By Don Kiely, 05/10/2012
Don Kiely tells readers that Entity Framework might be the first ORM tool developers encounters, but it isn't necessarily the one they will use for everyday work.
By Don Kiely, 04/22/2012
There's little that's revolutionary or radically new for security in SQL Server 2012, but there are a lot of nice enhancements that continue to refine server and database security.
By Don Kiely, 04/11/2012
Protect your database login credentials with .NET Framework 4.5's SecureString.
By Don Kiely, 03/08/2012
In this commentary, explains why Microsoft's Web API shines as a new technology for developers.
By Don Kiely, 02/08/2012
Don Kiely shares his essential online resources and must-have reads for learning JavaScript.
By Don Kiely, 01/12/2012
Don Kiely shows you how to leverage Entity Framework's code-first design features to work with database schema names.
By Don Kiely, 12/08/2011
Don Kiely explains why he thinks code-first is a great feature for developers. In this how-to article, you'll learn how to create other database objects that aren't directly ...
By Don Kiely, 11/22/2011
It takes a lot of work and vigilance to secure ASP.NET applications that store data in SQL Server databases. Here are some key ways to protect your data while it’s in motion and ...
By Don Kiely, 11/10/2011
The anticipated jQuery Templates is no more. Despite this, developers can look forward to JsRender and JsView—two upcoming technologies that do just about everything jQuery ...
By Don Kiely, 10/12/2011
Microsoft's AntiXSS library has been a useful tool for preventing various kinds of script injection attacks against ASP.NET websites. Thankfully, AntiXSS is making its way to the ...
By Don Kiely, 09/14/2011
Microsoft's release of Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 attempts to address the need for line-of-business (LOB) applications, typically written with products such as Excel and ...
By Don Kiely, 09/07/2011
SQL Server Denali will include security enhancements in four areas: security management, authentication, data protection, and auditing.
By Don Kiely, 08/10/2011
Don Kiely provides a detailed look at the jQuery ajax method and shows you how to use it in web coding situations that cannot be handled by using the load, get, or post methods.
By Don Kiely, 07/13/2011
Learn about the flexible jQuery Data Link Plug-in, developed by Microsoft's ASP.NET and jQuery teams. The plug-in provides data binding that links a property of one JavaScript ...
By Don Kiely, 06/09/2011
Explore Microsoft's jQuery plug-in, which provides client-side template functionality for coding ASP.NET web pages.
By Don Kiely, 05/11/2011
Use ASP.NET MVC 3's IValidatableObject interface with the Validate method to perform model-level validation for various scenarios.
By Don Kiely, 04/05/2011
Don Kiely appreciates Visual Studio LightSwitch, now in Beta 2, because it's based on tried-and-true Microsoft technologies, like Silverlight 4, WCF, and SQL Server, and provides ...
By Don Kiely, 03/09/2011
Microsoft's NuGet tool, available on Codeplex, makes it easier to search for and automatically download and install a package in a project, from Visual Studio.
By Don Kiely, 02/10/2011
Don Kiely takes you through some highlights of the new ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor view, providing code examples in C# and Visual Basic that show the difference between Razor and the old ...
By Don Kiely, 01/12/2011
Take a first look at Razor, Microsoft's alternative to the ASP.NET Web Forms view engine in ASP.NET MVC 3. Here, Don Kiely gives examples of how Razor differs from Web Forms and ...