ASP.NET WebPages
ASP.NET WebPages
UPDATE: In ASP.NET WebPages Beta 2 moving forward we have changed the name of the of _Init to _PageStart and _Start to _AppStart. One of the features in ASP.NET WebPages that is super powerful yet super simple is the “magic names” you can give to a page that make that page behave differently. Unfortunately the feature isn’t really called “magic names” (That would be way too cool!). Instead they are broken down into the two variations, Start pages and Init Pages. You may have seen these pages used before in other posts (I used one in...
With the introduction of ASP.NET WebPages and the WebMatrix stack our team has really be focusing on making things simpler for the developer. Based on a lot of customer feedback one of the areas that we wanted to improve was the built in security in ASP.NET. So with this release we took that time to create a new built in (and default for ASP.NET WebPages) security provider. I say provider because the new stuff is still built on the existing ASP.NET framework. So what do we call this new hotness that we have created? Well, none other than SimpleMembership. SimpleMembership...
One common operation that pretty much every website in the world does is either accepting, creating, editing, or displaying images. This could be something as simple as a user’s profile picture or as complex a full blown image gallery. Either way if you have every had implement these functionalities in a website you know that they are not the easiest thing to create. Well, here is where the WebPages team comes in to save the day! We have wrapped what we think are some of the most common image manipulation operations into a brand new fancy WebImage helper.
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Over the last year or so I have had the opportunity to help develop and shape a brand new framework that is, as of today, in its first ever public beta. I’d like to introduce you all to WebMatrix! WebMatrix is actually a group of products and frameworks all with the common goal of making web development simple and easy. A few of the pieces of WebMatrix have already been announced and some are never before seen until now. What are they all you ask, well let’s jump right in and review the pieces.
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