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

submitted by jamesewelch 4 days, 12 hours ago

junnark.com — 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. read more...

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Top 10 Things That Annoy Programmers

kevinwilliampang.com — Programmers all have their personal pet peeves. Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, there are certain nuisances that we must put up with in our line of work. The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from the results of my recent question on StackOverflow along with some of my own experiences as a programmer: read more...

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ASP.NET MVC Tip #35 – Use the NHaml View Engine

weblogs.asp.net — In this tip, I explain how you can use the NHaml view engine as the view engine for an ASP.NET MVC application. I demonstrate how to create NHaml views that display both static content and database records. I also discuss how you can use master pages and user controls with the NHaml view engine. read more...

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Create apple.com-like breadcrumb using simple CSS

published 23 days, 1 hour ago, submitted by RyanFarley 23 days, 10 hours ago

jankoatwarpspeed.com — Janko shows an extremely simple and nicely polished way to create graphical breadcrumbs like on apple.com. read more...

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The Work-at-Home Developer's Guide to Happiness

ryanfarley.com — As a long time work-at-home developer, I’ve come to realize over the years how important it is to have the right work routine and balance to remain happy in both your professional and personal life. I’ve worked from my home 100% of the time for the last 6-7 years and had often worked from my home in spurts before that. Without question, it requires the right mindset and dedication. There’s an upside as well as a downside to working from home, but with the right routine you can be successful at it. read more...

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Egoless Programming - Developing Without the Attitude

submitted by jamesewelch 1 month, 21 days ago

mikebernat.com — One of the most common threads that all programmers share is that of an ego. Some are much worse than others and some have found a way to control or manipulate their ego into a great benefit. Beyond skill-sets and other programming-specific talents I believe the greatest room for personal improvement in programmers as a whole is that of the ego. read more...

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Open Source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Portal - new and improved

msmvps.com — A new release of Dropthings, open source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX portal. Features many performance and scalability techniques and a new design. Showcases: - 10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets. - Fast ASP.NET page rendering by deferred script loading. - Load large amount of Javascripts in batch and thus load AJAX sites a lot faster. - Fast Streaming AJAX proxy that solves double downloading problems and continuously streams content from external domain. - Making best use of cache for high performance website. - On-demand UI loading on AJAX websites. read more...

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Being Smart Does Not a Good Developer Make

codethinked.com — Not every programmer needs to be a crazy mathematical genius who knows every algorithm and data structure known to man (although I think Steve Yegge would argue differently). read more...

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