ASP.NET and Firefox 1.5

With the recent release of Firefox 1.5, there's yet another version of Firefox for ASP.NET web developers to test out against.  

Based on the Gecko 1.8 engine, Firefox 1.5 features improved support for CSS 2 and CSS3 as well as many DHTML, JavaScript, and DOM enhancements.  Feel free to leave comments on browser render-testing results with ASP.NET.

Firefox 1.5 is available for download below:

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Workaround for VS 2005 Intellisense Issue in Web.config

Last month, Tim Heuer blogged about an issue in Visual Web Developer 2005 / VS 2005 in that Intellisense stops working for the Web.config file after using the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool (WSAT).  This is purely an Intellisense issue as the ASP.NET application will still run normally.

Here's the workaround:
Just remove the xmlns attribute (which was added by WSAT) of the Web.config <configuration> node to get Intellisense back.

Scott Guthrie has a post on this workaround too.

This Intellisense issue is also being tracked at MSDN Product Feedback Center.

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ASP.NET 2.0 Security FAQs / Wiki Released on Channel 9

Check out the new ASP.NET 2.0 Security FAQs on Channel 9 at MSDN. It's in Wiki form i.e. besides reading the FAQs, you can also contribute towards the content.

Here's a sample of the frequently-asked questions:

• How do I enforce strong passwords using membership feature in ASP.NET 2.0?
• How do I use Role Authorization in ASP.NET 2.0?
• What all security events do health monitoring feature logs by default?
• How do I encrypt sensitive data in machine.config or web.config file?
• How should I prevent someone from disassembling code?
• ...and lots more!

This is highly recommended stuff for anyone seeking security guidance in ASP.NET 2.0 application development.

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New NPersist and ObjectMapper Released

Matssoft ObjectMapper and NPersist has moved to www.puzzleframework.com (Puzzle.NET). Puzzle.NET is a free, open source collection of tools and frameworks for Agile, Domain Driven Design and Development written by Roger Johansson and Mats Helander.

Puzzle.NET currently consists of the following 5 frameworks:

NPersist – Object/Relational Mapping
NAspect – Aspect Oriented Programming
NFactory – Dependency Injection
NPath – In-Memory Object Querying
NCore – Compression, Parsing, etc (core functionality reused by the other frameworks)

In addition, Puzzle.NET currently contains the following 3 tools:

ObjectMapper – GUI Editor for Persistent Domain Models
DomainExplorer – Persistent Domain Model Object Browser
QueryAnalyzer – NPath Test Bench

Read Mats' post on this release.

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Regex Kit: Regular Expression Visualizers for Visual Studio 2005

Roy Osherove has released Regex Debug Visualizers for Visual Studio 2005.  This is really a nice addition to the built-in debug visualizers in VS 2005.

The regular expression visualizers support "visualizing" the following .NET types:

System.String
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Match
System.Text.RegularExpressions.MatchCollection

Read Roy's post on this version 1 release and go download the kit!

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SQLite 3.0 Membership and Role Provider for ASP.NET 2.0

How about a simple, alternative database solution for your ASP.NET 2.0 site or application?  Well, there's SQLite! SQLite is light-weight, reasonably fast, easy to deploy (great for low-cost shared hosting scenarios), and costs nothing! 

What about ASP.NET 2.0 Membership and Role Provider support?

Peter Bromberg has recently made available a VS 2005 web site folder containing a sample web.config, a sample provider.db SQLite database, the SQL script required to generate tables and indexes, and SQLiteMembershipProvider and SQLiteRoleProvider that can be dropped into the APP_CODE folder.

The download can be found in the following article:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20051119.asp

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Commerce Starter Kit 1.0.2 Released!

Version 1.0.2 of the Commerce Starter Kit was released today with the following updates:

• Added support for PaymentsStandard
• Fixed the LocationSelector so it properly shows saved country/state
• Further fixed localization
• Added a log viewer for the admin section
• Created an IPN/PDT handler for PaymentsStandard
• Added the API dlls to the web root
• Added the WSDLs for the PayPal API to the Commerce.PayPal project
• Fixed DirectCheckout error using foreign credit cards
  

Source: CommerceStarterKit.org

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New Book: Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference

Dino Esposito's latest book Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference is here! The 800-page book covers fundamentals of ASP.NET which include pages, controls, security, data binding, data source controls, caching, state management, intrinsics, a bit of internals, themes, profile, and ADO.NET.

Dino has revealed that he is currently writing the second volume of the book which will feature more advanced topics. Read his blog post here.

• Buy Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference (Paperback)

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FreeTextBox 3.1.1 Now Includes ASP.NET 2.0 Version

Creator of FreeTextBox (a popular ASP.NET HTML Editor), John Dyer has announced the release of FreeTextBox 3.1.1.  Besides bug fixes, native ASP.NET 2.0 version is now included.

• Download FreeTextBox 3.1.1
• Read Change Log

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