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  • April 14th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API and Visual Studio

    April 14th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API and Visual Studio

    Apr 12
    15

    Here is the latest in my link-listing blog series: ASP.NET Easily overlooked features in VS 11 Express for Web: Good post by Scott Hanselman that highlights a bunch of easily overlooked improvements that are coming to VS 11 (and specifically the free express editions) for web development: unit testing, browser chooser/launcher, IIS Express, CSS Color Picker, Image Preview in Solution Explorer and more. Get Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms: Good 5-part tutorial that walks-through build...

  • Scott Hanselman's 2011 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

    Scott Hanselman's 2011 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

    Dec 11
    01

    Everyone collects utilities, and most folks have a list of a few that they feel are indispensable. Here's mine. Each has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week. For me, util means utilitarian and it means don't clutter my tray. If it saves me time, and seamlessly integrates with my life, it's the bomb. Many/most are free some aren't. Those that aren't free are very likely worth your 30-day trial, and perhaps your money. Here are most of the contents of my ...

  • Revisiting Charting with ASP.NET and LINQ

    Revisiting Charting with ASP.NET and LINQ

    Feb 11
    14

    Once upon a time I wrote an article titled “Charting with ASP.NET and LINQ”. At the time I used a combination of WebForms, WCF, the Microsoft AJAX libraries, and the Microsoft chart control. I had some time to revisit the topic recently and rewrote the sample application using ASP.NET MVC and jQuery. You can download the sample here. The idea behind the sample is to present a “dashboard” full of charts. I’ve worked on a few dashboards over the years, and they are always notoriously difficul...

  • ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Mobile

    ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Mobile

    Jan 11
    13

    With the release of Windows Phone 7 last year, Im really interested in mobile applications. Why? Well, developing for Windows Phone 7 did not require me to learn new things. I can use my current skill set and build cool apps for that platform. But what about the other platforms? If you look at all platforms from a web developer perspective, theres one library that also allows you to use your existing skill set: jQuery Mobile. Know HTML? Know jQuery? Know *any* web development language like P...

  • 10 Essential Tools for building ASP.NET Websites

    10 Essential Tools for building ASP.NET Websites

    Nov 10
    22

    I recently put together a simple public website created with ASP.NET for my company at Superexpert.com. I was surprised by the number of free tools that I ended up using to put together the website. Therefore, I thought it would be interesting to create a list of essential tools for building ASP.NET websites. These tools work equally well with both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC. Performance Tools After reading Steve Souders two (very excellent) books on front-end website performance High...

  • Announcing the ASP.NET MVC 3 Release Candidate

    Announcing the ASP.NET MVC 3 Release Candidate

    Nov 10
    09

    This morning the ASP.NET team shipped the ASP.NET MVC 3 RC (release candidate). You can download it here. ASP.NET MVC 3 is a pretty sweet release, and adds a ton of new functionality and refinements. It is also backwards compatible with ASP.NET MVC V1 and V2 – which makes it easy to upgrade existing apps (read the release notes for the exact steps to do so). You can learn more about some of the great capabilities in ASP.NET MVC 3 from previous blog posts I’ve done about it: Introducing Ra...

  • jQuery Cycle Plugin on the Microsoft Ajax CDN

    jQuery Cycle Plugin on the Microsoft Ajax CDN

    Oct 10
    02

    Want to create a photo gallery with fancy special effects? Mike Alsup, who has developed several popular plugins for jQuery, has uploaded his jQuery Cycle (jCycle) plugin to the Microsoft Ajax CDN. This plugin enables you to take a set of images, and transition from one image to another using a special effect. In other words, it gives you a way to display a fancy slide show. Here’s a super simple sample of how you can use this plugin with a static list of images: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//...

  • MVC 2 Model Metadata to Render Dynamic UI

    MVC 2 Model Metadata to Render Dynamic UI

    Sep 10
    09

    Recently we had a project where we needed to render certain questions on the screen dynamically based on answers to previous questions on previous screens.  For questions that need to dynamically be visible/invisible on the same screen, this can simply be controlled with jQuery.  However, in this case, based on the user’s input on previous screens we know there are certain questions that will not be applicable before the current screen even loads. In this case, we could use jQuery to set those...

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