RIA & Web Tutorials & Articles
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Handling Page Orientation in Windows Phone 7
by Dan MaharryWindows Phones, as with other small form factor devices, are able to deal with both landscape and portrait modes. In this article, based on Chapter 10 of Windows Phone 7 in Action the authors explain how a Silverlight page declares its supported orientations.
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Debugging Javascript with Firebug
by Dan MaharryIn this extract from the book JavaScript & Query: The Missing Manual, David Sawyer McFarland demonstrates how to use Firebug to identify and fix three types of errors: syntax, runtime and logic.
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The HTML5 History API and ASP.NET MVC
by Dan MaharryThe HTML 5 History API is one of the newer kids on the HTML 5 block. This article based on chapter 4 of HTML5 for .NET Developers shows you one way of getting history integrated with your .NET server-side web applications.
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Making Tables More Accessible With HTML5
by Dan MaharryFor those who are visually challenged and depend on technology such as screen readers to translate the Web from a visual to an aural experience, tables represent a significant challenge. This extract from HTML5 24 Hour Trainer looks at a number of additional tags and attributes that can make tables and their content more accessible to all.
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Web Testing with MbUnit and WatiN Part 3: Testing Asynchronous AJAX Calls
by Yann TrevinConcluding his look at combining MbUnit and Watin to produce clean web integration tests, Yann Trevin looks at testing asynchronous calls
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Using NuGet Packages
by Dan MaharryNuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to pull in libraries, components, and most importantly their configuration into your visual studio project. In this article, based on chapter 5 of ASP.NET MVC 3 in Action, the authors discuss NuGet and show you how to use it to add functionality to a project.
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Building an HTML5 application with WebSharper Sitelets, Part 2
by Adam GraniczIn the second half of this tutorial you will learn how to extend this simple web application with authentication. Basically, you will implement Login/Logout functionality and protect the Clock page with authentication to require users to log in before they can see the local time.
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Building an HTML5 application with WebSharper Sitelets, Part 1
by Adam GraniczIn this article, we're going to look at using WebSharper, a web development framework for .NET, to build a small web application from scratch that features an HTML5-based clock.
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A Developer's Introduction To HTML5
by Chris MillsWhy do we care about HTML5? What's in it? Why is it a good thing. All this answered and more by Chris Mills
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Developer Burnout Sounds The Alarm
by Richard RabinsWindows 8, built on HTML5 and JavaScript, has swelled the operating system glut and heightened demands of application development. Can developers fan the flames of burnout?
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How to migrate your ASP.NET site to the Azure cloud
by Richard ParkerMany developers might not realise just how straightfoward it is to migrate an ASP.NET website from a hosted server into the Azure cloud. We show you how.
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Data Integration Suite
by Kay EwbankKay Ewbank looks at DataDirect's Data Integration Suite, which aims to deliver on XML's promise to make things simpler.
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XAML pure
by Ian ElliotWhat exactly is XAML all about? Is it a replacement for HTML? Not according to Ian Elliot, who explains exactly what it does.
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Access all areas
by Sing LiDelivering on the mobile data access promise with the iPhone/iPod Touch.
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Programming Office documents with Open XML
by Mike OrmondXML is at the heart of Office 2007, and Mike Ormond introduces its exciting possibilities.
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Windows Live Data
by Martin ParryIf you think of XML as just being about static data storage, you need to see Windows Live Data in action. It uses XML as an active way of changing stored data, as Martin Parry explains.
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StAX the odds with Woodstox
by Sing LiIf you work with XML, you already know the limitations of DOM and SAX parsers. Overcome these limitations with the new Streaming API for XML - StAX.
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Customising your build process with MSBuild
by Simon HorrellIf you need a fine control over the build process in .NET, MSBuild might be what you are looking for. Simon Horrell explains what this well-hidden tool does.
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XML and Web Services by design
by Mike JamesWith XML as an integral part, SQL Server 2005 has enhanced its status as a natural platform for web-based applications.
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SAX and VB 6
by Mike JamesXML allows information to be coded in such a way that it's easy to extract, but this is only the case if you use one of the supplied APIs. We take a look at SAX, and in particular how to use it with VB 6.0.