Using Cassette to minify assets in an MVC3 app
There are many packages for minifying assets in web applications. A new one written by Andrew Davey (@andrewdavey) called Cassette offers some great features that help deliver not only CSS and JS...
View ArticleBackbone Contacts with CoffeeScript, MVC4 , and Web API
Backbone.js has quickly become one of JavaScript’s premier MV* frameworks. It offers simple flexibility, and language features that just make sense. ASP.net MVC has also become one of the web’s most...
View ArticleUsing JSON.net to consume the JSON Stack Overflow API
JSON has rapidly grown arguably the most popular way to transfer data via API’s. It’s fast, simple, and most every language supports it. ASP.net has a few things like the JavaScript Deserializer Class...
View ArticleNuget pre-build script
NuGet is a great new open source library sharing tool by Microsoft. It makes downloading, installing, and using 3rd party libraries into your application easy as 1.2.3. There are many ways to add...
View ArticleGlobal HandleErrorAttribute in ASP.net MVC3
My boss once told me, “Good programming is good Error Handling”. No user enjoys the infamous YSOD(Yellow Screen of Death). It’s just ugly, and shows a general lack of concern over your code if it...
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