(Dr. Song Li) This article presents a simple example on how to use jQuery Grid Plugin in MVC.
Tag: Development
ASP.NET 4.0 Chart Control
(Christoph Keller) Today, I would like to introduce the new Chart Control, which was newly added to the ASP.NET 4.0 Framework. With this chart control, you can build exciting graphical charts within minutes.
Text templating using Razor the easy way
(Phil Haack) As a web guy, I’ve slung more than my fair share of angle brackets over the tubes of the Internet. The Razor syntax quickly became my favorite way of generating those angle brackets soon after its release. But its usefulness is not limited to just the web.
Deep Dive: Task-Based Asynchronous Pattern
(Mark Michaelis) With each new version of the Microsoft .NET Framework and its associated languages, Microsoft has introduced key new features and capabilities to C# and Visual Basic. In the next versions (vNext) of .NET and C#/Visual Basic, Microsoft selected asynchronous programming as the area of
Internals of Dependency Property in WPF
(Abhishek Sur) WPF introduces new property system to us. Every WPF objects that is inherited from DependencyObject inherently supports Dependency property containers within it. That means you can define your own dependency property in your code which can take part in some of the interesting features
Static Code Analysis and Code Contracts
(Dino Esposito) For many, it’s hard to believe that there was ever a time when you could print the entire source code of an application, read it from top to bottom and catch bugs or possible misbehavior. The complexity of modern software makes this approach impractical for humans—but not for some ty
C# Null Coalescing Operator and its Uses
(Suprotim Agarwal) The C# Null Coalescing Operator (??) is a binary operator that simplifies checking for null values. It can be used with both nullable types and reference types. It is represented as x ?? y which means if x is non-null, evaluate to x; otherwise, y.
Visual Studio Watches Windows
Visual Studio’s debugging windows, such as the Locals and Autos windows, allow developers to view the current contents of in-scope variables. The Watches windows are similar, except that the contents of the window are determined by the programmer.
Drag and Drop Sortable Lists using jQueryUI, jQuery AJAX, ASP.NET Web Methods and a Detachable Entity Framework Data Repository
(Wes Grant) I have had several occasions where I needed an interface to create and order a list on the web. I had searched many times over the years looking for a clean and simple interface for doing this but never found one that I liked, so this is the solution that I created.
Some Types and Uses of Data Models
(Matthew West) One of the things you often find people arguing about is what a data model is, and what it is for. Here’s one of the secrets of analysis: when you find people arguing passionately about something, try to discover why they are both right.
