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Caching in ASP.NET

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:55:48 GMT

This article discusses Caching, its different types and contains some lucid code examples to illustrate On-Demand Data Caching. Caching is a feature of ASP.NET that can dramatically improve the performance of web applications by minimizing the usage of server resources to a great extent. Caching is a feature that stores data in local memory, allowing incoming requests to be served from memory directly.

Using SharePoint Web Services to Change Subsite Permissions

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:51:45 GMT

Microsoft has provided SharePoint class libraries and web services for not only creating and updating a SharePoint site and its contents manually, but also programmatically. This article introduces how to use SharePoint web services to loop through all the sub sites to add roles, add users to site roles, and update role permissions on site and list levels.

Constructors in C#

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:01:23 GMT

This article covers the basic concepts of constructors in C# and discusses constructor overloading, types of constructors, and the behavior of constructors in inheritance, with some sample programs. A constructor is used to provide initialization code that gets executed every time the class is instantiated. Constructors cannot be "virtual". A good understanding of constructors is a prerequisite for all class designers.

Constructors in C#

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:57:49 GMT

Attributes and Reflection in C#

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:57:00 GMT

This article discusses attributes and reflection concepts in detail with examples wherever necessary. C# is very important language, but it also offers scope for adding declarative features to the code and their later retrieval if necessary. We can use attributes to provide both design-level and run-time information to our code. Attributes are a mechanism for adding metadata. Reflection is the process by which a program can read its own metadata.

How to Create a BoundField Dynamically Using GridView

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:05:00 GMT

This article examines how to create a BoundField Column dynamically for a GridView control. The manifestation shows the ListBox populated with Column Names from a specific table. Selecting multiple column names from the ListBox will allow the user to display the data in the GridView accordingly.

Microsoft .NET Architecture

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:39:54 GMT

In this article, essential aspects of Microsoft .NET such as CLR, MSIL, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Web Services and .Net security are summarized. While no topic is covered in detail, and few implementation suggestions are given, the article serves as a quick overview of essential .NET concepts.

RSS Feed Generator by Peter A. Bromberg

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:35:46 GMT

A Dynamic Sql-Based Self-Caching RSS Feed Generator has become so omnipresent that it is expected for virtually any kind of information site to offer at least one feed. There are now a large number of RSS Generator class libraries in the open - source space. This article details an RSS Fed generator written by Peter A. Bromberg. The generator operates as a HTTPHandler, without the baggage of the ASP.NET Page class.

Trio of notable authors Introduces "Beginning .NET Game Programming"

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:26:10 GMT

This article describes a book, written by a trio of notable authors David Weller, Alexandre Santos Laboa, and Ellen Hatton. The book introduces the reader to a variety of fundamental concepts that go into programming a game. Every section of the book is accompanied by several source code listings that demonstrate the concept at hand. This book is relevant to both .NET 2.0 as well as .NET 1.1.