Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

Wrapping JsonResults in ASP.NET MVC

Posted on July 24, 2013 by codeoverload

Like a lot of web developers I like to load page content dynamically but this can cause problems if the Ajax request causes an error on the server. Timeouts can be handled in jQuery but what if the user needs … Continue reading →

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Calculating the Previous Month’s Date Range in SQL

Posted on December 4, 2012 by codeoverload

Here’s a handy snippet that calculates the start and end dates for the previous month based on the current date. I find this very handy when I have an automated script that reports on the figures for only the last … Continue reading →

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Wiki Markup Hyperlinks for WPF or HTML

Posted on August 12, 2012 by codeoverload

This article shows an example of a Wiki-inspired markup for embedding hyperlinks in text – and how to render it as WPF and HTML. When building any kind of content management system, it’s a good idea to give users the … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure Emulator – Unavailable Ports

Posted on January 29, 2012 by codeoverload

I tried launching the Windows Azure Emulator today and hit the follow error: Role instances are taking longer than expected to start. Do you want to continue waiting? It turns out that the emulator has trouble starting if any of … Continue reading →

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Timing a Method in C#

Posted on January 15, 2012 by codeoverload

Here’s a very quick way to check the performance of a block of code. I’m wrapping a System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch class and sending all timings directly to Debug.WriteLine(). Please be aware that this is a very simplistic approach, and does not guarantee … Continue reading →

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