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The Magic of IoC

I was bored…
…so I decided to design an IoC Container! This actually turned out to be a lot of fun too. I’d like to firstly state that a) there is no reason for this code, and b) this is not a replacement for established IoC solutions, such as Unity, Castle Windsor, Ninject, Authofac, StructureMap, and [...]

Integrating Regula with ASP.NET MVC and DataAnnotations

Previously I discovered Regula, an annotation-based validation framework used for client-side validation of form elements. I wondered if it was possible to automatically wire up client-side validation using DataAnnotation’s ValidationAttributes on the server side, very similar to how xVal might handle it.
This is by no means usable, its really an experiment to see what [...]

Regula as a jQuery Plugin

Earlier this evening I came across a Stack Overflow question regarding a most excellent new javascript validation framework, called Regula. Regula is an annotation-based validation framework that hides the complexities of binding complex validation events to controls by extending the DOM element itself with annotations about how it should be validated. Here is a [...]

Modular ASP.NET MVC using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), Part Three

See also: Modular ASP.NET MVC using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), Part One
See also: Modular ASP.NET MVC using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), Part Two
Currently reading: Modular ASP.NET MVC using the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), Part Three

Firstly, sorry it’s been so long since my last MVC+MEF post, been a bit busy with life in general. [...]

Javascript Linq Extensions

I love Linq. Linq just makes code awesome. Well, that’s my view on it anyway. I also like Javascript, and through libraries like JQuery we’ve now got a framework whereby you can pretty much do anything, but often I like getting down to the bare-bones of Javascript and just having a go at what [...]