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Announcing the 2010 Encosia Holiday Giveaway(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329agt1329a(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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Your Software Can Learn A Lot From ATMs(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredgejustin_etheredge(8539) 1 year, 8 months ago

When it comes to ATMs, failure isn't really an option. But how do they accomplish their high reliability? And how can you leverage that in order to make your software better? read more...

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

submitted by gt1329agt1329a(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 gt1329agt1329a(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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Using an iPhone with the Visual Studio development server(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329agt1329a(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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ASMX ScriptService mistake – Invalid JSON primitive(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329agt1329a(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 gt1329agt1329a(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 gt1329agt1329a(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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Say Goodbye to NAnt and MSBuild With IronRuby(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredgejustin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 1 month ago

Tired of writing tons of XML in order to create automated .NET builds? Well, look no further... IronRuby, Rake, and Albacore are here to rescue you! read more...

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5 Steps Toward jQuery Mastery(encosia.com)

submitted by gt1329agt1329a(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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A Visual Look At The LINQ SelectMany Operator(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredgejustin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 2 months ago

An inside look at how SelectMany works, along with visuals to help you more easily understand it. read more...

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An Overview Of System.Collections.Generic(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredgejustin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 2 months ago

A look at the different collection types in the System.Collections.Generic namespace. read more...

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

submitted by gt1329agt1329a(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...

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

submitted by gt1329agt1329a(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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.NET 4.0 And Our Parallel Future(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredgejustin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 3 months ago

A look at .NET 4.0 Parallel features, and how we can use LINQ to make them even easier to use. read more...

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Bundler Part 2 - ASP.NET Integration(www.codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredgejustin_etheredge(8539) 2 years, 3 months ago

A look at the Bundler Framework and how it could be integrated in with ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC in order automate the process of minifying and combining JavaScript files. read more...

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