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Today the ProMesh.NET project has been made public at CodePlex. ProMesh.NET is an MVC-based Web Application Framework for .NET 2.0 Features include: Lightweight (<100KB) framework running on top of the ASP.NET HTTP pipeline (HttpHandler) Controller-based for easy implementation of the MVC pattern Flexible template-based rendering engine (using pure HTML files) Very powerful integrated testing framework for [...]

These days, every blogging developer seems to have a list of tools and libraries they are using on a daily basis. In many cases those posts were pretty useful to me, as I got to know a few tools I didn’t know. So, here’s my list… Development tools Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 JetBrains Resharper 3.0 [...]

In one of my previous posts, I talked about the separation between code and markup, which caused quite a bit of turmoil, especially from the PHP and MonoRail enthusiasts. Maybe I didn’t make myself perfectly clear. I don’t have a problem with embedding view logic inside HTML markup, as long as it stays within reason. [...]

In the early days of web development, it was common procedure to write application logic inside your HTML pages using ASP, JSP, PHP, Perl or another early web application development framework. Of course, back then we didn’t know any better, but don’t you just cringe when you see something like this: <table border=”1″> <% For [...]

Without going into specifics, ProMesh.NET is a web application framework based on the ASP.NET HTTP “Pipeline”. Key points about the framework: Avoids the ASP.NET page model, so no ASP.NET web controls Links directly into IIS using Http Handlers and Http Modules Template-based system with master templates and content templates. Very powerful built-in or runtime server-generated [...]