ASP.NET MVC–Azure Websites and EF Model First Connection Strings when Deploying from Github
Image by Hammad Ali | Some Rights Reserved One of the coolest things about Windows Azure Websites is the integration with source control, and the automated deployment hooks Azure offers. However, there are a number of small...
Reverse-Engineering an Existing Database in your ASP.NET MVC Application Using Entity Framework Model/Database-First
Image by Ian Britton | Some Rights Reserved Entity Framework’s “Code-First” development model has become a highly popular approach to data modeling in ASP.NET MVC development in the last few years. The Code...
Use Cross-Platform/OSS ExcelDataReader to Read Excel Files with No Dependencies on Office or ACE
Image by Elif Ayiter | Some Rights Reserved I recently posted an article about LinqToExcel, a fantastic library I discovered while trying to solve a problem for a work-related project. The premise was that I wanted a library I...
ASP.NET MVC: Configuring ASP.NET MVC 4 Membership with a SQL CE Database
Image by Infocux Technologies | Some Rights Reserved Recently I needed to set up an ASP.NET MVC project to work with a SQL CE database. I also needed to use SQL CE as the backing store for the ASP.NET Membership feature. This was...
C#: Create and Manipulate Word Documents Programmatically Using DocX
Image by Mohylek – Some Rights Reserved In a recent post, I extolled the virtues of a wonderful OSS library I had found for working with Excel data programmatically, LinqToExcel. In that post, I also mentioned a fantastic...
C#: Query Excel and .CSV Files Using LinqToExcel
Image by Elif Ayiter – Some Rights Reserved In my quest to get a rather hack-ey work project DONE and off my machine, I discovered a couple exceptionally useful OSS tools for working with MS Excel data, and at the same...
Customizing Routes in ASP.NET MVC
Image by ~uminotorino Some rights reserved Routing is one of the primary aspects of the MVC framework which makes MVC what it is. While that is possibly over-simplifying, the routing framework is where the MVC philosophy of...
C# – Wildcard Search Using LINQ
Image by salendron | Some rights reserved Need to create a wild-card style search method using LINQ? It is ridiculously easy. Below is a simple example, using the .StartsWith method from the string class. In an application for...
Routing Basics in ASP.NET Web API
Image by Ron Reiring As noted in Routing Basics in ASP.NET MVC, routing in ASP.NET Web API is functionally very similar to the standard MVC routing. Understanding the MVC routing model will provide most of what you need to know...
Routing Basics in ASP.NET MVC
Image by Andrew Morton When getting started with ASP.NET MVC and/or the ASP.NET Web API, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out how it all works. These frameworks offer powerful features, and abstract away a good deal of...