The new version of xVal is out and it now has dynamic client-side validation summaries and can validate remotely using Ajax. For those that don’t know xVal is a validation engine for MVC that can validate user input not only on the server but also on the client. It means you can write your validati... [More]

Earlier in the month I was asked to take a look at the new test freaks website. Test freaks aggregates product information, expert and user reviews into a single user interface much like cnet, price runner or which.   On first impressions the layout looked good, some really subtle eye candy ... [More]

  Question: I just ported some code from 2.0 to 3.5 and it’s now saying SmtpServer Isn’t a valid type.   Answer: You should use SmtpClient and Mail message from the System.Net.Mail namespace rather than SmtpServer and MailMessage from the System.Web.Mail namespace.     ... [More]