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		<title>Html helper for showing line breaks from a text area in ASP.NET MVC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a quick tip. When getting started with ASP.NET MVC I used to have problems for example when I got some user input inside a textarea and wanted to show this text with the html &#60;br /&#62; tags instead of the system newlines.  I couldn&#8217;t get it to work. The line breaks never used [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=359&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ASP.NET MVC 2 Partial Validation</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/asp-net-mvc-2-partial-validation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ASP.NET MVC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[c#]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DataAnnotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partial validation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post was inspired by the technique from Steven Sanderson&#8217;s blog post on this same topic.  Since the introduction of validation with the DataAnnotations, the behavior with ASP.NET MVC 2 now is that the framework validates all your model fields when you post a form, regardless of how many fields the form submitted. This brings [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=348&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Custom Action Filters in ASP.NET MVC</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/custom-action-filters-in-asp-net-mvc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[action filters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post we are going to see how to create a custom action filter in ASP.NET MVC.  I am still using MVC 1 but I&#8217;m sure this&#8217;ll work just fine with MVC 2. I&#8217;ll update the post if it works differently on MVC 2. See this link for an overview of action filters. Say [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=343&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extending NerdDinner: Using AJAX to cancel RSVPs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ajax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASP.NET MVC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nerddinner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first post on ASP.NET MVC.  So I decided to choose something small to start with. I&#8217;m going to add functionality to the Nerddinner application that will enable users to cancel their RSVPs using a simple AJAX call to a controller. Okay, if you totally have no idea or clue about what I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=326&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Framework Dependency &amp; Software Deployment Issues</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/framework-dependency-software-deployment-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.Net Framework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love Microsoft.  Simply because a big part of my career relies on their products and they have products that make my job a little bit easier. But sometimes they piss me off. There, I said it. When are we ever going to catch a breath? I mean with the speed they are releasing stuff, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=310&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Overview of Processes and Threads in .Net</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/an-overview-of-processes-and-threads-in-net/</link>
		<comments>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/an-overview-of-processes-and-threads-in-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since I last posted. I had been tied to projects and couldn’t escape to update the blog. But now I am back and ready to roll. Today I’ll define the differences between a Process and a Thread. First things first, let’s see the definitions. A process: Simply put a process is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=294&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sorting by IComparable vs IComparer</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/sorting-by-icomparable-vs-icomparer/</link>
		<comments>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/sorting-by-icomparable-vs-icomparer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[IComparable]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are two interfaces that used to confuse me. I didn&#8217;t know when to use one or when to use the other. The aim of this post is to make it easier for someone to understand the differences and choose appropriately. In as a few words as possible: i)A class that implements IComparable can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=281&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bug caused by not paying attention.</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/bug-caused-by-not-paying-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mid function]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ms access]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote the function below in MS Access VBA. I have a string that represent a year formatted as yyyy/yy and the function should return the string as yyyy-yyyy. It makes use of the Access Mid function that gets a substring of a text from any position. So here&#8217;s the function. So I called [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=274&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tips from the field for Software Developers</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/tips-from-the-field-for-software-developers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spec]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, my name is Nick and I&#8217;m a software developer. I wanna give you guys some tips on the software development process based on a little experience from the front line. The classic image below(courtesy of http://i.techrepublic.com.com) tells most of the story. Project Requirements: Make sure you have all the information you need from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=268&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Create a Visual Basic Dynamic-Link Library(dll) from the command line.</title>
		<link>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/create-a-visual-basic-dynamic-link-librarydll-from-the-command-line/</link>
		<comments>http://nickmasao.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/create-a-visual-basic-dynamic-link-librarydll-from-the-command-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Masao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[command line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Dynamic-Link Library is a non executable program made of one or more files, which contains classes, procedures, and/or other resources that other programs can use.  Because it is not an executable, it doesn&#8217;t need an entry point or the main() procedure  and it usually ends with .dll Well, you can read more about Dynamic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickmasao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4379849&amp;post=250&amp;subd=nickmasao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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