ASP.NET Resources

January 2006

Prototype 1.4 Is Up For Grabs

I’m a little late to this party, but Prototype 1.4 is available for download from Sam’s site. If you poke around the source code, you’ll see some very helpful improvements. Documentation is still spread all over the Internet, but Sergio has updated his “unofficial reference guide” which is, perhaps, the most complete. Also, if you missed an earlier post about Prototype vs. Atlas, check it out.

1/29/2006 |

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Introducing BookTip

I’m a big book junkie who buys and reads books non-stop. If I get particularly excited with a most recent reading, I post a review. Since Amazon offers web services for public consumption, I wanted to present information about books I recommend right there, upon hovering over a link to Amazon. I wanted to be able to display the current price of the book, its publication date, number of pages, author, binding (paperback or hardcover), and so forth. The result of this undertaking is BookTip, which is a tool tip on steroids with a snapshot obtained via Amazon web services. If you’re reading this in an aggregator that blocks JavaScript, you might want to actually come to the site.

1/29/2006 |

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FolderShare Corrupts Outlook Mail

I had a bizarre experience with FolderShare the other day. I’ve been using their desktop client since October (back in November Microsoft acquired them) which had occasional hiccups. In particular, it corrupted my Omea Reader files several times.

1/18/2006 |

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Book Review: Punished By Rewards

I’ve just finished reading Punished By Rewards. The extended title, The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes, pretty much describes the stance Alfie Kohn takes in regard to carrots and sticks, bonuses and MBOs, and the like.

1/8/2006 |

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Client-Centric Approach of Atlas

Nikhil has recently published a couple of interesting posts about the December build of Atlas. I’ve already commented on their resolution to keep page life cycle intact. This time I’d like to offer my opinion on the client-centric approach, as Nikhil dubs it.

1/8/2006 |

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Table Police Busts Wizard Control

The other day I was going through documentation and samples to the newly born Wizard server control. Overall, it packs some very impressive functionality and a plethora of customization options. The downside is it wraps everything into tables, with each “step” it its own tr.

1/4/2006 |

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Proprietary DOM Extensions

Joe Marini makes an interesting point in his book The Document Object Model.

1/4/2006 |

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Ajax-Enabled Server Controls

Since everything is becoming Ajax-enabled overnight these days, I’m really curious to see how the server control paradigm changes.

1/4/2006 |

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Adding Validators Directly to Page.Validators Collection

Here’s an interesting aspect of page validation I came to realize just recently.

1/2/2006 |

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January 2006