RickAndMSFT on Azure & MVC
Filling the Azure Gap
Seeding and Debugging Entity Framework (EF) DBs
In Tom Dykstra’s terrific ASP.NET MVC EF tutorial, the following code is used to seed the student...
Date: 02/12/2013
Optimal Azure Restarts
Restarts for Web Roles Updated 17 Jan 2013: Tracing in OnStop is not supported. An often...
Date: 12/21/2012
Top Azure Tips and Best Practices
Tom Dykstra and I have just published an Azure multi-tier tutorial with the complete source. It has...
Date: 12/20/2012
Debugging Azure HTTP 500 Errors
By default, Windows Azure Cloud Services Web Role applications, running in Windows Azure or the...
Date: 11/06/2012
Debugging HTTP 500 - Internal server error with the Windows Azure SDK
Update November 2012 – See my new blog entry Debugging Azure HTTP 500 Errors. This blog no longer...
Date: 10/25/2012
Azure Table Storage
This Azure Table Storage tutorial/sample/walkthrough will get you using Azure Table Storage from...
Date: 09/20/2012
ASP.NET MVC 4 Mobile Caching Bug Fixed
31 October 2012 Update: The ASP.NET Fall 2012 Update includes the Fixed DisplayModes NuGet...
Date: 09/17/2012
Adding Web Optimization to a Web Pages Site
Adding bundling and minification (B/M) in a Web Pages site follows the same formula ASP.NET MVC and...
Date: 08/15/2012
InitializeSimpleMembership Attribute and SimpleMembership Exceptions
The InitializeSimpleMembership Attribute ensures that before any membership (login/register) related...
Date: 08/15/2012
Adding Bundling and Minification to Web Forms
My B/M tutorial provides a good introduction to benefits of Bundling and Minification....
Date: 08/14/2012
Installing and using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) on Visual Studio 2010 and VWD
This blog post shows how to Install SQL Server Data Tools on Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web...
Date: 08/02/2012
ASP.NET Bundling and Minification
I’m pleased to announce my new Bundling and Minification tutorial. Bundling and Minification...
Date: 06/13/2012
ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta to MVC RC Upgrade Instructions
The simplest way to upgrade from ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta to RC is to create a new ASP.NET MVC 4 RC...
Date: 06/12/2012
Async ASP.NET MVC, Web Forms and Web API
I’m pleased to announce two new asynchronous tutorials for ASP.NET 4.5: Using Asynchronous...
Date: 06/08/2012
Securing your ASP.NET MVC 4 App and the new AllowAnonymous Attribute
2 March 2013 Update: Added security links 20 June 2012 Update: Cookieless Session and Authentication...
Date: 03/23/2012
Response.Redirect and ASP.NET MVC – Do Not Mix
Update 28 November 2012: HttpResponse.Clear is safe but not recommended since it is a violation of...
Date: 03/01/2012
JSON Serialization / Deserialization of DateTime Not Equal
I recently used the DataContractJsonSerializer to serialize a class. I noticed that for a DateTime...
Date: 02/03/2012
Debugging HTTP 500 - Internal server error with Windows Azure SDK
Update November 2012 – See my new blog entry Debugging Azure HTTP 500 Errors. This blog no longer...
Date: 11/23/2011
ASP.NET MVC Dynamic Universal Map of Resources
I’m pleased to introduce the new ASP.NET MVC Content Map. I’m calling this a dynamic map because I...
Date: 08/11/2011
Should my database calls be Asynchronous Part II
Update 28 November 2012: The combination of await, async, and the Task object makes it much easier...
Date: 07/19/2011
Using CDNs and Expires to Improve Web Site Performance
Much has been written on the advantages of using a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver...
Date: 05/21/2011
Securing your ASP.NET MVC 3 Application
Executive Overview You cannot use routing or web.config files to secure your MVC application. The...
Date: 05/02/2011
Better, Faster, Easier SSL testing for ASP.NET MVC & WebForms
ScottHa has a great blog Working with SSL at Development Time is easier with IISExpress, but I’ve...
Date: 04/22/2011
Test your ASP.NET MVC or WebForms Application on IIS 7 in 30 seconds
A frequent complaint in the ASP.NET forums is that an application works fine with Cassini (AKA, the...
Date: 04/22/2011
Enabling IIS 7.X on Windows 7, Vista SP1, Windows 2008, Windows 2008/R2
To set up IIS to run ASP.NET applications (including MVC 3 and Web Matrix): Install the Microsoft...
Date: 03/14/2011
Handling Optimistic Concurrency Exception with EF and MVC 3
I've written a simple MVC 3 application to demonstrate handing optimistic concurrency exceptions...
Date: 02/17/2011
Dynamic V Strongly Typed Views
There are three ways to pass information from a controller to a view in ASP.NET MVC 3: As a strongly...
Date: 01/28/2011
Securing your MVC Application
Executive Overview You cannot use routing or web.config files to secure your MVC application. The...
Date: 08/24/2010
Secure or a Security Hole, hardening your Area
This blog has been replaced by Securing your MVC Application
Date: 08/20/2010
Session less MVC Controller for MVC 2 / RC
LiveJournal Tags: MVC,MVC 2,session Why a session less controller? Update 5 Feb 2010 – The latest...
Date: 12/16/2009
Using the BeginMethod/EndMethod pattern with MVC
If your asynchronous action method calls a service which exposes methods using theBeginMethod() /...
Date: 12/02/2009
Should my database calls be Asynchronous?
Update 28 November 2012: The combination of await, async, and the Task object makes it much easier...
Date: 11/14/2009
Tips on getting your ASP.NET MVC questions answered quickly
When you run into an issue or have a question about ASP.NET MVC the best place for it is the MVC...
Date: 10/29/2009
MVC FAQ
Please post corrections/submissions to the MVC Forum. Include MVC FAQ in the title. MSDN articles...
Date: 10/15/2009
Client Side Validation for MVC 2 P2
MVC 2 Preview 1 added support for DataAnnotations. In my MSDN article How to: Validate Model Data...
Date: 10/02/2009
DRY-ing out the MVC 2 Templated Helpers
In my MSDN article Using Templated Helpers to Display Data, I show how they provide a very...
Date: 08/18/2009
Using DataAnnotations in MVC 2 - Catching up to Dynamic Data
DataAnnotations help you write robust validation and prevent the type of annoying error message...
Date: 08/01/2009
New Templated Helpers Improve SoC
SoC (from WikiPedia)In my MSDN article Walkthrough: Using Templated Helpers to Display Data I show...
Date: 07/23/2009
Setting font attributes with UIHint in your Entity Partial Class
I've written a simple Field Template ( RedBold.ascx ) that reads most font attributes and applies...
Date: 06/02/2009
Dynamic Data FAQ
Please post corrections/new submissions to the Dynamic Data Forum. Put FAQ Submission/Correction in...
Date: 01/08/2009
Custom Validation Error message not displayed
A customer pointed out that his Spanish validation error messages were not being displayed; the...
Date: 12/31/2008
Explicit connection string for EF
The default constructor for the ObjectContext class in the Entity Data Model (EDM) retrieves the...
Date: 12/09/2008
Improving the FK field display: Showing two fields in Foreign Key columns
The default scaffold of the CustomerAddress table in the AdventureWorksLT database poses a problem:...
Date: 11/21/2008
How to create an updateable view with ADO Entity Framework and with LINQ to SQL
Creating an update-able view with ADO Entity Framework (EF) or LINQ to SQL (L2S) is a fairly...
Date: 10/03/2008
Tweaking the Filter Repeater
The default implementation of Dynamic Data provides a drop down list box for each foreign key and...
Date: 09/25/2008