Migrating to ASP.NET 2 - Part 5 - It's the Little Things - Or Why I Love ASP.NET 2.0

Published 18 years ago

This is the fifth and final part of a (long running) article series about migrating my ASP.NET 1.x Web site to ASP.NET 2. This installment focuses on the many little improvements in the .NET Framework in general and ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Web Developer in particular.

Using Attributes to Improve the Quality and Usability of Your Code Part 2 - Improving Debugging

Published 18 years ago

I am a big fan of attributes in .NET. Ever since I discovered them in .NET 1, I have been digging in the MSDN documentation to find more useful attributes that I can use to improve the quality of the code I write and design. With the release of .NET 2, the number of attributes has increased quite a bit. During my search I discovered a number of useful attributes that have helped me write better code so I thought it was time for a short article series about attributes. This installment, Part 2 - Improving Debugging shows you a number of useful attributes that you can apply to elements like methods and classes to improve your debugging experience.

Using Attributes to Improve the Quality and Usability of Your Code Part 1 - Decorating Business Objects for Data Binding

Published 18 years ago

I am a big fan of attributes in .NET. Ever since I discovered them in .NET 1, I have been digging in the MSDN documentation to find more useful attributes that I can use to improve the quality of the code I write and design. With the release of .NET 2, the number of attributes has increased quite a bit. During my search I discovered a number of useful attributes that have helped me write better code so I thought it was time for a short article series about attributes. This installment, Part 1 - Decorating Business Objects for Data Binding talks about applying attributes to business objects to influence the way these objects are used and seen in data binding scenario's. In a future installment I'll discuss attributes that can be used to improve the debugging experience in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE.

Migrating to ASP.NET 2 - Part 4 - Implementing Custom Providers for Membership, Roles and Profiles

Published 18 years ago

Update!! 05/03/2006
A while ago, Microsoft released the full source of the Built-in ASP.NET 2.0 Providers. Downloading the source is highly recommended if you want to create your own (or customize existing) providers. You can find more detail here: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/04/13/442772.aspx.

This is the fourth part of a (long running) article series about migrating a .NET 1.x Web site to ASP.NET 2. This installment focuses on custom providers for the Membership and Role management features found in the .NET Framework. While out of the box these features make it very easy to implement security in a new site you build, you can't use them directly in existing web sites that already implemented a custom security mechanism.

Migrating to ASP.NET 2 - Part 3 - Migrating Business Logic, Content Pages and User Controls

Published 18 years ago

This is the third part of a (long running) article series about migrating a .NET 1.1 Web site to ASP.NET 2.0. This installment focuses on the way I migrated my business logic, content pages and user controls.

How Do I Access the Profile of Other Users Directly in VB.NET?

Published 18 years ago

You may be aware of the new ASP.NET 2.0 Profile feature that allows you to store and retrieve information for the currently logged on user. This Profile feature makes it extremely simple to store user specific information, like a user's address, phone number, or site preferences. (Note: if you're not familiar with ASP.NET 2.0 Profiles check out the section Storing User Profiles in the ASP.NET Quick starts).

But what if you want to access the Profiles data for another user? For example, what if you want to allow a site administrator to change the personal data of all users in your site? The trick to make this possible is to use the ProfileCommon class, which inherits from ProfileBase. This article shows you how you can use this class to access the Profile data for arbitrary users.

How Do I Access the Profile of a Different User Directly in C#?

Published 18 years ago

You may be aware of the new ASP.NET 2.0 Profile feature that allows you to store and retrieve information for the currently logged on user. This Profile feature makes it extremely simple to store user specific information, like a user's address, phone number, or site preferences. (Note: if you're not familiar with ASP.NET 2.0 Profiles check out the section Storing User Profiles in the ASP.NET Quick starts).

But what if you want to access the Profiles data for another user? For example, what if you want to allow a site administrator to change the personal data of all users in your site? The trick to make this possible is to use the ProfileCommon class, which inherits from ProfileBase. This article shows you how you can use this class to access the Profile data for arbitrary users.

Migrating to ASP.NET 2 - Part 2 - Setup and Master Pages

Published 19 years ago

This is the second part of a (long running) article series about migrating a .NET 1.x Web site to ASP.NET 2. This installment focuses on the general setup of the new web site and the Master Page I am going to use.

Migrating to ASP.NET 2 - Part 1 - Introduction

Published 19 years ago

This is the first part of a (long running) article series about migrating a .NET 1.x Web site to ASP.NET 2. I'll show you how to take an existing site, and upgrade it to ASP.NET 2. As an example, I'll be using my own web site, Imar.Spaanjaars.Com, show you how I have designed and implemented the currently existing features, and how they can be upgraded to take advantage of the new ASP.NET 2.0 Framework. I won't be describing each and every feature in great detail, but instead focus on general concepts and techniques, and provide links to other articles with more in-depth information.

Each article starts with a little background about one of the new ASP.NET 2 features, like Master Pages, the new Login controls, the Provider Model, Skins, and so on. Next, I'll discuss how I implemented similar behavior in my current site, or how I managed to live without it. Then I'll explain how the new features work and how you can use it in your ASP applications. At the end of the article, I'll show you how I implemented the feature in my own site.