A new version of the Logic Check framework has been released. Logic Check is a framework for ASP.NET 2.0/3.5 used for providing simple easy to implement comment spam protection using text based logical captchas. It's available for download from the Downloads page.

For more information about the framework click here.

BlogBlocks is a library I've written used to blog on this site.

I started writing this library back in 2006 when there wasn't a whole lot of options around for ASP.NET 2.0 blog engines.

I've been working on this library in my spare time in-between work and life and have recently reached a small milestone - having completed a Pingback plugin for the library.

In this post I talk a little about the architecture of the library, why it's a little different to other libraries out there, and what my plans are for its future.

In this post I describe the function of the ASP.NET 2.0 AssociatedControlConverter and why it's cool to use them in your custom web controls. I then go on to provide code for a TypeConverter using generics which provides the same functionality as the AssociatedControlConverter but with more flexibility. It might save a few people out their from needlessly subclassing the AssociatedControlConverter.

A component called the RollingLogFileProvider is now freely available from the Downloads page.

The RollingLogWebEventProvider provides a mechanism for the standard ASP.NET health monitoring API similiar to log4Net's RollingFileAppender, or the Enterprise Library's RollingFlatFileTraceListener.

To use the RollingLogWebEventProvider requires no additional source code, only some additional ASP.NET health monitoring configuration settings.

For more details read on...

In this post I talk about the Web Site vs Web Application debate. I describe the arguments for and against using each project type and my rational for continuing to use both of them.