(Dan Mabbutt) Strings may be the second most useful “type” in VB.NET. (Integers are probably the first.) So there is a lot of useful string processing built into VB.NET. The Filter function is one and this article is a fast explanation showing how to use it.

(Joe Kunk) I’m always looking for ways to develop high quality software faster with less code. Recently, I explored aspect-oriented programming (AOP) to reduce code volume, and I cover the potential benefits in my upcoming September column, “AOP with PostSharp.” Eliminating repetition is another key

(Ben Nadel) For years, I have been using the toString(), toBase64(), and toBinary() functions to convert values back and forth between String and Binary formats in ColdFusion. According to the documentation, however, these methods are mostly deprecated.

(Ged Mead) Many applications involve taking text data direct from the user, or from some source or other, and then having the application ‘read’ that text. You’ll often want to know if the text includes particular words, phrases or even individual letters. You can use the methods of the String cla

(Sumit Maitra) Over the last several years, as software development processes have matured a number of best practice postulates have been realized and then formalized. One of the famous ones goes by the acronym SOLID proposed by Robert C. Martin (fondly known as Uncle Bob Martin). SOLID stands for S

(Bipin Joshi) For security reasons browsers don’t allow cross-domain communication. However, in some legitimate situations cross-domain communication becomes necessary. A common work-around for this restriction is to use JSON with Padding or JSONP. Using JSONP, you return data to a caller embedded i

(Sympletech) In this tip I’m going to simplify a process I find myself doing over and over by using a jQuery Extension method.

(Ben Nadel) The other day, when I was looking up test cases for my Crypto.cfc project, I came across some hex-encoded values that I needed to convert to plain “String” values before I could easily use them in my Unit Tests.

(K. G. Sreeju Nair) Couple of months back, I wrote an article about how to integrate Bing Search engine (API 2.0) with ASP.Net website. You can refer the article here

(Dave Van den Eynde) Returning JSON in response to a web request is what we all love to do, right? Except of course there’s a serious security problem in returning arrays in JSON. So serious, that the ASP.NET MVC team decided to add a ‘feature’ that requires you to write in your explicit content tha