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Dissecting the JQuery text method

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:00:03 GMT

An interesting question came up at work today. We had some existing code that was using the innerText dom method. It worked fine on IE, but not on Firefox (to be clear, I'm used to that working the other way around). If you look at QuirksMode you will see Firefox is the only browser that does not support this method as well. Turns out if you use innerText on any dom element in IE you will get the text inside the element (in this case a span tag), but in Firefox you just get nothing. Time to see how JQuery does what it does.

The Greatest Exception Handling WTF?!? of All Time

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The Exception object has ONE purpose and ONE purpose only - to represent a runtime error, nothing more. Exceptions should never be used for purposes for which they were not intended -- or you could end up with this monstrosity...

Overview of .NET 4.0 features - ASP.NET 4.0 ClientIDMode

Mon, 25 May 2009 19:45:03 GMT

In pre 4.0 days, when a server control is rendered, the framework would assign an ID to the control based on the control hierarchy. For example, a textbox of id "txtTest" in a user control that is used on a page would be rendered with the ID "WebUserControl11_txtTest". Developers could use the ClientID property (ex: txtTest.ClientID) in the code behind to retrieve the ID assigned to the control by the framework. It was essential for the framework to assign the IDs this way to maintain uniqueness of the IDs on a page. In the prior example, the User Control that inherits from the System.Web.UI.UserControl implements the INamingContainer interface. Any control (either custom or a .NET control) that implements this interface would ensure unique naming scope for the child controls.

ASP.NET MVC Domain Routing

Wed, 20 May 2009 20:09:52 GMT

Ever since the release of ASP.NET MVC and its routing engine (System.Web.Routing), Microsoft has been trying to convince us that you have full control over your URL and routing. This is true to a certain extent: as long as it's related to your application path, everything works out nicely. If you need to take care of data tokens in your (sub)domain, you're screwed by default.

Custom Combo Box with colors and text

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:40:22 GMT

Code and video for creating a custom ComboBox with a colored rectangle and text

Windows 7 Tricks and Keyboard Shortcuts

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:01:03 GMT

A summary of Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts and tips.

.Net TimeBombHack

Sat, 09 May 2009 16:10:28 GMT

Small code sample from Ayende to put a time bomb into your code!!

How to test your multi-threaded code (part 1 of 3)?

Thu, 07 May 2009 01:01:04 GMT

CHESS is the answer. At least this is what we have best right now.

I Spose I'll Just Say It: Still Waiting For a GOOD Reason to Learn MVC

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:31:13 GMT

Why you shouldn't learn MVC Earlier today Rob Connery posted about why he thinks You Should Learn MVC. Rob is a great guy and we always have lively discussions whenever we meet at conferences. I was in the middle of writing a long comment on his blog when I decided it might be better as it's own post.

Construction

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:19:51 GMT

A Silverlight game based Farseer Physics Engine. Play using bulldozers and cranes to solve real time physics puzzles.

An Aha Moment on MVC Validation Extensibility in DefaultModelBinder

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:16:02 GMT

It is obvious that I don't like using IDataErrorInfo for use with a validation framework, like the Validation Application Block, so what is this validation extensibility API that scott mysteriously speaks of?

Software Startup Lessons (Part 7) - Versatility

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:01:04 GMT

Today we'll talk about of the key lessons that we learned in university that helped us during the first two years of our business: versatility.

Much Faster Browsing For MSDN

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:43:23 GMT

There is a new MSDN Low Bandwidth Beta, that isn't cluttered with junk.

string.Empty versus ""

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:01:02 GMT

The author shows ways that "" is better than string.Empty and results in clearer and possibly faster code.

A Closable jQuery Plug-in

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:16:03 GMT

I've found it very useful to have a closeable plug-in that hide the content of an HTML element providing a visual close image cue. Almost every UI I build these days requires either closing pop up windows or even more commonly requires that items are removed and visually hidden which usually implies 'close' behavior. In addition to removing a bunch of HTML markup, having a plug-in is also quite useful for server controls especially if multiple behaviors (plug-ins) need to be applied.

Send attachments with jQuery

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:01:03 GMT

This little post shows how to send attachment to the server with ajax and jQuery

Introduction to JOINs - A simplest Visual Explanation of Join

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:16:02 GMT

Introduction to JOINs - A simplest Visual Explanation of Join This post is for every developer who just want to make sure that their basics of Join is perfect. Bookmark this for future use or for teaching your friends of Jr. about Joins. Blog about this post if you like it.

jQuery Search box and Asp.net MVC

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:16:03 GMT

This is a simple tutorial on how to create a fancy search box, that has suggestions underneath the input box, and that also can do autocomplete.

ReSharper 4.5 gone gold

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:16:11 GMT

JetBrains has released version 4.5 of their multi purpose productivity plugin for Visual Studio, ReSharper. This updates contains some pretty cool features. For example, solution wide analysis now checks for members that can be made internal. Also, JetBrains promises to have improved performance and memory use. All in all certainly an update that is worth installing, especially because updating from licenses for version 4.0 and above is free

Kona: Continuous Integration and Better Unit Testing

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:01:02 GMT

In this screencast Rob Conery and Brad Wilson talk about continuous integration with TeamCity, Unit Testing with xUnit and TDD in general. "This screencast went from a simple idea - talking to Brad Wilson about better Unit Testing - to some pretty broad topics such as source control, unit testing, and continuous integration. I seriously could have written a whole book based on the stuff flying through my mind. I reigned it in a bit and decided to focus on two things that I don't think get enough press: writing a good Unit Test coupled with Continuous Integration."

KiGG is now upgraded to ASP.NET MVC RTM 1.0 - Kazi Manzur Rashid Blog

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:39:44 GMT

Just to let you know that I have uploaded the latest source of KiGG in Codeplex. Other than upgrading to ASP.NET MVC RTM, there are few enhancements: 1. Implementing EventAggregator. 2. Background Services like: * Broadcast in Twitter. * Ping different Feed Servers automatically. 3. Restrict Story submit from specific domains. 4. SQL Server Full Text search. 5. Other minor enhancements and bug fixes. And yes http://dotnetshoutout.com is currently running the same codebase. Those who are assuming whether KiGG is following the same practices which I have mentioned recently over here and here, let me tell you, no it is not following all the items, I am in a process of refactoring it following those rest of the items which I hope to deliver in a few weeks or I will post the tiny app that I am also developing.

Glass Behavior for WPF

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:46:03 GMT

A new custom behavior for WPF that allows for a glass like effect. Essentially you can place this behavior on any Visual, point to to a target visual and give it an effect and it will create an effect that looks like a piece of glass was placed over the screen. You pretty much can make your own Aero effects within your application. . .

ASP.NET MVC Best Practices (Part 2) - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:01:02 GMT

This is the second part of the series and may be the last, till I find some thing new. My plan was to start with routing, controller, controller to model, controller to view and last of all the view, but some how I missed one important thing in routing, so I will begin with that in this post.

Optimizing Performance in WPF Applications

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:01:02 GMT

Ever fed up with your own WPF window taking too much time to load and render the contents? Had the bitterest of bitter experience that your WPF application eating up a lot of resources and memory and fighting harder to get through with the existing hardware configuration?

ASP.NET MVC source code under MS-PL

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:16:03 GMT

Scott Guthrie announces that the ASP.NET MVC source code is being released under the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL). MS-PL is an OSI-approved open source license. The MS-PL contains no platform restrictions and provides broad rights to modify and redistribute the source code.