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  • Open Source and Open Source Software Are Not The Same Things

    Open Source and Open Source Software Are Not The Same Things

    Feb 12
    16

    It all started with an innocent tweet asking whether ASP.NET MVC 3 is “open source” or not? I jumped in with my usual answer, “of course it is!” The source code is released under the Ms-PL, a license recognized that the OSI legally reviewed to ensure it meets the Open Source Definition (OSD). The Free Software Foundation (FSF) recognizes it as a “free software license”1 making it not only OSS, but FOSS (Free and open source software) by that definition. Afterwards, a healthy debate ensued on...

  • Modernizr.js

    Modernizr.js

    Oct 11
    06

    Modernizr.js is a little library that will help "modernize" old browsers. As an example, let's say you create a new ASP.NET MVC 3 application with the "Use HTML 5 semantic markup" checkbox selected. If you peek into the layout view for the app, you'll find the following markup: <nav> <ul id="menu"> <li>@Html.ActionLink("Home", "Index", "Home")</li> <li>@Html.ActionLink("About", "About", "Home")</li> </ul> </nav> The nav element represents a section with navigation links, and is a new e...

  • Using 51Degrees.Mobi Foundation for accurate mobile browser detection on ASP.NET MVC 3

    Using 51Degrees.Mobi Foundation for accurate mobile browser detection on ASP.NET MVC 3

    Dec 10
    17

    Mobile devices continue to grow in popularity as a way to access the Web. If you’re building any kind of public-facing site, you probably way to make it look and behave well on mobiles just as on traditional desktop browsers. [...]...

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