FlexBox is a jQuery plugin that is intended to be a very flexible replacement for HTML textboxes and dropdowns using AJAX to retrieve and bind JSON data. Okay. Now what is FlexBox exactly? It is a dynamic control which can present itself as a combobox with per-result HTML templates, a suggest box (like Google search) [...]
I read a bit of “jQuery in Action” a couple of weeks back. Actually all I read was the appendix which is aptly titled “JavaScript that you need to know but might not!” This short chapter very concisely covers JavaScript concepts which should be required learning for all web developers. If you are an experienced [...]
I’ve recommended .NET podcasts before and it’s time to add a new show to the mix. This past weekend, I started consuming the backlog of The Thirsty Developer podcast in large quantities and I like it. I found the majority of the shows to be well-structured, high production quality, informative and entertaining. But I’ll let [...]
Last Friday, a fellow coder asked the team for podcast recommendations. Since I listen to anywhere from 6-10 podcasts a week, I was happy to share what is currently in my top podcast rotation. It is worth noting that those of us in the .NET community are rather fortunate as there are a number of [...]
For the first time in years, I needed to distribute my application to the end user’s machine via an online download. To do this effectively and professionally, I, of course, needed an install package. Over the year, I have used both Wise and InstallShield but they both cost money and I don’t recall them being [...]
I’ve previously written about managing your Subversion repositories via the TortoiseSVN client. TortoiseSVN integrates with Windows Explorer and provides a really slick way to do things like view the status of your source code, update your Subversion working copy and commit change. But as slick as it is, TortoiseSVN requires one to bounce between their [...]
Today I did what I should have done a lot while ago. I watched the Jedi Coding Demo and installed JetBrain’s ReSharper – The Most Intelligent Add-In To Visual Studio about 30 seconds later. Finally… After launching VS2008, R# 4.0 Beta asked me a couple configuration-preference-type questions and then I completely stomped on my code until [...]
Today I woke up feeling uneasy about the direction of my current project. For all intents and purposes, I am taking an existing system which was pieced together by a couple of past developers and extending it. I’m not saying the code I inherited was a disaster but I am not going to publicly praise [...]
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