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Dylan Beattie

London, United Kingdom

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Age: 34

Lead developer and IT manager for a small company based in London, UK, working on an interesting mix of bespoke C#/ASP.NET development, legacy JScript code, various business applications, and mixing the magic computer glue that holds it all together.

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Top Questions
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How do I check whether File.Delete() will succeed without trying it, in C#?

c# .net security permissions system.io asked Sep 18 '09 at 12:05
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20 votes

Retrieve the current view name in ASP.NET MVC?

asp.net-mvc asked Aug 12 '09 at 21:15
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19 votes

Alternatives to System.Drawing for use with ASP.NET?

c# asp.net gdi+ system.drawing system.drawing.imaging asked Oct 6 '09 at 22:56
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17 votes

Restrict access to a specific controller by IP address in ASP.NET MVC Beta

asp.net-mvc security iis web-config asked Jan 23 '09 at 17:01
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17 votes

Is there a name for this set/array operation?

arrays algorithm math powerset set-theory asked Apr 16 at 11:28
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13 votes

Can I make the CSS :after pseudo element append content outside the element?

html css css-selectors pseudo-element asked Mar 19 '11 at 14:51
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13 votes

Where can I find a list of scopes for Google's OAuth 2.0 API?

oauth-2.0 google-authentication asked May 19 '12 at 11:39
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11 votes

Can I temporarily override DNS resolution within a .NET application?

c# nunit dns hosts-file ipconfig asked May 13 '11 at 13:36
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11 votes

Security loophole around password changes with .NET FormsAuthentication and persistent cookies?

asp.net security cookies forms-authentication asked Mar 30 '12 at 13:35
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10 votes

How can I link to MSDN/official documentation from my C# XML documentation comments?

msdn ndoc xmldoc asked Jul 7 '11 at 10:58
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Top Answers
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How do you handle multiple submit buttons in ASP.NET MVC Framework?
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How to handle checkboxes in ASP.NET MVC forms?
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146
How do you post to an iframe?
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What's your #1 way to be careful with a live database?
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What's the difference between passing by reference vs. passing by value?
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55
UTF8 vs. UTF16 vs. char* vs. what? Someone explain this mess to me!
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51
How can I display a tooltip over a button using Winforms?
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50
Unit testing ASP.Net MVC Authorize attribute to verify redirect to login page
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Generating an action URL in JavaScript for ASP.NET MVC
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30
Can select * usage ever be justified?
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28
VBScript — Using error handling
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28
Difference between Application_Start and Application_OnStart
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20
How can I set up a configuation file for .NET console applications?
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18
Where is the MOQ documentation?
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16
Is it possible to automate MS SQL Server (2005) queries via SQL Server Management Studio?
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16
Should I use default(Foo), Foo.Empty, or null?
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16
What are your favorite metaphors for technical concepts?
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12
Can you get a Windows (AD) username in PHP?
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Subversion large repos import/checkout
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12
Retriving date in sql server, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP vs GetDate()
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What is the best way to implement a RESTful architecture in .NET today?
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11
Do you have any Ajax loading image ideas for use with jQuery?
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11
How can I take more control in ASP.NET?
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The right way to do radio buttons?
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ASP.NET MVC Redirect To Action - Need To Pass Data
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MVC: Repositories and Services
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ASP.net MVC - request-scoped global variable
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How to throw a SqlException(need for mocking)
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Best cubicle toys for programming
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