22nd January 2008

ASPAlliance Times

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Featured Article

Microsoft released the first CTP of ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions and it includes ASP.NET MVC Framework as one of the main extensions for ASP.NET 3.5. In the first part of this article series about building a simple blog engine with ASP.NET MVC and LINQ, Keyvan introduces the MVC pattern, ASP.NET MVC Framework, and the fundamentals of a simple blogging engine.

http://aspalliance.com/1538_Building_a_Simple_Blog_Engine_with_ASPNET_MVC_and_LINQ__Part_1

Editor's Comments

This week's featured article hits on all of today’s hot topics for ASP.NET developers. It's the first in a series on how to build a simple blog engine, using ASP.NET Model-View-Controller (MVC) and LINQ (Language Integrated Query), by Keyvan Nayyeri. ASP.NET MVC is a new way to build ASP.NET pages that will soon be released as a separate-but-equal set alternative to the traditional web forms model. Both modes will continue to be supported by Microsoft and its tools (Visual Studio, etc.), but the MVC approach allows for more testable web sites, which can lead to much better quality. To learn more, read Keyvan's article: Building a Simple Blog Engine with ASP.NET MVC and LINQ - Part 1

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This article examines how to upload files to a web server using ASP.NET 2.0 with a different approach. With a click of a hyperlink you can show the "Choose File" dialog box and immediately once the user clicks the OK button from the File Choose dialog box, a file can be uploaded to the server.

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