ASP.NET Trace

Trace.Write helps diagnose problems in ASP.NET. It determines what is actually running in an ASP.NET application. We review the basics of tracing in ASP.NET. We use the C# language to easily benchmark sites.

First we must add the trace markup to our Web.config file. The sample values in the markup I show can and should be changed by you. I encourage you to flip the attribute values and see what they do as much as possible. Here's how to add the markup.

Open Web.config file. Your ASP.NET project should have a Web.config file. If it doesn't, add one through the Website > Add New Item.... menu. This is an XML file used by ASP.NET to store website configuration settings.

C# Use Zip Archives without External Libraries

Introduction

I found a lot of articles on how to access Zip archives in C# but all with significant disadvantages. The main problem is that Microsoft has Zip archives implemented in the operating system but there is no official API that we can use. In C# for example, we have the System.IO.Compression.GZip but there is no adequate System.IO.Compression.Zip class.