Category Archives: Development

How Html.Action() Work

By | March 23, 2012

Let’s take the example: @Html.Action("Latest", "Episode") What this will do is to invoke the “Latest” action method in the “Episode” controller. But what really happens behind the scenes is NOT a direct invoke; it will actually start from the beginning of the ASP.NET MVC execution pipeline using “Latest” and “Episode” as Route values for the… Read More »

The Magical Effect of Simple Encouraging Words

By | March 21, 2012

Recently I had to go through some health checkup that included tests for my eye, one of these tests required from me to keep my eye open for a long period of time concentrating continuously into an extremely strong and annoying light. During the test I kept receiving encouraging words from the examining doctor every… Read More »

QueryString in Routing and Model Binding in ASP.NET MVC

By | January 15, 2012

In a nutshell, a query string will not be part of the RouteData dictionary in the routing process, yet it will affect the route matching. On the other hand when Model Binding takes place, query string will be used to bind to the parameters of the action method, unless there is an item in route… Read More »

Interviews with Jordanian Microsoft Guests

By | December 31, 2011

During the last quarter of 2011 we have hosted two amazing Jordanian Microsoft guests, Yousef Al Khalidi (Distinguished Engineer), and Ayman Dahleh (Development Manager for the Global Experience Platform group), who happened to be having their vacation here, they generously accepted our invitation to deliver sessions here in Jordan despite their busy times. The community… Read More »

Hide Subfolder in Multiple Domains Under One Site

By | December 26, 2011

After I have moved to WinHost, I was surprised they don’t support multiple domains under one site out of the box; you have to rely on IIS URL Rewrite magic to achieve that. So as expected, I looked for a solution in their KB and the internet (you don’t reinvent the wheel, remember?) and found… Read More »

“AmmanTT: Developer Edition” presentation and slides

By | December 9, 2011

It was a very interesting event “AmmanTT: Developer Edition” which took place last Tuesday; the team did a very good job putting it together, it is really great seeing this great effort put into such fruitful events; moving the community steps forward, so thank you AmmanTT team, you rock. Hereby I post the slides I… Read More »

Speaking at AmmanTT: Developer Edition

By | December 9, 2011

I will be speaking at “AmmanTT: Developer Edition” next Tuesday 6th of December 2011. Never heard about AmmanTT? quoting from their About page: Coming to you on the first Tuesday of every month is a 2-hour event that brings industry experts, local technologists/engineers, entrepreneurs, idea-generators and just about any enthusiast together in a casual setting… Read More »