Update: ASP.NET Core 2.0 today is mature enough as the official migration path for ASP.NET 4.x apps on .NET Framework. Thus, spend some time on ASP.NET Core please. ASP.NET/IIS has been the co...
Jexus Manager: Secrets Behind Visual Studio IIS Express Integration
Visual Studio has shipped IIS Express for a few releases. Behind the scene, there are some changes on the integration, but they are hidden and not documented in details. Without such knowledge, man...
Jexus Manager: Renamed and Local IIS Express Custom Configuration Support
I just renamed the first build of Beta 3 back to Jexus Manager 2.0. The removal of “for IIS Express” does not mean IIS Express support is cut (but significantly enhanced if you read further). This ...
Jexus Manager: Troubleshooting IIS Configuration with Jexus Manager for IIS Express Read Only Mode
There are several issues with IIS Manager that you might not be able to use it to troubleshoot IIS configuration issues, IIS Manager strictly requires administrator permissions. Some file err...
Jexus Manager: Experimental Support on Full IIS
If you run the latest build of Jexus Manager for IIS Express Beta 2 as administrator, you might notice an extra node listed in the Connections panel. By double clicking this node, the configuration...
DockPanel Suite: More About Theming
Ever since I finished integrating the VS 2012 light theme into DPS, we see demands on other themes. The community is much stronger than we thought and new theme authors are now with us. VS 2013 B...
Jexus Manager: UAC Shield Icon and WinForms Buttons
You might notice that in recent builds of Jexus Manager that the UAC shield icon starts to appear sometimes. This is because some operations require administrator permissions, and such permissions ...
Jexus Manager: The Secret Behind IIS HTTPS Bindings
If you have ever opened IIS 7+ configuration file (aka applicationHost.config), you probably know that an HTTPS binding of a site looks like below, <site name="php" id="8"> <bindings&...