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http://riderdesign.com/articles/Build-a-file-tree-explorer-with-jQuery

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:01:02 GMT

Create a file tree explorer with the jQuery File tree plugin and asp.net. With this plugin and a little server side logic, it is very easy to create a great looking client side file tree explorer. This article explains how to set up, configure and customize jQuery File Tree and use ASP.NET to retrieve the file structure.

Sending email with jQuery and a web service

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:16:04 GMT

This article show to use jQuery to interact with an asmx web service. Utilizing jQuery the contact form can be submitted without postback and the values passed via JSON to the web service. You learn how to ceate a new service and add the service reference as well coding the jQuery to pass the data

Password strength validation with jQuery

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:01:02 GMT

The jQuery Password Strength Meter is a great free plugin that provides realtime client side evaluation of your password, providing visual indication regarding the strength of the password. This article covers setting up, configuring and customization of the plugin.

Check username availability with JQuery & ASP.NET

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:01:04 GMT

This article shows how to use jQuery in a real world practical situation - to check username availability - by making an AJAX call to a WebMethod. In this artcle we examine how to make the call, how get the desired username and pass it correctly as well as using jQuery to style and display firnedly notification messages.

Check username availability with JQuery & ASP.NET

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:02:38 GMT

ASP.NET Rich Text Editor Control

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:46:02 GMT

Kannan Sundararajan, Microsoft, has written a Rich Text Editor control using ASP.NET and JavaScript and shared it under the MS-PL license on CodePlex. It has a very rich feature set and Kannan hopes to enhance it further in the future. Features: * Clipboard support: You can copy and paste content from other programs like Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio into the RichTextEditor and it will persist the formatting. If you copy code from Visual Studio it will preserve the code coloring scheme. * Context sensitive Toolbar: The ToolBar buttons will reflect the properties of that content automatically when you select it or navigate through it using the mouse or keyboard . * Code Block: It allows you to format text as code blocks. Simple select the text and format it by clicking the "Code Block" ToolBar button. * Emoticons: You can express yourself better by adding emoticons to your rich text. * HtmlView: If you would like to have more control over the look and feel of your text then you can edit it in HtmlView as well. * Text in multiple languages: The control currently supports several languages. * Browser support: The control works well in two of the most widely used browsers Internet Explorer and Firefox.

How to create a captcha graphic in VB.net

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:33:08 GMT

The author shows how to generate a simple captcha in VB.net (I don't hold the VB.net part against him though)

Visual Studio 2008 RTM!

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:25:57 GMT

Visual Studio will RTM by the end of November bringing with it, .Net 3.5, C# 3.0, VB9, Linq and much more.

ASP.NET MVC Framework to Write Web Apps without Viewstate or Postbacks

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:05:46 GMT

Article by Jeffrey Palermo about the upcoming MVC Framework from Microsoft.

Remove generated JavaScript from your pages

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:31:03 GMT

One of the things that have always seemed a little weird to me is that ASP.NET auto-generates JavaScript and injects it in the rendered HTML. The JavaScript is needed to handle validation, postbacks, callbacks etc. but why does it have to write the same static functions when it could just as well be placed in a referenced .js file? If all the static functions where placed in an external .js file, it would be downloaded once instead of every time a page loads.

Have We ASP.NET Geeks Lost Something?

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:01:02 GMT

Rob wonders if using asp.net has made us lose touch with the core of what being a web developer is all about... you know, the XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and all that fun stuff.

The Last Language War / Language Trolling Post You'll Ever Need To Rea

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:56:27 GMT

Relevant to DNK? Somewhat. Funny? Yes.

How An Open Source Developer Transitioned To .Net

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:01:03 GMT

Keith Elder shares his story on how and why he switched from LAMP (php, apache, etc) development over to .NET.

LINQ To Sql tutorial Series By Scott Guthrie (Pdf Book Format)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:16:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie's great 'LINQ To Sql' tutorial series in PDF book format.

Eliminating the jump to top of page behavior of the Ajax Toolkit's Rat

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:01:02 GMT

The Ajax Control Toolkit provides a number of Ajax-enabled server controls and extenders that make it very easy to add Ajax functionality to any ASP.NET driven site. One of these controls is the Rating control. One issue with the rating control is that when clicked, the user experiences a jump to top of page behavior. This article examines how to eliminate this issue.

Download a set of RSS Feed icons

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:16:02 GMT

I found these feed icons via Google. You can download a zip file containing different sized RSS icons in psd format. Also a readme tells you how to customize the color of the greyscale file in photoshop. Use these feed icons for your ASP.NET feeds.

Different methods for creating partial page updates

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:46:02 GMT

This article compares MS Ajax and the Gaia Web Widgets Framework. Specifically it compares the UpdatePanel and Gaia Web Controls for acheiving partial page updates.

Build an MSDN-style content rater with ASP.NET, MS AJAX, and jQuery

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:46:02 GMT

In the MSDN library, content can be rated by clicking on a star (from 1 through 5). When you hover over the content rateR on MSDN2, a textbox appears to allow comments to be added. Using the rating control and the jQuery library, we can very easily create a content rater simliar to the one on MSDN.

Using Gaia with jQuery

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:13:18 GMT

As mentioned in the previous article "Random Rotating Images with Gaia", The Gaia Ajax Widgets Framework uses the well known and very widely used Prototype.js library. As such certain compatibility issues can arise when using Gaia with jQuery.

Check username availability with Gaia

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:11:59 GMT

Using Ajax, it is possible to provide real time validation to let a user whether his or her desired username is available. This article explains how to accomplish the same task with Gaia and ASP.NET

Random Rotating Images with Gaia

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:09:49 GMT

The aim of this article is to show easy it is to create random, rotating images using the Gaia Ajax Widgets Framework. Gaia provides a suite of Ajax-enabled server controls that makes creating Ajax applications extremely easy.

Check username availability with ASP.NET AJAX

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:28:17 GMT

A good solid article on checking username availability as well as checking for duplicate emails while a user is filling out a registration form. SHows how to use PageMethods, static (shared) WebMethods and, using javascript to tie it all together.