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How to make sure all projects in a Visual Studio 2013 solution have the same...
I created a Visual Studio 2013 solution with an MVC project and a class project, both created around the same time. The MVC project had a few NuGet packages pre-installed and I added some of them to...
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Validation attributes in Code First
DataAnnotations are really helpful when creating a model in Entity Framework Code-First. They are a simple way of instructing EF how you want the model to be structured and how it should translate the...
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Database related attributes in Code First
This post is a follow-up on the post about Validation attributes in Code-First. While validation attributes focus on making sure the data in the model is correct, the attributes listed here instead...
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Using Json.NET as default JSON serializer in MVC
Returning JSON from an MVC action method is very easy. Just look at this simple example: public JsonResult GetItemData(int itemId) { // ...things to do... var response = new { result = "ok" }; return...
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Create an MVC wrapper for Toastr
Toastr is a great little library for creating user messages on your website. It’s written in JavaScript and is as such platform independent. But if you’re like me (mainly working in ASP.NET MVC) then...
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Extend MVC controller to support Toastr messages
In an earlier post I showed how to create an MVC wrapper for Toastr, a JavaScript library used for displaying user messages in the web browser. In the post I mentioned that there are two ways to make...
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Setting up SSL for Azure Website using GoDaddy
Since a while back it’s now possible to add SSL certificates to your own domains on Azure. However, it’s not like a walk in the park to make it work. It all depends on what SSL provider you’re using. I...
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When most people think of a web site or web application they think of something that respond to user navigations. The site has a life cycle that begins when the call comes in and ends when the response...
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Mocking is a great technique for isolating code that you want to test. By mocking the interfaces a code section depends on you can create an isolation level where only the behavior of this specific...
View ArticleBlock access to images from other websites
In ASP.NET you can write HTTP Modules to perform actions inside the request pipeline before the request is being finally processed. In this example we use an HTTP Module to check whether the REFERER...
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