Development Issues

Logging/Tracing/Debugging

To trace ASP.NET web application, add

<trace enabled="true" 

       localOnly="false" 

       pageOutput="false" 

       requestLimit="500" 

       traceMode="SortByTime"

/>

and opet http://localhost.trace.axd to view the trace information.

Scheduling

Some tasks are executed on a periodical basis - every n units of time (seconds, minutes, hours, days...). This implies usage of some form of timers. Technologies are available to make this work and they all have their pros and cons.

• Windows Task Scheduler
• Windows Service
• Web Application (see references for an example)
• Workflow Foundation (Service)

References:

• Using Task Scheduler or Windows Service For Scheduled Tasks (link), and Scheduled Tasks in ASP.NET (link)
• Combine Web and Windows Services to Run Your ASP.NET Code at Scheduled Intervals (link).
• Replacing Task Scheduler with Cron (link), Replacing the Windows Task Scheduler (link)

Links:

• PyCron (link)
• QuartzNet (link)

(Multi-) Threading

Links:

• Threading in C#, free e-book (link)

Rendering HTML

Rendering HTML programmatically (sort-of) is possible using a web browser.

Chromium-based solutions:

• Troymium (link)
• Awesomium (link)