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New updates to ADC controls

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:25:12 GMT

When ADC was first released, it had an pretty impressive set of features, sorting, paging, animation, dragging and dropping, client-side databinding. As time went by, ADC team has added bits and pieces of updates.

Modal Popup Extender, AJAX Tool Kit, Validation Controls ASP.NET

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:24:42 GMT

How to validate on Modal Popup extender it was disappearing on validation then i used javascript instead of asp.net validation controls please comment

jQuery Form Serialization without ASP.NET ViewState

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:31:10 GMT

When building AJAX applications that send client form content to the server, ViewState and EventValidation fields can get in the way. Using jQuery you can make short work skipping over these fields and send only the raw POST data to the server.

JSON.NET DataTable Serializer

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:57:47 GMT

I've been thinking about replacing the JSON serializer in my internal codebase for some time and finally put a little effort into allowing JSON.NET from James Newton King to be plugged into my Ajax framework as a replaceable engine.

TUTORIAL: Using Javascript To Call A Web Service

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:23:54 GMT

Sometimes you just need to use Javascript. It's one of those things that web developers claim to hate, but secretly, I just hated the lack of tools support for it. That seems to be solved, at least for me. This article shows you how to call your asynchronous web service from Javascript, and how we can incorporate JS Intellisense to make our job infinitely easier (one line of code, anyone?) The source code is provided at the end, in both C# and VB.NET.

Create A Netflix/Blockbuster Style Pop-Up Using the AJAX Control Toolk

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:19:52 GMT

I just recently signed up for NetFlix to get my videos over by mail. My wife in particular pointed out to me how nice the descriptions are being shown in a pop-up. Thereafter, I noticed that they have done super cool UIs all over their website. One of the things I got curious about was the way they showed descriptions of the movie by poping up a box with an arrow. The nice thing is that the box has a transparent shadow/glow in the back. I wanted to impress my wife and show her that this can be done easily. This article will show you how to show a pop up like the one mentioned above, both statically and dynamically by using the AJAX Control Kit's HoverPopUpMenu.

FxCop for Ajax Code

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:31:03 GMT

FxCop is a great tool to help ensure consistency of .NET code and to help push quality upstream in the development process by reinforcing design guidelines and flagging some potential issues that can be detected through static analysis of your assemblies

Using UpdateProgress Control Effectively

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:20:49 GMT

UpdateProgress control provides a mechanism where we can inform user that the server side processing is still progressing. For example, we can provide a "Loading." message or an image showing the progressing of the request. This article will give you more inputs on how to use the UpdateProgress control very effectively in our projects.

Handling Complex DataTypes using ASP.NET AJAX

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:37:20 GMT

Use of complex data types in Ajax programming is a tricky issue. In many scenarios we need to communicate between the client and server via strings only.

The State of the Scripting Universe: Python, PHP, JavaScript etc

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:39 GMT

Three years ago, Lynn Greiner interviewed the big cheeses responsible for the popular scripting languages PHP, Perl, Tcl, Python, Ruby and JavaScript to find out where they believed the languages were headed. In this follow-up discussion, she asks these dynamic language luminaries what has changed since then—for both developers and the application development managers who determine the corporate programming language strategy.

Updating Only Changed Rows in the GridView Control

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:01:26 GMT

Matt Berseth wrote a very interesting article on "Bulk Inserting Data Using the ListView Control". The idea is to give the user an Excel like interface where they can edit the rows with custom data and finally click the update button to persist the data in the database. Matt's solution was great but lacks a very important detail. There was no way to know what rows were changed by the user. Matt took the road to update all the rows whether they were changed or not. In this article we are going to take a look at an alternative method of updating only the changed rows.

Who is afraid of ADC? - Introduction to AJAX Data Controls - Part III

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:21:57 GMT

ADC controls actually does not need much introduction. Repeaters, Gridviews, DataLists, we knew them since the onset of ASP .net. And the ADC development team has deliberately made it easy for the transition from server side data-bound controls to client-side AJAX script controls. However, little known about ADCs is that they are also equipped with a set of behaviors to make the control cool and cooler.

Firebug 1.2 Released

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:00:30 GMT

Firebug 1.2 which works in Firefox 3 has been released. If you are doing any AJAX development (JavaScript, jQuery, etc) this tool is invaluable. Updating Firebug to work in FF3 took quite a bit of effort and now it it works again with many new improvements and features planned to for the next release.

BlogSvc Supports Comments via AtomPub + WCF + jQuery = Crazy Delicious

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:40:50 GMT

Jarrett has added threaded annotation support to BlogSvc. This is a major new feature leading up to the next release. This feature uses jquery to do some tasty ajax communication with the WCF service.

Getting Started with ASP.NET Ajax

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:35:17 GMT

Learn the various set of technologies that make up Ajax, the key ingredients of ASP.NET Ajax, the major goals of ASP.NET Ajax, and why Ajax has become indispensable in web application development communities worldwide. Book chapter from Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours.

Don't tell me you did that with JavaScript

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:01:01 GMT

I nice article about why JavaScript (and the use of js libraries like prototype) is a must for web development.

Who is afraid of ADC? - Introduction to AJAX Data Controls - Part II

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:47:51 GMT

The suite of ADCs (AJAX Data Controls) has made a splash in the AJAX community. Of the four ADC controls, Gridview has attracted most of the attention, usage and questions. So how to use the ADC Gridview?

A simple jQuery Client Centering Plugin

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:31:12 GMT

Centering content is a useful client side UI feature especially when working with pop ups or popup windows when displayed for the first time. Here's a little jQuery plug in that handles centering in the window and in other container elements easily.

Error Handling in ASP.Net Ajax Applications

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:12:03 GMT

By default, whenever there are any error occurred in the server side processing using ASP.Net Ajax, the error message is notified to the user using a message box (alert). The error message that is displayed on the message box will be the actual error message contained in the original exception's Message property.

Easily build powerful client-side AJAX paging, using jQuery

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:31:14 GMT

An in-depth example of using jQuery to build client-side paging, including progress indicators, to page into any server side data source that can be JSON serialized by ASP.NET AJAX.

Easily build powerful client-side AJAX paging, using jQuery

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:31:14 GMT

An in-depth example of using jQuery to build client-side paging, including progress indicators, to page into any server side data source that can be JSON serialized by ASP.NET AJAX.

Asp.Net AJAX Client Side Templated Data Bound Control

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:18:15 GMT

A server control that allows you to specify header, item, and footer templates for a basic data list that will be bound on the client based on either a given web service method, or on a data-source provided client side. The templates are rendered server-side before being passed to the client behavior which allows you to use other server-side controls in the development of the templates.

Scrolling to the Top of an AJAX Page

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:36:19 GMT

Get around AJAX's tendencies to keep the browser where you post.

Adventures of adding YahooUI (YUI) to a MVC Site

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:03:02 GMT

nice howto on using YUI (Yahoo UI) Javascript framework with ASP.NET MVC

Building AJAX Applications using ASP.Net AJAX

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:49:25 GMT

The implementation of AJAX enabled application is made easy with the help of 2 new controls called UpdatePanel control and ScriptManager control in ASP.Net AJAX framework. This are the two primary controls that makes AJAX happen with very less effort. This article will help us understand the usage of these two new controls by implementing a sample application.