.NET Generics 4.0: Container Patterns and Best Practices
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Sudipta Mukherjee | January 2012 | .NET
There are several generic containers and generic algorithms available in the .NET Framework and a couple of other majorly accepted APIs such as Power Collections and C5.
In this article by Sudipta Mukherjee, author of .NET Generics 4.0 Beginner’s Guide, we will take a look at:
- Generic container patterns: There are several patterns that are used more than the others in code bases that use Generics. Here, we shall walk through some of these very popular generic structures.
- Best practices: Here we shall walk through a list of best practices with succinct causes to back them.
Animation Effects in ASP.NET using jQuery
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Sonal Aneel Allana | May 2011 | .NET
jQuery offers many useful utilities to achieve animation effects, thus empowering developers to build rich animated pages for a better interactive experience for the web users. This article looks into various interesting animation effects that can be achieved using jQuery.
In this article by Sonal Aneel Allana, author of ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook, we will cover:
- Enlarging text on hover
- Creating fade effect on hover
- Sliding elements on a page
- Preventing animation queue buildup
- Animating a panel
- Chaining animations together
ASP.NET: Using jQuery UI Widgets
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Sonal Aneel Allana | April 2011 | .NET
Various jQuery plugins are available to add interactive features to ASP.NET web applications. A popular plugin is the jQuery UI, built on top of the jQuery library, and consisting of handy functionalities for creating rich content in web applications.
In this article by Sonal Aneel Allana, author of ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook, we will cover:
- Using the datepicker control
- Using the progress bar control
- Using the slider control
- Adding tooltips to controls
ASP.NET: Creating Rich Content
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Sonal Aneel Allana | April 2011 | .NET
With Microsoft's contribution of Templates, DataLink, and Globalization plugins to the jQuery library and the distribution of jQuery with Visual Studio 2010 onwards, the library has gained popularity with ASP.NET developers. jQuery can be very easily interfaced with ASP.NET controls as well as custom user controls. It can be used to validate controls using client side scripts, thus giving us an alternative for server side Validation Controls. It can be used to incorporate cool animation effects as well as to create graphic-rich pages.
In this article by Sonal Aneel Allana, author of ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook, we will cover:
- Creating an accordion control
- Creating a tab control
- Creating draggable controls
- Creating dialog boxes
Making AJAX Calls using jQuery
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Sonal Aneel Allana | April 2011 | .NET
This article demonstrates the making of AJAX calls using jQuery. It describes three basic techniques of sending AJAX request to the server: via page methods, web services, and HTTP handlers. It also demonstrates the use of the Firebug add-on in Mozilla Firefox browser to investigate the AJAX request/response.
In this article by Sonal Aneel Allana, author of ASP.NET jQuery Cookbook, we will cover:
- Setting up AJAX with ASP.NET using jQuery
- Using Firebug to view AJAX request/response
- Consuming page methods with AJAX
- Consuming web services with AJAX
Creating Media Galleries with ASP.NET 4 Social Networking
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Andrew Siemer Atul Gupta Sudhanshu Hate | April 2011 | .NET Web Development
This article by Atul Gupta, Sudhanshu Hate and Andrew Siemer, authors of ASP.NET 4 Social Networking, covers details on how to build a generic media management system that will allow you to host video, photos, resumes, or any number of physical files with minimal tweaking. It also addresses the issue of multi-file uploads via RIA technologies like Flash and Silverlight.
In addition to that, we will build the concept of having user-specific sets of files as well as content that can be shared among many users. This article will create a basic framework from which you can easily grow to suit the file management needs of just about any community site.
Read Creating Media Galleries with ASP.NET 4 Social Networking in fullASP.NET 4 Social Networking: Implementing a Complete Messaging System
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Andrew Siemer Atul Gupta Sudhanshu Hate | March 2011 | .NET Web Development
This article by Atul Gupta, Sudhanshu Hate and Andrew Siemer, authors of ASP.NET 4 Social Networking, helps you create a messaging system that will resemble a webbased email application similar to Hotmail or Gmail. We will also learn how to implement the Xinha WYSIWYG editor in a way that can be re-used easily across the site for complex inputs.
Once a user can create and send messages, we will then create a way for other users to receive and read those messages queued up in their inbox. Once we have this messaging subsystem in place we can hook up our other features in a way that they too can send messages—such as when a user accepts a friend request we can show the acceptance of that request in the friend's Inbox. This article will not only allow our users to send messages to each other but also provide our system with a way to communicate with our user base efficiently. This is not only a good feature to have in your community site but also a basic requirement for it.
Read ASP.NET 4 Social Networking: Implementing a Complete Messaging System in fullTips and Tricks on Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6
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| January 2011 | .NET Microsoft Web Development
This article, in the tips and tricks format, takes a good look at the components in an App-V infrastructure and the role each of them plays and how the interconnection existing in those components builds the existing models available to deploy App-V in our organization.
The reader will benefit from the previous article on FAQ on Virtualization and Microsoft App-V.
Read Tips and Tricks on Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 in fullASP.NET MVC 2: Validating MVC
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Andrew Siemer Richard Kimber | January 2011 | .NET Cookbooks Microsoft
Validation is the key to any application that accepts input of any kind, but where should it be implemented—on the client where it is most responsive, in the business logic where it is most central, or in the data layer where it is most secure? ASP.NET MVC provides a simple yet powerful framework for defining validation from a central location that is decoupled from the data layer; validation that makes use of client scripting without being dependent on it; and with all this, keeping the validation DRY.
In this article by Andrew Siemer and Richard Kimber, authors of ASP.NET MVC 2 Cookbook, we will cover:
- Basic input validation
- Data annotations
- Client-side validation with jQuery
- Custom validators
- Remote validation with jQuery
Working with Master Pages in ASP.NET MVC 2
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Andrew Siemer Richard Kimber | January 2011 | .NET Cookbooks Web Development
Master pages are a very important part of any large-scale site. They allow you to easily manage the boilerplate code that every page in your site uses. This might encompass features such as navigational items, header and footer layout, basic layout, and so on. In this article by Andrew Siemer and Richard Kimber, authors of ASP.NET MVC 2 Cookbook, we will discuss how to create and use master pages to control application-wide formatting. We will also take a look at how to employ a base page, to control which master page is used. Then we will see how to pass data from the view to the master page. Specifically we will cover:
- How to create a master page
- Determining the master page in the ActionResult
- Controlling which master page is used with a view base class
- Setting the master page from a controller base class
- Passing data to the master page
