Html.RatingFor: Extending the MVC HtmlHelper
When working on a web application, I was in the need to add a rating for a product. That rating will be between 1 and 5 and will be always an int. So my model has […]
Public field not bound when posting to WebAPI (or a deep dive into WebAPI model binding)
When trying to create a sandbox project using WebAPI (on MVC4), I was struggling with a weird problem: My data wasn’t being received in the server. I had the following jQuery call $.post(“api/Values”, {value1:1, value2:2}, function(result){ […]
Backing field for automatically implemented property [Field] must be fully assigned before control is returned to the caller
Working with structs in C# gives you a lot of flexibility on the way you design your applications, but since they are not reference types, they have some special features that we need to take in […]
Install XAMPP on a Ubuntu 13.04 virtual machine running on Windows Azure
One of the many great things about Windows Azure is how easy you can create a virtual machine, no matter the OS of your preference. But for good or bad, your virtual machine will be fresh, […]
Localize your MVC app based on a subdomain
Having an application in multiple languages is now a requirement in many projects. In ASP.net, you can tell your application that the language that should be using corresponds to the one the browser is specifying. While […]
Runtime customizable model attributes in ASP.net MVC3
It can be because you want to implement I18N without the use of resources, or your model classes are outside of your MVC project, or any other reason you have that make you want not being […]
The importance of profiling your application
It is well known that the ORM can help a lot in software development. In fact, they solve many problems that as developers we had in the past, specially talking about Opening and Closing Connections. But […]
Creating CodeCollaborator reviews using command line
Some months ago, I started using CodeCollaborator to create code reviews and ensure our developments have the desired quality. We are at the end of our development sprint, so I tried to create some code reviews […]
Overcome to Windows Azure free trial cancellation by adding a new plan
I decided to try Windows Azure more than 3 months ago, most likely because of it’s free 90-day offer. I can tell that I’m amazed on all the posibilies you have for free (Websites, Virtual machines, […]
Solution to: “The operation failed: The relationship could not be changed because one or more of the foreign-key properties is non-nullable”
The operation failed: The relationship could not be changed because one or more of the foreign-key properties is non-nullable. When a change is made to a relationship, the related foreign-key property is set to a null […]