Touch Friendly Design – Bringing Life to Lists(professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 6 months, 16 days ago

Yesterday I talked about how creating traditional <A> driven navigation can be problematic in today’s touch first world. In yesterday’s demonstration I pointed out how using hyperlinks and a traditional menued navigation scheme can lead to user error when touching a target. Today I wanted to extend my thoughts by showing how even using a hyperlink in a list of links can be just as problematic. read more...

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Touch Friendly Design–Making Touchable Targets(professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 6 months, 16 days ago

The way we design application clients has radically changed in the past couple of years with the proliferation of SmartPhone and tablets with touch screens. Touch is the newest common user input methodology. Sadly it seems to be broadly ignored by the developer majority. By this I want to call attention to the way we design modern web and native mobile applications, which tends to retain aspects common to legacy web sites. read more...

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Making a Mobile MVC Music Store Part 3: Creating The Controllers and V(professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 1 year, 1 month ago

This is part 3 of a series creating a mobile web version of the MVC 3 Music Store. In this installment the core controllers and views are created. read more...

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How to: “Kick It” or “Shout It” from Google Reader(alvinashcraft.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 2 years, 9 months ago

Evernote published a Google Reader "Send To" “how to” today, and I showed DZone readers how to push items to DZone’s queue yesterday. Here’s how you can send stories to DotNetKicks or DotNetShoutout. read more...

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This Week on Channel 9: Revolution 9 - The Future of Channel 9(channel9.msdn.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 2 years, 11 months ago

On a very special episode of This Week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by Jeff, Duncan, and Nishant to talk about the recent survey results, and the Revolution 9 project. read more...

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Dew Drop - June 25, 2009(alvinashcraft.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 2 years, 11 months ago

Today's fresh links for .NET developers, courtesy of The Morning Dew. read more...

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Testing E-Mail Functionality(professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 2 years, 11 months ago

If you are looking for a very robust testing utility for e-mailing applications, you need to get Neptune. This is a quick introduction to how Neptune works. Every software developer who has ever written software that sends e-mail of any kind will appreciate the features this little testing utility. read more...

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Making a Sharp Dressed Web Form – Thin ASP.NET 8(professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 2 years, 11 months ago

The past few months I have been trying to learn more about user experience and design patterns. This has led me to learn more about how to use the tools available to me to provide better user experiences, namely CSS and JQuery. I have been writing quite a bit about JQuery stuff lately, so today I am going to shift gears a little and talk about leveraging some CSS layout goodness to lay out a web form. read more...

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I Love Code Generation – Why Don’t You? (professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 2 years, 11 months ago

I have a passion for code generation. I use it everyday to create thousands upon thousands of lines of boring, routine code. In this article I explore 3 reasons why I love code generation. I hope it causes those who don't use code generation to adopt it. read more...

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Control TextBox’s AutoComplete Action (professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 2 years, 11 months ago

Ever wonder how your browser knows you are typing in your first name or e-mail and magically drops down a list of suggestions? Ever wonder how you can control this action in browsers? This article explores the concept of Browser Autocomplete functionality and how to control it using ASP.NET Web Controls and HTML elements. read more...

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Displaying a Confirmation Dialog with the JQuery UI Dialog(professionalaspnet.com)

submitted by docluv(1575) 2 years, 11 months ago

This article shows how to construct a Confirmation Dialog using the JQuery UI Dialog plugin. Confirmation dialogs are useful when you need to force a user to acknowledge something like a license, terms of use or other required content before procdeding with the application. read more...

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Morning Dew Quick Review - 'Data-Driven Services with Silverlight 2'(alvinashcraft.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 3 years, 3 months ago

If you are looking to build a business-focused application with Silverlight, chances are you are going to need to access data of some sort. This is the best book I have found to address this aspect of Silverlight development. read more...

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Introducing the "Foundation Series"(persistall.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 3 years, 4 months ago

In 2008, I was lucky enough to have a lot of opportunities to speak and teach workshops in the local .NET community. Many of these opportunities came through the support of people like Bill Wolff and Dani Diaz via the Philly.NET User Group and Microsoft’s Developer Evangelism program, respectively. Both have really been huge supports for the group I started well over a year ago now, Philly ALT.NET. read more...

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Refcardz -- Free Cheat Sheets for Developers(refcardz.dzone.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 3 years, 4 months ago

FREE Cheat Sheets for Developers. Save time and stay well-informed. * Written by bestselling authors and leading experts * Reliable information on major developer topics * Filled with useful tips and source code examples * PDF looks great on-screen or printed from your printer read more...

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Updated version of the free Data Structures and Algorithms book availa(msmvps.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 3 years, 5 months ago

Just in time for Christmas ;-) You can download a revised version of the book Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples here! read more...

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Free Book - Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Ref. w/ Examples(alvinashcraft.com)

submitted by alashcraft(1180) 3 years, 5 months ago

Granville Barnett has just announced that his free eBook, Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples, has been updated and is now available for free download here. read more...

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