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January 2007

Microsoft AJAX Library: Sys.UI.DomEvent Remarks

I believe DomEvent and DomElement are two most essential building blocks in the MS AJAX Library. The library is about building rich client UIs, and you hardly do anything without manipulating the DOM. Read this blog post

1/30/2007  | Discuss this postNo comments yet  |  No TrackBacks

Microsoft AJAX Library: Sys.UI.DomElement Remarks

The library offers pretty basic DOM manipulation, but it’s beta than nothing. The add-, remove-, toggle- , and containsCssClass are straightforward. Things get interesting when it comes to positioning. Read this blog post

1/25/2007  | Discuss this postNo comments yet  |  No TrackBacks

Microsoft AJAX Library Cheat Sheets: Adjusted for RTM, DomEvent and DomElement Added

Now that the Microsoft AJAX Library has shipped, I’ve updated the cheat sheets and added two more. Read this blog post

1/24/2007  | Discuss this post10 comments  |  No TrackBacks

HttpRequest.Params - A Helpful Quad

Another interesting find of the day: I’ve never noticed a handy property, HttpRequest.Params, which “flattens” four collections into one, namely QueryString, Form, ServerVariables, and Cookies. Read this blog post

1/14/2007  | Discuss this post1 comment  |  No TrackBacks

The Shortest Event Handler Syntax

I don’t know how I missed this! In ASP.NET 1.x you wired event handlers as follows (assuming Submit is a button): Read this blog post

1/13/2007  | Discuss this post4 comments  |  No TrackBacks

Microsoft AJAX Library Cheat Sheets: Foxit Reader Repack

First off, thank you, guys, for all the feedback! A number of you pointed out that Foxit Reader wasn’t displaying embedded fonts. I guess the PDF writer for Word 2007 embeds them in some odd way. I ended up using PrimoPDF which produced PDFs agreeable to Foxit Reader. I also noticed the downloadable went from 1Mb to 235K! Read this blog post

1/11/2007  | Discuss this post2 comments  |  No TrackBacks

Download Microsoft AJAX Library Cheat Sheets!

As promised, I’ve compiled “cheat sheets” for JavaScript base type extensions: Array, Boolean, Date, Error, Number, Object, and String. Read this blog post

1/9/2007  | Discuss this post40 comments  |  No TrackBacks

Lousy beer. Rude service. Welcome!

Having just finished What Clients Love by Harry Beckwith (his sequel to the popular Selling the Invisible), I’d like to list a couple of quotes which resonated with me. Read this blog post

1/7/2007  | Discuss this postNo comments yet  |  No TrackBacks

Cheat Sheets: Microsoft AJAX Library Type Extensions

When I saw Yahoo! UI Library cheat sheets, I got jealous. I wanted something like this for the Microsoft AJAX Library. Read this blog post

1/2/2007  | Discuss this post4 comments  |  No TrackBacks

Book Review: The JavaScript Anthology

If you do any client-side development, the names of James Edwards (aka brothercake) and Cameron Adams (aka The Man In Blue) should sound familiar. If they don’t, make sure you follow their blogs. Read this blog post

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IIS 7 Setup Overview

If you feel perplexed with the multitude of options (“features”) of IIS 7 in Vista, here’s a helpful rundown on what they are (printer-ready for ease of reading): IIS7 Setup Overview. Read this blog post

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