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Creating A Simple Physics Game using Silverlight and Farseer Engine

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:32:42 GMT

This article describes how to use Silverlight with the Farseer Physics Engine to create a simple physics game that can be played inside browser. Don't forget to check out the live demo.

Event Log Monitor using C# and WebSocket(HTML 5)

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:00:52 GMT

This article is about creating a simple web based event log monitoring application that uses server push to update data. It shows how to use WebSocket to implement server push technology using C#.

Quick and dirty network usage meter with C#

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:44:47 GMT

This article is about creating a very basic network usage meter for serial port/USB/mobile phone modems with only C# (no Win API calls, sockets or fancy stuff).

Using Extension Methods with Typed Datasets

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:19:14 GMT

This article illustrates usefulness of extension methods with typed Datasets. Using LINQ extension methods can reduce the amount of code we write for common tasks.

Creating self updating animated charts with Fusion Charts and ASP.NET

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:24:07 GMT

This article discusses how to create cool self-updating charts using Fusion Charts , ASP.NET and some AJAX. There is an online demo of the app hosted on this website.

Needed: Better ASP.NET Validators !

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:46:22 GMT

Talks about couple of nice to have validation features in upcoming versions of ASP.NET

Using Client-Side Custom Events in ASP.NET Applications

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:41:50 GMT

This article talks about using custom client-side events in javascript to simplify complex scenarios. It illustrates how using custom javascript events, helps write neat and simple javascript code for todays RIAs.

Simple 'Select-all' checkbox javascript for ASP.NET GridView,DataList,

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:47:56 GMT

Simple javascript to handle selection of checkbox column in GridView and repeater controls. Only ten lines of code using jQuery, which is independent of codebehind. No need to fiddle around with clientIds !

Adding multiple client-side event handlers to ASP.NET controls

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:52:15 GMT

An article on using jQuery to attach multiple handlers to client side events of ASP.NET server controls like click, change,blur ..etc., from code behind.

Viewstate Viewer add-on for Firefox

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:01:16 GMT

This add-on can decode and show viewstate contents of an *.aspx page. Once you intall this add-on, it shows up a 'Show Viewstate' item in context menu of Firefox. When this menuitem is clicked, a popup comes up showing the viewstate details.

Ashish's Image Resize utility

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:27:19 GMT

Very simple console based utility to resize images that works on Windows (.NET) and Linux (Mono). Apart from resizing one can # Add borders to images. # Add watermark text to images (such as copyright notice). # Save output images in particular image format. # Adjust color and width of border . # Control color,opacity,font,size of the watermark text for a batch.

Adding Subtitles to videos in Silverlight

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:24:07 GMT

This article is about adding sutitles to 'any' video hosted inside a Silverlight plugin. It is possible to do so using ultra-simple technique in javascript and a feature of Silverlight, which allows text to be drawn over videos. There is a demo showing multilingual subtitles on this website.

Animated Bar Graph using Silverlight

Sun, 25 May 2008 21:23:22 GMT

This demo application was made using Silverlight and javascript. It uses AJAX to fetch data(JSON) and refresh itself at regular intervals. There is an online XAML generator tool to create such graphs.

SPAW Editor .NET Edition v.2 Released

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:45:05 GMT

.NET Edition of SPAW Editor v.2 - open-source web based HTML WYSIWYG editor control - has been released. v.2 adds unique tabbed multi-document interface, floating/shared toolbars, support for all major browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari), designer support for VS2005 and many more.

Spice up ASP.NET validation with AJAX Control Toolkit

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:19:31 GMT

This article discusses ways to enhance client side validators using AJAX Control Toolkit, by adding callouts and modal dialog box. The whole purpose is to improve user experience with very little effort.

Silverlight based AJAX line graph

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:18:12 GMT

An article on creating real time AJAX line graphs with silverlight and ASP.NET. Detailed explanation, source code and demo available.