Dynamically Generate Form with jQuery and ASP.NET MVC

http://derans.blogspot.ca/2012/07/dynamically-generate-form-with-jquery.html

function GenerateAndSubmitForm(action) {

    var body = $('body');

    var form = $("<form method='post' action=" + action + "/>");

    @foreach(var param in Model.ToParameterList())

    {

        @Html.Raw("form.append($(\"<input type='hidden' name='" + @param.Key + "' value='" + @param.Value + "' />\"));")

    }

    body.append(form);

    form.submit();

}

ASP.NET MVC 3: Async jQuery progress indicator for long running tasks

http://blog.janjonas.net/2012-01-02/asp_net-mvc_3-async-jquery-progress-indicator-long-running-tasks

  public ActionResult Start()
  {
    var taskId = Guid.NewGuid();
    tasks.Add(taskId, 0);
 
    Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
    {
      for (var i = 0; i <= 100; i++)
      {
        tasks[taskId] = i; // update task progress
        Thread.Sleep(50); // simulate long running operation
      }
      tasks.Remove(taskId);
    });
 
    return Json(taskId);
  }

How to make A link to submit a form?

<form>
 <a href="#" onclick="parentNode.submit();">Submit</a>
</form>

How to add print button in a web page by Javascript?

 
<a href="javascript:window.print()">Print</a>
   

How to display an image from memory in ASP.NET MVC3

In controller:
        public ActionResult MyImage()
        {
            byte[] image = .....;
            return File(image, "image/png");
        }

In view:
<img src="@Url.Action("MyImage", "ControllerName")" alt="my image" />



http://rayaspnet.blogspot.ca/2012/06/how-to-covert-string-to-image-in-mvc.html

The circles of marketing

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/07/the-circles-of-marketing.html

Transferring Data Between ASP.NET Web Pages

http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/192/Transferring-Data-Between-ASP.NET-Web-Pages

• Hidden Form Fields
• Query Strings
• UrlData
• Cookies
• Session Variables
• Application Variables
• Cache

How to copy a table from remote server to another server?

exec sp_addlinkedserver '255.255.255.255,1433';
exec sp_addlinkedsrvlogin '255.255.255.255,1433'
    , 'FALSE', NULL, 'username', 'password';
select * into [newtablename] from [255.255.255.255,1433].[databaseName].[dbo].[tableName]

Validation In Razor

http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/Article/191/Validation-In-Razor-Web-Pages-2

Valid* Credit Card Numbers for Testing Purposes!

http://www.getcreditcardnumbers.com/

  Visa

• 4532648750285780
• 4539052847080077
• 4929736558451463
• 4916004632027212
• 4485755494015923

  Mastercard

• 5494588595021003
• 5387832766740102
• 5529096432016938
• 5218029725191239
• 5344360293912780

  Discover

• 6011552889866889
• 6011885033431303
• 6011033311173798
• 6011819562341625
• 6011299558979086

  American Express

• 342381697387505
• 378737047550224
• 379264258868145
• 371603371058332
• 348154925738078

Entity Framework and Open Source

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/07/19/entity-framework-and-open-source.aspx

he Entity Framework source code is today being released under an open source license (Apache 2.0), and the code repository is now hosted on CodePlex (using Git) to further increase development transparency. 

How to display raw html tag in ASP.NET razor view?

<div class='content'>   
   @MvcHtmlString.Create(HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(Model.Content));
</div>

How to solve "A required anti-forgery token was not supplied or was invalid."

Put a machine key in your web.config file.


How To: Configure MachineKey in ASP.NET 2.0
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff649308.aspx

RavenHQ and ASP.NET MVC on AppHarbor

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=808

Clean up your MVC app with SignalR

http://www.novanet.no/blog/yngve-bakken-nilsen/dates/2012/7/clean-up-your-mvc-app-with-signalr/

Clean controllers, readable Javascript and real time

How to put meta tag into Orchard theme?

In layout.cshtml file, add following code:
@using (Script.Head())
{
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
}

How to avoid compatibility view and quirk mode in IE?

Add this header into IIS setting, HTTP Response headers
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"content="IE=edge">

In IIS 7




http://weblogs.asp.net/joelvarty/archive/2009/03/23/force-ie7-compatibility-mode-in-ie8-with-iis-settings.aspx

Fat models and skinny controllers in ASP.NET MVC

http://weblogs.asp.net/thangchung/archive/2012/06/28/skinny-controller-in-asp-net-mvc-4.aspx

ASP.NET MVC Client side Validation

http://weblogs.asp.net/ricardoperes/archive/2012/06/03/asp-net-mvc-validation-complete.aspx

Data Annotation Validation in ASP.NET MVC

http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/older-versions/models-(data)/validation-with-the-data-annotation-validators-cs

 public class Product
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [StringLength(10)]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [Required]
        public string Description { get; set; }

        [DisplayName("Price")]
        [Required]
        [RegularExpression(@"^\$?\d+(\.(\d{2}))?$")]
        public decimal UnitPrice { get; set; }
    }

Write Less Code

http://mikegrouchy.com/blog/2012/06/write-less-code.html

When you think about it though the fact that most of your time will be maintaining the terrible code you wrote, writing less code and not creating more work for yourself will start to look like an exceptionally good idea.

Really software development job is to think, your job is to think about the problem at hand, devise an elegant solution and then turn that solution into software.

Free ASP.NET MVC hosting, AppHarbor

http://support.appharbor.com/kb/getting-started/deploying-your-first-application-using-git

How to set maxlength for a Textbox in MVC3?

In model add following attribute:
        [StringLength(30, ErrorMessage = "Name cannot be longer than 30 characters.")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

Try a couple of others way, doesn’t work:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name, new { @maxlength = "2" })
$(“#name”).attr(“maxlength”,20);

How to solve "Unable to copy file because it is being used by another process" in ASP.NET

If your ASP.NET solution suddenly cannot compile successfully like before, get following error
“Unable to copy file because it is being used by another process”
Go to Task Manager, and kill all of processes that name "WebDev.WebServer40.exe"

PetaPoco with MVC4

http://www.arroyocode.com/micro-orm-data-mapping-with-petapoco-and-asp-net-mvc-4

MVC is dead, it's time to MOVE on.

http://cirw.in/blog/time-to-move-on

Yet Another ASP.NET MVC CRUD Tutoria

http://weblogs.asp.net/ricardoperes/archive/2012/05/28/yet-another-asp-net-mvc-crud-tutorial.aspx

On the quality of academic software

academic software is awful because academic folks aren’t that great at programming
http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2012/06/18/on-the-quality-of-academic-software/