One of the really great things about the ASP.Net MVC framework is how extendable it is. One area of extension is in the area of controller creation. The framework allows you to replace the default ControllerFactory with your own factory and because of this we can incorporate Inversion of Control/Dependency...

If you would like to get your content (songs, screencasts or podcasts) into ITunes you will need to either modify or setup your RSS feed with the special 'iTunes' tags. These tags are not part of the RSS standard (as far as I can see) but they will not hurt your RSS feed simply because they are...

Today I decided to sit down and upgrade the Dimecasts.net code to run on MVC preview 4. To be honest I did not know exactly what to expect, and I have to say, it was kinda painful but not too bad. Let me first start off by saying this. Anyone that decides to build a production application of any size...

With the most recent drop of StrcutreMap (2.4.9 -- aka 2.5) you now have the ability to put your wiring information inside the app.config file. Prior to this you needed to either use the StructureMap.config file or wire your dependencies up in code. So today I thought I would simply review how to use...

Recently I needed to add a reference to a classic (.Net 2.0) web service inside a new project that was being created via Visual Studio 2008. Now, I have not done a lot of work with WebServices in the past 6-9 months, but thought it would be cake. Please keep in mind, the service I wanted to connect to...

Today I ran into a need where I wanted to create the html needed to render an image as a link and I wanted that clicking of that image to route to a controller action.  The off the shelf Html helper that comes with the MVC frame does not support this by default (there is a work around) so I decided...

Today I needed to load in an XML file into memory for later use. At first I was going to use the XmlDocument library (old habits die hard), but later switched over to the XDocument library.  Why, not because one is better (ok, so I think that XDocument is better, but not the point here), but because...

Today I was making some changes to the DimeCasts.Net site and I realized that I did not like the URL's that I was currently using as I did not feel they accuracy reflected the intent of the route.  However, because Google has already linked many of the episodes on the site, I did not want to...

For the first time in a long time I needed to update values inside an XML document.  I have done this type of action many times in the past and have always hated it.  The syntax is clunky and the process is simply painful. So today when I realized I need to do this, let me just tell you I was...

Today as I was diving further into my Linq2Sql Odyssey I ran into a need to do grouping on data.  Bud not just single column grouping, I needed to group by multiple columns from multiple tables.  Because it took me a few minutes to get right, I thought I would share my experiences. Imagine...