From the Trenches

A blog about web development, running a web consultancy, dealing with clients and staying sane - well, everything except the last bit.

Custom Controller ActionFilter Attributes in ASP.NET MVC

How to decorating your controller actions with custom attributes that are executed before the action itself

Freelance Update - May 2013

I find it's always useful to keep a diary of where I'm up to with client work so I can look back and check progress (then quickly delete old blog posts so it looks like I'm not a slacker when shit doesn't get done!) - Here's my current work update.

Flat File Blog Engine with ASP.NET MVC and Markdown

This website is not built upon a conventional blogging platform, but one that I hand-rolled myself using the power of C# and some beautifully simple text files.

How to rename a SQL Server table from within Visual Studio 2010

A fairly annoying quirk with Visual Studio 2010 Server Explorer is that it doesn't allow you to click on a table name to rename it - so here's how it's done.

Incorporating common ViewData into multiple Controllers in ASP.NET MVC without duplication

In this short tutorial I will show you how to make common ViewData information available to your Views in ASP.NET MVC, without having to duplicate ViewData[] variables in each seperate controller.

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