Scraping, or Programatically Accessing, a Secure Webpage(ryanfarley.com)

submitted by StanJackson(395) 3 years, 5 months ago

There are many secure websites out there that provide useful information but do not have a public API to access it's data. A prime example of this is the LinkedIn website. You might love to gather some info from LinkedIn, but their promise to deliver a public API has yet to come to fruition. The problem is, the pages with all the good data are secure, requiring the user to log in before accessing these pages. Let's say we want to scrape this data from these pages programatically? We need to authenticate to access these pages. We can do that by reusing the authentication cookie from the site that we receive when we log in with a browser. read more...

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Why I Am No Longer Supporting IE6(ryanfarley.com)

submitted by StanJackson(395) 3 years, 5 months ago

In the recent relaunch of this site, I created a new custom skin for Subtext. Since this is just a personal site, I threw things together fairly quickly, testing along the way with Firefox3 and IE7. Once I was getting closer to complete, I took a look at my new site in all the usual browsers, including IE6. Ugh, it looked terrible. I gave it some thought and made some decisions about supporting IE6. I'm not going to support it. Not on this site and not on others that I have a say in. I'm not talking about leaving my site unusable for IE6 users - they just won't get as good of an experience. I'm not alone with this decision. Read on to see why I am no longer supporting IE6. read more...

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Browser Specific Server Control Properties and Taking a Site Offline(ryanfarley.com)

submitted by StanJackson(395) 3 years, 5 months ago

Isn't it great when you work with a tool day after day and you thought you knew everything there was to know about it? Then find out something that has been there for a long time that you somehow missed? Here's two things that have been in ASP.NET since version 2.0 that I somehow missed until just recently. read more...

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Becoming a Better Developer(ryanfarley.com)

submitted by StanJackson(395) 3 years, 6 months ago

This post outlines some tips to improving yourself as a developer and goals. read more...

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Must Have .NET Developer Podcasts(ryanfarley.com)

submitted by StanJackson(395) 3 years, 6 months ago

A list of some great .NET developer focused podcasts. read more...

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The Work-at-Home Developer's Guide to Happiness(ryanfarley.com)

submitted by StanJackson(395) 3 years, 6 months ago

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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