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CSS-friendly control adapters!
Brian lets the world know: the control adapters are on the loose!These are not only great versions of a few of the ASP.NET 2.0 controls that fix (IMO) problems with table-heavy output, but they are also great examples of writing adapters that change the outputted HTML from the controls. No more do people need to complain that the controls emit code not to their satisfaction, now you can 'adjust' as needed.
For example - -the menu control by default renders a complex set of tables and spans to create itself. In a perfect world it would render a set of...
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The Mother of all Demos
Got an hour to spare to be blown out of your socks? This is the video from Doug Engelbart's "Mother of all demos". While there is nothing technically "out there" today, the fact that this was done in 1968 is amazing. Thirty-six years later, and we're finally there. Someone please tell me that someone today is working on something that we can look back on 36 years later and still be amazed.
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Uniquify your cache keys
OK, I probably shouldn't have to make this post. As I keep making the mistake, there are only two possibilities: other people also make this mistake or I'm a unique idiot (as opposed to just another one).
When putting data into the ASP.NET Cache, make certain that your key is as unique as it needs to be. For example, you may need to read the data out of a local file for a control or other block of code. Here's the example from the docs (VB):
Public Sub AddItemToCache(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) itemRemoved = false onRemove = New CacheItemRemovedCallback(AddressOf Me.RemovedCallback) ...
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CodeCamp news
Well, I survived my first ever CodeCamp (Victoria). I realized yesterday morning that I haven't spoken in public for "quite a while", certainly more than a few years. Also, barring telephone calls, I think it was the first speaking I have done to anyone other than my wife or cats for at least a month. It was great to see the presentations, a great turnout, and thanks to Nolan, Brian, Jason et al for setting it up!
I was speaking on the ASP.NET provider model, and apart from my last demo not working (I forgot to call base.Initialize), I guess it...
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