Creating a Custom GridView Object

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An earlier post dealt with creating a GridView programmatically.  In some cases, this GridView might need to be used multiple times throughout a site, either using the same data, or perhaps a different set of data.  Several options exist when determining how to implement this. The simplest, of course, would be simply to copy the … Read more

Classics of Software Engineering

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Even though I have been writing programs for most of my life, that does not mean that my programs have always been written well. Only following the standard prohibitions on spaghetti code and documenting well does not a good program make. The best advice I ever got about writing programs was to read two books: … Read more

Guide for the Perplexed

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With few exceptions, Web sites today are not built on a no-frills text editor using only static HTML code.  Most sites today use a minimum of four different technologies.  A relatively simple page will likely use HTML for static markup, inline (such as ASP or PHP) or code-behind (ASP.NET) dynamic code, CSS for consistent styles, … Read more