Eric Duncan

This new Microsoft feature in .NET Framework 4 is a programming model for reusing components, very similar to those Inversion of Control container frameworks out there that we all know and love (Castle Windsor, Structured Map, their own Unity from the Patterns and Practices team and etc).  Now, they have built their own to address the pain ...

The ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Futures assembly (that is not included with ASP.NET MVC 1.0) has a powerful HtmlHelper extension method called RenderAction().   It sounds similar to the Html extension method called RenderPartial() for a good reason.  RenderAction() executes an action on a controller, allowing you to move your logic out of the ...

In this post, I will show you how to strongly type some parts of MVC to get rid of those “magic strings.”  I will also publish a few extension methods that expand upon this concept later on.  So, this is a continuation of my Mvc series that you can subscribe to. ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Futures You can download ASP.NET MVC 1.0 RTM from ...

I am starting a new series that will be focusing on ASP.NET MVC design patterns.  What I will be focusing on is enterprise-ready patterns and practices that scales across cloud computing, coding with type safety, and abstractions of WebForms-like server controls – using the MVC pattern.   Steve Sanders and Phil Haack have about a ...