCreators can update web page content. Only RegisteredUsers can access the site. ASP.NET makes all of this relatively easy through the <authorization> section of the web.config file(s), programmatic security, […]
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Jean-Paul reappears on dnrTV to talk about Model-View-Presenter, which is a cool pattern for abstracting away your UI implementation technology. For example you can re-use the same Model and Presenter code with ASP.NET and WinForms. Additionally the view ends up being really dumb, which means that parsing, validation, and other logic traditionally in your ASPX code-behind or WinFom […]
Fellow plumber, Bil Simser, asks the question how the heck does someone debug SharePoint as a non-admin. Elementary, my dear Simser, elementary… The fundamental problem that Bil is experiencing occurs with SharePoint, ASP.NET, or any app that runs under a different security context than your own. A normal user can only debug applications running under […]
We’ve just released Episode 3: Powered by Infinite Improbability Drive. So that we can get you, our loyal listeners, the episodes more quickly, we’ll be hosting on both MSDN Canada Community Radio as well as on the Plumbers @ Work site. You can find the show notes here, photos here, and podcast here. It will be […]
If you’re ever troubleshooting an IIS-related problem, Microsoft offers a variety of free tools to help in your troubleshooting efforts. Previously you had to download the tools separately, but Microsoft just released the entire bundle as a single convenient download: IIS Diagnostics Toolkit (x86) Also available for IA64 and AMD64. Tools included […]
As usual, I’ve been reading voraciously about all things .NET and here’s a selection of articles and blog posts that every developer should read in their copious amounts of spare time over the holidays. Our first stop is security… Security for developers has long been near and dear to my heart. So it should come as […]
If you’re a developer like me, you can appreciate an aesthetically pleasing website, but couldn’t create one if your life depended on it. Oh sure, I can sling HTML, DHTML, CSS, and JavaScript with the best of them, but I’m an implementer, not a graphic artist. So what to do if you’re too cheap to […]
Last week, I presented another talk on acquiring your MCAD/MCSD for the Calgary .NET User Group. This time around I covered ASP.NET in Tips & Tricks for 70-305/70-315: Developing Web Applications. Thanks to everyone who attended. You can grab the slidedeck from here.
After months of preparation and much secrecy, Plumbers @ Work has been released into the wild by the .NET Plumbers. The regular podcast is part of MSDN Canada Radio and will be featuring John Bristowe, Dan Sellers, Bil Simser and myself. We’ll be talking about current and upcoming developments in .NET and Microsoft technologies. Our inaugaural episode […]
Many of the new features in ASP.NET 2.0 are meant to simply common tasks in web development. How many of us have dragged two labels, a pair of text boxes, a checkbox, and a submit button onto an .ascx and hooked everything up to create a Login control? Now the Login control and its helpful […]
