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Programming Languages
C#
18 Nov 2016   Updated: 24 Nov 2016   Rating: 4.86/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.39
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How to use datatables with Web API - making a simple GET request

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BUILD
5 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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This article assumes the reader is familiar with James Kovac's PowerShell based build language, PSake, and explains how to pass parameters from the command line and use them within a PSake build script.
DevOps
Agile
6 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 3.71/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.24
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An exploration of ways to sell the unit test idea to organisations and projects that are unwilling to engage in/realise the benefits of the practice
Continuous Build
6 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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Article discussing how to run a local Continuous Integration build via a Visual Studio shortcut key, with a focus on PSake
Git
19 Jan 2017   Updated: 19 Jan 2017   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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Part 3 of a series on deploying to Microsoft Azure
12 Jan 2017   Updated: 12 Jan 2017   Rating: 4.50/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.35
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Part 2 of a series on deploying to Microsoft Azure
Testing
2 Jan 2016   Updated: 5 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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Article discussing how to unit test ASP.NET MVC controllers using NUnit and NSubstitute
3 Jan 2016   Updated: 5 Jan 2016   Rating: 4.30/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.01
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Article discussing how to unit test HttpContext.Current outside of a controller
20 Apr 2017   Updated: 20 Apr 2017   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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How to effectively unit test validation logic
TFS
6 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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I often get developers who are unfamiliar with the branching and merging process within TFS asking me how it works, so I've put together a short guide that explains the basics.
5 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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Quick overview of searching and filtering Team Foundation Server changesets
Fluent
23 Mar 2017   Updated: 23 Mar 2017   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Part 3 of a series on configuring and using Fluent Validation and Autofac
Gherkin
7 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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The first of a 2 part series on effect mapping and specification by example as tools for project planning. This first part focuses on effect maps
Hosted Services
Azure
4 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 3.40/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 1.62
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We recently encountered the dreaded 'Not running in a hosted service or the Development Fabric' yellow screen of death whilst developing a client website hosted inside Azure. This post outlines one approach to accessing Blob/Table/Queue Storage services from an Azure Web Site.
5 Jan 2017   Updated: 5 Jan 2017   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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How to deploy your ASP.NET website to Microsoft Azure
Programming Languages
C#
24 Nov 2016   Updated: 24 Nov 2016   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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How to use DataTables with Web API Part 2: Making a POST request
4 Jan 2016   Updated: 4 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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Real-time filtering of a grid or list
9 Mar 2017   Updated: 9 Mar 2017   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Configuring and using Fluent Validation and Autofac
7 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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The second of a 2 part series on effect mapping and specification by example as tools for project planning. This second part focuses on specifications.
Javascript
8 Dec 2016   Updated: 9 Dec 2016   Rating: 4.92/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.96
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Part 4 of a series on using DataTables with WebAPI
ReSharper
7 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 4.85/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.92
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I've been using ReSharper for the last 4 years and consider it to be the most useful tool I have yet come across. The purpose of this article is to highlight some of my favourite features.
Web Development
ASP.NET
1 Dec 2016   Updated: 1 Dec 2016   Rating: 3.80/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.29
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This is part 3 of a 4-part series on using DataTables with WebAPI.
9 Feb 2017   Updated: 12 Feb 2017   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.39
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A quick example to show how to check for a duplicate username
23 Feb 2017   Updated: 24 Feb 2017   Rating: 4.56/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.17
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How to quickly set up Dependency Injection with Autofac
2 Jan 2016   Updated: 4 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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How do you display WebAPI model errors in MVC?
2 Jan 2016   Updated: 4 Jan 2016   Rating: 3.36/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 2.35
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How do you call a Web API Endpoint without using JavaScript?
3 Jan 2016   Updated: 4 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.39
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Send a success message to a View using TempData
2 Jan 2016   Updated: 4 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.49
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How do you post to a Web API controller from an MVC controller?
3 Jan 2016   Updated: 4 Jan 2016   Rating: 4.50/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.35
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How to handle multiple Submit buttons on a form with data attributes
3 Jan 2016   Updated: 4 Jan 2016   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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Article exploring how ViewModels fit in to the MVC ecosystem and how to use factories to create them.
3 Jan 2016   Updated: 5 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.39
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Article examining one approach to reducing controller dependencies in an ASP.NET MVC application by using generic factories.
2 Jan 2016   Updated: 5 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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In an earlier article, I wrote about reducing controller dependencies with generic factories. One criticism of this approach, which I agree with, is that it hides those dependencies. This article looks at an alternate approach - using facades.
2 Jan 2016   Updated: 5 Jan 2016   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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Article discussing how to handle posted data in an MVC controller action by using commands and handlers
3 Jan 2016   Updated: 5 Jan 2016   Rating: 4.63/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.78
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In this post, we'll discuss how display templates can simplify our view logic.
6 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 1.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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Article discussing how to pass Json data to a RESTful WCF 4 service using Json.Net
6 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 4.87/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.40
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Article outlining one approach for adding custom HTTP 301 redirects to a webforms application using an HttpModule
16 Jan 2016   Updated: 18 Jan 2016   Rating: 4.65/5    Votes: 11   Popularity: 4.84
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How to use web API to authenticate usrs of your MVC application?
HTML
26 Jan 2017   Updated: 2 Feb 2017   Rating: 4.92/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.96
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How to make a web form read-only the easy way
IIS
2 Feb 2017   Updated: 6 Feb 2017   Rating: 4.76/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.33
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This post will show you how to quickly configure your MVC website in IIS.
5 Jan 2016   Updated: 7 Jan 2016   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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How to configure IIS Express so that it runs from Visual Studio without needing Visual Studio to be run with Admin rights.

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