How to help yourself when NuGet goes down(www.xavierdecoster.com)

submitted by johnrummell(1321) 2 months, 17 days ago

Today will be remembered as the day that NuGet.org went down and broke quite some builds. While many people would love to see the NuGet team wearing a pink sombrero, there is something to say about wearing it yourself if you did not manage to work around this. Let me explain… read more...

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MessageBox – The jQuery Plugin(www.jrummell.com)

submitted by johnrummell(1321) 1 year ago

Now that I’ve been working more and more with ASP.NET MVC, I’ve been rewriting some of my server side controls with jQuery plugins. A while back I shared my version of Janko’s popular MessageBox control. I’ve created a similar effect with a jQuery plugin based on the Highlight/Error examples on the jQuery UI Themes page. read more...

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How to append options to CascadingDropDown after initially populated v(jamesewelch.com)

submitted by jamesewelch(2275) 1 year, 1 month ago

I needed to add additional dropdown options to a DropDownList web control in use by the Ajax Control Toolkit CascadingDropDown ASP.NET AJAX extender. The CascadingDropDown provided a means to get an automatic population of a set of options called by the web service. needed a way to append an “All” option to the drop down list, but I didn’t want to automatically include “All” as valid option in my Web Service. I wanted to append it on a specific form rather than as part of the data feed. read more...

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IIS Express and Visual Studio 2010 without SP1(www.jrummell.com)

submitted by johnrummell(1321) 1 year, 2 months ago

Here’s how you can integrate IIS Express with Visual Studio 2010 without SP1. I’m taking advantage of External Tools again. read more...

2 comments |category: ASP.NET |Views: 16

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Announcing the 2010 Encosia Holiday Giveaway(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 1 year, 5 months ago

Enter for a chance to win VS2010 Ultimate with one year of MSDN or up to a year's free membership at TekPub. read more...

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Don’t let jQuery’s $(document).ready() slow you down(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 1 year, 9 months ago

A couple examples of situations where jQuery's $(document).ready() may be unnecessarily slowing you down. read more...

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Sometimes, even jQuery can’t save you from yourself(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 1 year, 10 months ago

This post describes a cross-browser problem I had with jQuery that turned out to be my own fault, including a runthrough of debugging process and the eventual solution. read more...

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Build ClickOnce deployment packages using MSBuild and Team City(www.laurentkempe.com)

submitted by johnrummell(1321) 1 year, 11 months ago

The other day I was requested to automate our build process to issue different ClickOnce setup for the same application. The main difference was some configuration files pointing to different back end web services. read more...

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Using an iPhone with the Visual Studio development server(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 1 year, 11 months ago

A workaround to allow testing ASP.NET sites from external devices, for iPhone/mobile testing. read more...

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Validation without ViewState(john.rummell.info)

submitted by johnrummell(1321) 1 year, 11 months ago

How to use ASP.NET validators on controls without ViewState. read more...

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ASMX ScriptService mistake – Invalid JSON primitive(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 1 year, 11 months ago

Background on what causes this infamous "invalid JSON primitive" error and an example of how to fix the most common cause. read more...

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I’m giving away 10 free months of TekPub this week(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 2 years ago

A contest to win free trial memberships to TekPub, running all this week. read more...

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A few thoughts on jQuery templating with jQuery.tmpl(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 2 years ago

Some thoughts on the current state of the jQuery.tmpl plugin, and suggestions for making it better. read more...

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5 Steps Toward jQuery Mastery(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 2 years, 1 month ago

Five quick tips that I found valuable while learning jQuery in depth. I learned them the hard way so you don't have to! read more...

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ASMX ScriptService mistake: Installation and configuration(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 2 years, 2 months ago

Continuing my series of posts about ASMX services and JSON, this post will cover two common mistakes that plague the process of getting a project’s first ASMX ScriptService working: Installing System.Web.Extensions into the GAC and configuring your web.config. read more...

2 comments |category: AJAX |Views: 169

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ASMX and JSON – Common mistakes and misconceptions(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329a(7849) 2 years, 2 months ago

The first in a series of posts dealing with common misconceptions and mistakes when it comes to using ASMX services as a backend for AJAX. read more...

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