Muhammad Rehan Saeed

Software Developer at Microsoft, Open Source Contributor and Blogger

Securing the ASP.NET MVC Web.config

The web.config file is insecure in the default ASP.NET MVC project template. This post talks you through securing the ASP.NET MVC Web.config file.

Posted 17 December 2014 - 11 min read

Configuration File Transforms In Visual Studio Should Be Built In

Configuration File Transforms can be done with the Slow Cheetah Visual Studio extension by Sayed Hashimi. This feature should be built into Visual Studio.

Posted 15 December 2014 - 3 min read

App.config Config Configuration Microsoft Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi Slow Cheetah Visual Studio Web.config

Custom Visual Studio Project Templates

A guide to creating custom Visual Studio project templates in .zip and VSIX form and submitting them to the Visual Studio Gallery, so it can be downloaded.

Posted 10 December 2014 - 7 min read

.NET ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET Core Boilerplate C#Project Template VSIX

Internet Favicon Madness (Updated)

Add favicon's to your website to support iOS, Android, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Phone and more. Find out where icons are used on each platform and how.

Posted 24 November 2014 - 17 min read

.NET Android ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET Core Boilerplate C#Favicon HTML 5 iOS Meta Tags Windows 8.1

ASP.NET Core Boilerplate

ASP.NET Core Boilerplate is a professional ASP.NET MVC template for building secure, fast, robust and adaptable web applications or sites.

Posted 12 November 2014 - 7 min read

.NET ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET Core Boilerplate Autofac Bootstrap C#Content Security Policy (CSP)Elmah Font Awesome GitHub

Elysium Extra 1.1 Released

Elysium Extra Version 1.1 is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) SDK providing Metro styles for built in WPF controls and some custom controls.

Posted 5 November 2014 - 4 min read

.NET C#Elysium Elysium Extra Metro Modern UI User Interface Windows Presentation Foundation WPF

Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) - Part 4 - INotifyDataErrorInfo

An base class implementation for the INotifyDataErrorInfo interface. Used in the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. Targeted for best performance.

Posted 9 September 2014 - 12 min read

.NET Base Class Library BCL C#Elysium Extra Events Explicit Interface Implementation INotifyDataErrorInfo INotifyPropertyChanged Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)

Naming Conventions

Code is written to be read by humans, not machines. Naming conventions and standard code styling can boost productivity, particularly if working in teams.

Posted 4 September 2014 - 3 min read

C#Naming Convention SQL Standards StyleCop T-SQL

Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) - Part 3 - INotifyPropertyChanged

An base class implementation for the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. Used in the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. Targeted for best performance.

Posted 18 June 2014 - 11 min read

.NET Base Class Library BCL C#Design Patterns Events Explicit Interface Implementation INotifyPropertyChanged INotifyPropertyChanging Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)

Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) - Part 2 - IDisposable

Implementing IDisposable correctly is ridiculously hard. A Disposable base class can make it easier. Using IDisposable in Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) really helps.

Posted 13 June 2014 - 4 min read

.NET Base Class Library BCL C#Design Patterns IDisposable Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)MVVM Reactive Extensions Rx