Troy DeMonbreun - Architecture & Development

ASP.NET MVC Controller Action Precondition Filter v2 now part of MVCContrib project

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:00:06 GMT

An updated version of ASP.NET MVC Precondition Filter that is now part of MVCContrib ...

ASP.NET MVC Controller Action Precondition Filter

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:30:19 GMT

Here is code that will allow you to decorate your MVC Actions with attributes that will define your needed "preconditions". I often find the need to check for the existence of a parameter passed to a web page, such as an ID, and also often need to check if the ID is valid as well (e.g.: a valid primary key). These, I consider "preconditions".

Are Scott Guthrie and Scott Hanselman the same person?

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:14:09 GMT

The Guthrie/Hanselman Conspiracy...

Reusable generic Directory Poller utility class for .NET

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:13:32 GMT

Free reusable generic Directory Poller utility class for .NET (especially useful when FileSystemWatcher is insufficent).

Test Supported Development (TSD) is NOT Test Driven Development (TDD)

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:03:27 GMT

"Test Supported Development" (TSD) intends to characterize the creation of tests during ANY/ALL stages of development, that is, in TSD, tests are not necessarily created before their System Under Test (SUT), but not necessarily created at the end of development, either...

Quick Tip: Free High-Accuracy Spam Filtering Software, a.k.a. Gmail POP

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:43:13 GMT

How to set up Gmail as a Free SPAM-filtering "router" for your domain email.

Quick Code: 'Move with Replace' C# method

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:29:32 GMT

You may not realize that System.IO.File.Move() doesn't support overwriting of an existing file. In fact, it will throw an IOException if a file with the same path as sourceDestFilename already exists. Here is a wrapper method that does...

Operator Overloading in C#

Troy DeMonbreun — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:35:32 GMT

Example of how to overload operators in C#

Extension Methods in C# 3.0 + Fluent Interface = Ruby-like syntax.

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:23:31 GMT

Attain concise, highly-readable Ruby-like date syntax with C# 3.0 Extension Methods and Fluent Interface design.

Programming Can Ruin Your Life? - A Response

Troy DeMonbreun — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:17:30 GMT

A response to devizen's "Programming Can Ruin Your Life" essay.

How to build a Fluent Interface in C#

Troy DeMonbreun — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:01:37 GMT

Example code illustrating how to build a Fluent Interface in C#.

Learn the new NUnit 2.4 Constraint-Based Assert Model

Troy DeMonbreun — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:55:20 GMT

Instead of using a different Assert method for each different type of assertion (e.g.: Assert.AreEqual() for equality comparison, or Assert.IsTrue() for boolean evaluation), the new Constraint-Based Assert Model introduced in NUnit 2.4 utilizes only one Assert method named Assert.That().

Use a Common Table Expression along with ROW_NUMBER() to Paginate Records in your SQL Server queries

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:16:44 GMT

You may be familiar with ROW_NUMBER(), but did you know you'll also need to combine that with a Common Table Expression (CTE) to paginate through your records?

Six Custom .NET String Manipulation Functions / Methods for Everyday Use

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:11:07 GMT

Six Free Custom .NET String Manipulation Functions / Methods for Everyday Use

.NET helper method to convert a SQL Query to CSV (comma separated value) format for output to file, HttpResponse, console, etc.

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:17:33 GMT

Free helper method to convert a SQL query to CSV format for easy output to a file, the console, or via a HttpResponse (for you ASP.NETers out there looking for an easy way to dynamically output a CSV for real-time data download).

SQL Server 2000/2005 function to calculate distance in miles between 2 latitude/longitude points for zip radius search, etc.

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:53:04 GMT

Free SQL Server 2000/2005 function that will calculate the distance in miles between 2 latitude/longitude points for zip or address raduis search, etc.

.NET code to convert an ArrayList to a comma delimited string (CSV) or other character delimited string

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:11:02 GMT

Free .NET code that converts the contents of an ArrayList to a delimited string

.NET code for determining if 2 lists (Array, ArrayList, ListBox) contain equivalent objects or value types

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:30:14 GMT

Free code that determines if 2 lists (any objects that implement the IList interface, such as Array, ArrayList, ListBox, etc.) contain the same objects or value types.

Banker's Rounding vs. Common Rounding in .NET

Troy DeMonbreun — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:58:34 GMT

Depending on your math background, .NET's rounding functionality may not work the way you expect! Check out the included code to implement an alternative (known as Common Rounding) in addition to .NET's built-in Math.Round() function.

.NET styled framework for Javascript

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:16:49 GMT

With the recent mania over Web 2.0 and one of it's common bretheren, AJAX (BTW, Web 2.0 doesn't specifically dictate AJAX), there has been quite a proliferation of JavaScript frameworks (and frameworks built upon frameworks): prototype, moo.fx, MochiKit, DoJo, and more...

GetToken function in JavaScript to return a value from a delimited string

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:25:22 GMT

This is a convenient Javascript function that returns a value from a string of delimited values based upon the position index specified.

Making dynamic text form fields storage easier using .Net

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:26:37 GMT

What do I mean by dynamic text form fields? Let's say I have a table Contacts that stores typical contact information for a Contact Management system...

Web Developer Extension for Firefox

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:39:34 GMT

Chris Pederick has developed one of the most useful extensions available to Gecko rendering engine browsers Firefox, Flock, and Mozilla.

Credit Card Number Validation VB.Net Function

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:01:40 GMT

This VB.Net code checks the validity of a credit card number. Pass a credit card number to the function and it returns true or false based upon the CC number's validity.

ASP.NET - Custom "All or Nothing" Required Validator web control in C#

Troy DeMonbreun — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:40:56 GMT

This is the C# code for an ASP.NET required validator web control that requires a specified set of controls to be all populated, or all empty. It inherits from the RequiredFieldValidator ASP.NET class, so it essentially works the same way, it just treats the set of controls you specify as if they were one control (in the sense of requirement).

JavaScript trim() Function

Troy DeMonbreun — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:17:57 GMT

Here is a free JavaScript trim() function for your use. Trim is a common function in other languages' syntax that removes leading and trailing spaces in a string. It does not exist in JavaScript as a built-in String function.

Creating a Comma-Delimited String from a Single-Column Query

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:33:09 GMT

MSSQL Syntax for creating a comma-delimited string from a single column query using only a single SELECT statement

Cross Tab (Row to Column) Generator - MSSQL Stored Procedure

Troy DeMonbreun — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:59:06 GMT

A very useful MSSQL Stored Procedure that will generate a cross tab (pivot table in the Excel world) output