After you finally manage to get Table Storage working (see nice tutorial here) you’ll try to deploy it to your staging environment. That means you need to change the configuration. There are three settings to use: AccountName, AccountSharedKey and TableStorageEndpoint. Unfortunately, the values you need for them aren’t what you would naturally expect. AccountName: This [...]

I started to learn how to use the Azure Cloud Service from Microsoft this week. Currently it’s still in Tech Preview stage. Unfortunately you can tell that from the SDK documentation. Here’s some useful links to get you going: Screencasts: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dd439432.aspx These are quite basic, but trust me, you need them to be basic to [...]

I’ve been very quiet recently. (I’m trying to not be so loud, Scott. ) You see, I’ve been writing a lot of ASP.Net code for a site I’m working on. And, to be honest, I’ve been having a lot of trouble. The source code for .Net has been very helpful, and I’ve learnt a lot [...]

Have you wondered if and when you should use the new LINQ features in .Net 3.5? Like, where should I put a new extension method? Should I use Func<T> or a custom delegate? How do I best implement a mix-in (extension methods on an interface)? Well, Mircea Trofin has just published a new draft of [...]

Visual Studio 2008 has lots of goodies in it, like LINQ syntax, CSS editing, and testing tools. There’s a lesser-known feature which I really appreciate though – the “Remove and Sort Usings” command in the C# editor. You activate the command by placing your cursor over the using statements and clicking on the right mouse-button.

Yesterday I thought I’d learn about the LinqDataSource in ASP.Net 3.5, and got an interesting surprise. The new LinqDataSource can also be used with a LINQ-to-SQL model to perform updates. You simply add the DataSource to your page, set the table name, and set EnableUpdate to true. Then, using a standard DataControl, you can make [...]

Until recently I thought this was a well-known feature. After demonstrating it a few times, I found out it wasn’t. A long time ago, in an cubicle far, far away, someone created the .Net Framework. To cut a long story short, they simultaneously produced guidelines for creating Exception classes, which you should always use or [...]