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Adding a RESTful Service to My Boggle Solver
11 September 10 02:47 AM | Scott Mitchell | 5 comment(s)

This blog post has been deprecated. Please see Updating My Online Boggle Solver Using jQuery Templates and WCF for an updated discussion on the solver service, the data it returns, and how to call it from a web page. My immediate and extended family enjoys...

Filed under: ASP.NET Talk, Miscellaneous, Web Services, jQuery

I’m Teaching Two Upcoming Training Classes in San Diego
19 August 10 09:45 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Once a year (or so) I teach a handful of one-day, four hour classes in San Diego on various ASP.NET topics. I’ve got two such classes lined up for Saturday, September 11: Get Started with ASP.NET MVC – 8 AM to Noon Traditionally, ASP.NET websites have...

Filed under: ASP.NET Talk, Miscellaneous, ASP.NET MVC, jQuery

Links to Scott Guthrie's Using LINQ to SQL Tutorials
27 July 10 11:56 PM | Scott Mitchell | 5 comment(s)

Back when Visual Studio 2008 came out, Scott Guthrie wrote an excellent series of blog posts on using LINQ to SQL . Unfortunately, the various installments are not easy to follow when starting from Part 1 and going onward, so I've decided to gather and...

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SOLUTION: Outlook Is Stripping Line Breaks From Plain-Text Emails Auto-Generated From My ASP.NET Application!
08 December 09 11:36 AM | Scott Mitchell | 1 comment(s)

Today I was working on an ASP.NET application that sends out plain-text emails to site administrators when certain conditions unfold. One problem I unearthed today is that when viewing these emails in Microsoft Outlook many of the carriage returns were...

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SOLUTION: JSLint.VS Add-In Always Reports "No Errors" Even For Invalid JavaScript Files
15 October 09 03:49 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

JSLint is a free JavaScript code quality tool created by Douglas Crockford . At the JSLint.com website you can paste in a block of JavaScript code and JSLint will examine the code and warn you when it encounters any script that violates its list of rules...

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For Some Probability Problems, Seeing Can Be Believing
01 July 08 02:54 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

A few days back I was browsing some of Jeff Atwood 's older blog entries and stumbled across one titled, The Danger of Naivete . In it, Jeff discusses an algorithm for randomizing an array that, while simple and seemingly intuitive, is subtlely incorrect...

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4GuysFromRolla.com Turned Nine Years Old this Month
29 September 07 11:23 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Hard to imagine, but 4GuysFromRolla.com turned nine years old this month. The first article I authored was titled, Using ActiveX Controls on Your Web Page and looked at creating an ActiveX using Visual Basic 5.0 and deploying it on a web page via the...

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My Karamasoft UISuite Whitepaper
28 September 07 10:13 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

ASP.NET ships with a variety of essential Web controls - the TextBox, the DropDownList, the GridView, and the like. While these controls are fine and dandy for simple scenarios, they quickly become obsolete for more complex ones. Consider collecting date...

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An ASP.NET 2.0 BlackJack Game
22 December 06 02:57 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Every now and then I like to give myself a fun little programming challenge. I'll randomly pick some enjoyable task, like programming a game or blogging engine or what not, and impose a time limit, anywhere from an hour to an afternoon. Such little challenges...

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An Interview with Patrick Chu from ItsYourTurn.com
11 July 06 04:00 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

ItsYourTurn.com is a play-by-play game website that I was turned onto several years ago by a colleague. Since I joined the free site in October 4th, 2002, I've played 2,286 games (although I'm sure you'll be delighted to know I've won 58.7% of the games...

Filed under: ASP.NET Talk, Miscellaneous, Going Independent

Visual Studio Express Versions - Free for Life
21 April 06 01:29 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Previously, the Visual Studio Express line (SQL Server 2005 Express Edition excluded) were only free for one year, after which... well, who knew what would happen? Would Microsoft charge? Would they give another free year of service? I've had more than...

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Review: Programming Visual Basic 2005
03 March 06 01:33 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

In general, there are two kinds of computer trade books: those that focus on a very specific topic, such as building custom WinForm controls; and those that cover a more general topic, such as learning C#, or mastering ASP.NET. Those more general books...

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SoCal Code Camp - A FREE Two-Day Conference!
11 January 06 09:53 AM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

Live in Southern California? Interested in attending a free two-day conference with talks from dozens of great presenters ? If so, check out the SoCal CodeCamp , which runs from Saturday, January 21st through Sunday, January 22nd 2006 at Cal State Fullerton...

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FeedBurner and Changing a Blog's Feed URL
28 August 05 05:23 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

This weekend I moved over my RSS feed - previously http://ScottOnWriting.NET/sowBlog/Rss.aspx - to a feed managed by FeedBurner ( http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScottOnWriting ). FeedBurner serves as a sort of feed URL proxy. Basically you give FeedBurner...

Filed under: ASP.NET Talk, Miscellaneous, Blog Enhancements

Scott Hanselman's Recommended Tools
28 June 05 09:58 PM | Scott Mitchell | with no comments

The other day I stumbled across Scott Hanselman 's 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Tools List . In his blog entry, Scott lists a whole slew of recommended tools and utilities covering a wide array of facets. Definitely worth checking out. There are...

Filed under: ASP.NET Talk, Miscellaneous

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