(Ben Nadel) Yesterday, I really started to dig into the Closures and Function Expressions that were introduced in ColdFusion 10.
Tag: Development
A Software Developer’s Guide to HTTP Part IV– Web Architecture
(Scott) In the first part of this series we talked about resources, but mostly focused on URLs and how to interpret a URL. However, resources are the centerpiece of HTTP. Now that we understand HTTP messages, methods, and connections we can return to look at resources in a new light. In this article
Using LINQ Queries
(Jovan Popovic) Language INtegrated Queries are SQL-like C# queries that can be user to manipulate collections of objects. In this article I will show some cases of usage that show how LINQ can be used to query collections of objects.
DropShadowExtender Control in AJAX Using ASP.NET
(Alok Pandey) The DropShadowExtender control is used to add shadow to panel controls. It allows a user to set the width of a shadow, opaque as well as rounded corner. Here I will use the DropShadow Extender in my web application. It has some properties to which I will use here.
Improving .NET Application Performance
(Ard-Jan Barnas) We are starting a new series of articles that will mostly be geared towards the development minded of our readers. This new series details how to optimize and improve the performance of your .NET applications.
Inside the Concurrent Collections: ConcurrentDictionary
(Simon Cooper) Using locks to implement a thread-safe collection is rather like using a sledgehammer – unsubtle, easy to understand, and tends to make any other tool redundant. Unlike the previous two collections I looked at, ConcurrentStack and ConcurrentQueue, ConcurrentDictionary uses locks quite
Node.js tools: Server-side JavaScript comes of age
(Peter Wayner) The story of Node.js reads like it came from a Hollywood script assembly line: Some kids are monkeying around with scrap they picked up around the Internet and find a new way to snap it together. The next thing you know, they’re lapping the pack at the racetrack and coasting to the wi
Building an ASP.NET MVC app using RavenDB as a Backing Store
(Sumit Maitra) In a previous article, I had demonstrated how we could introduce RavenDB as an auto-save cache for information that resides in a traditional RDBMS. Today we are going to look at how we can use it as the only backing store of an ASP.NET MVC application.
Construct XAML Forms at Runtime with Resource Files
(Peter Vogel) Sometimes different users need different UIs, or different sites where your application is installed need different UIs. You could add a bunch of logic that makes controls visible or invisible as needed (and best of luck testing that).
ColdFusion 10 Beta – Closures And Function Expressions
(Ben Nadel) For the last year or so, people have been very curious about the idea of adding Closures to ColdFusion 10 – code name, Zeus. Some of these people are excited about the power of closures; others are confused as to what a closure is and how a closure can even add value to the ColdFusion wo
