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I have been doing some performance and load testing of a web application I have been working on lately. Most of my previous experience was with the 2005 flavour of VSTS and I was keen to play with the 2008 version to see what improvements have been made. This web application is quite heavy in terms of Javascript and AJAX feature usage. I am happy ...

Don't know if this has already been discussed at length before, but I found an interesting little tool from Microsoft Research for profiling the Javascript functionality in your AJAX applications. Its called AjaxView and can remotely monitor any AJAX web app that is currently on the web, locally or whatever. You basically, install a small ...

I wrote a few articles for the Simple Talk Website (run by RedGate Software) over the past year and was honored to be included in the "Best of Simple Talk ASP.NET" eBook they just released.  The book is a free PDF that covers a lot of different topics including: ASP.NET Master Pages Tips and Tricks Web Parts in ASP.NET 2.0 ...

Microsoft just released the SP1 beta for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 and it includes a huge number of new features and enhancements.  Check out Scott Guthrie's blog for details but here's a quick list of what's included: ASP.NET Data Scaffolding Support (ASP.NET Dynamic Data) ASP.NET Routing Engine ...

Wally has put up some new podcasts around using Google maps and virtual earth with ASP.NET AJAX. You can check em out at the following links: Integrating ASP.NET AJAX with Google Maps. ASP.NET AJAX with Virtual Earth These podcasts allow you to explore mapping possibilities with the 2 popular mapping services currently available.  in ...

Remix, is heading downunder and registrations are now open. You can register here.This event is especially cool for the many people who did not get a chance to attend the actual Mix event in the United States (which is many of us). Dates and locations are: Sydney   May 20    Powerhouse Museum   Harris Street, Ultimo ...

I'm in Orlando this week speaking at the DevConnections conference on 3 different topics.  It's my personal favorite as far as conferences go and features a lot of cool technologies, people and events.  This week I'm covering custom ASP.NET AJAX controls, building N-Layer applications that leverage LINQ and new networking features in ...

I have demo'ed this technique before and talked about it various times, but I recently used this on another engagement which really helped alleviate some of the initial page load times and size. In my scenario, we had a page utilising the AJAX Control toolkit and which utilised the excellent Tab control to contain a number of separate display ...

Update:  I refactored some of the code and also did a better job ensuring Dispose() is called everywhere so that the DataContext object gets cleaned up properly. Download the Application Here .NET 3.5 has a lot of great new features that can significantly enhance developer productivity.  I've been spending some time lately working on a ...

I thought I'd pass on some link love to Damian Edwards, the resident readify CSS god. Here recently did an RDN presentation on using CSS effectively with ASP.NET and the first of a series of articles on that very subject can be found here. its a great article and well worth your time to read, especially if you want to make ASP.NET are good CSS ...