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When developing .NET applications there is often the need to execute multiple background processes, for example, fetching and rendering different size thumbnails for images. Typically you queue actions like these onto the thread pool. But in the case of thumbnail generation you typically want to fetch a base image first and then perform the resize More >
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When developing .NET applications there is often the need to execute some slow background process repeatedly. For example, fetching a feed from a remote site, updating a user’s last logged in time, … etc. Typically you queue actions like these onto the thread pool. But under load that becomes problematic as requests may be coming More >
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In GDI+ you can call Image.FromFile to load an image from a file. BUT there are several issues with this call, the biggest being that GDI+ will keep the file open long after you are done with it. Here is an image loader that gets around this issue. If you are running a high volume More >
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
ASP.NET 3.5 Routing is a very powerful tool not just for registering routes for newer ASP.NET MVC applications but also for adding SEO friendly routes to older Webforms (ASPX) applications, or for routing multiple URLs to a single page. But that’s not all it can do. You can create your own IRouteHandler and then have More >
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Functional programming is a relatively new component in the C# language. It can potentially replace for-loops in many situations with simpler code, but the question remains ‘what’s wrong with a good old for loop?’ Here are some of the reasons I think functional programming is important and in particular how LINQ can improve the readability, More >
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Some time ago I was having an issue with my cable modem connection. The connection was intermittent at certain times of day but fine otherwise. Calling the cable company with an intermittent problem is pointless: you get the standard answer “But it’s working fine now”. So, since I have the world’s smartest home automation system More >
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OK, so it’s a controversial title, but the point I want to make is that programmers often get confused about the time complexity, i.e. order O() of an algorithm and performance. They will happily declare that their O(n) algorithm is so much better than someone else’s O(n²) algorithm as they rip out some simple, stable, More >
about 1 year ago - 7 comments
This Visual Studio 2010 RC bug is really causing grief. If you see the error message above, check your EDMX file. Visual Studio may have kindly inserted an extra StoreGeneratedPattern="Identity" into your EDMX file on a child table for the association back to the parent table. For example, this … <EntityType Name="ExceptionRecordData"> <Key> <PropertyRef Name="ExceptionDataUID" More >
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
You’ve probably seen many web sites with the floating ‘feedback’ button down the side. Here’s how to add one to your site using jQuery, jQuery UI and ASP.NET MVC. First make sure you have jQuery and jQuery UI referenced in your master page view together with the CSS file for whichever jQuery UI theme you More >
