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34 articles this week Tuesday, November 12, 2013 View online Welcome to this week's Web Development newsletter from CodeProject. Advertisements See the world as a Database Connect to applications, databases, & WebAPIs through standard database interfaces. RSSBus Drivers give a 'SQL-like' interface to data from Salesforce, QuickBooks, Dynamics CRM, SharePoint, SAP, & more. Available for ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, SSIS, & BizTalk. Download a Trial! Connect with Developers in the new ARM Connected Community! Join one of the sub-communities in the new interactive platform – Android, Embedded, Mali, Processors, Smart & Connected, SoC Implementation and Tools. Discover and create content, engage with others and help drive discussion. Join today! Duetto: a C++ compiler for the Web going beyond emscripten and node.js Some programming languages and environments should never meet: I never want to use an OS programmed in VB, a pace maker control app written in JavaScript, and anything written in Perl. A web site written in C++? Yeah, it might be on the list too, but maybe you're into that. (more: Duetto) HTML Imports #include for the web Coming soon! Maybe. In some form. Once it gets standardized. Then maybe coming soon to a browser in front of you: HTML import. Still, a potentially useful idea, and doable-ish today via polyfills (see a link in the article). Just a little... forward looking at the moment. (more: HTML5 Rocks) An in-depth introduction to Ember.js While it's typically viewed as "the other" JavaScript single page application framework (after your choice of Angular or Knockout), there are many who like it (discourse uses it as one example). Plus, it just turned 1.0, so you know it's been around a while. (more: Smashing Magazine) Manage your app and get a shirt! New Relic, the leader in SaaS-based web app performance monitoring, is giving everyone who tries their software a Nerd Life shirt. Do you code in .NET, Ruby, PHP, Python, or Java? Then you can use New Relic at no cost! Impact your visitors with an interactive jQuery-based map jQueryMaps offers turn-key and DIY mapping solutions, from world maps to floor plans. Distinguish your website with fully-customizable maps based on jQuery & HTML5's canvas that run on any browser & device. Get an evaluation pack now! Perpetuating terrible JavaScript practices I copy and paste old code. I'm guessing you might also do the same. Certainly, this author saw some of that, and cautions against doing it blindly. (more: Christian Heilmann) Building world-ready applications in JavaScript using IE11 I18n is hard: just ask anyone who's "hit the Turkish i issue" (it delayed all of .NET after all). So, the good folk on the IE team are helping out with a few APIs for dealing with those pesky sorting and formatting issues. (more: IE Blog) Web designers become app developers with PhoneGap You can just build a mobile-friendly site, or you can use that site (and PhoneGap) to build a native app. Then get that app running on all the usual suspects (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, even something called a Blackberry, as though that's a thing). (more: Adobe) Octane Ever feel the need to see just how fast your computer/browser is, so you know why your code isn't running fast enough on your client's IE6? Now you can use the very test framework that high paid "Web journalists" use to create meaning-sparse numbers. Oh, and my Octane number is 18860, if you're curious. (more: Google) Latest Articles 34 articles overall. 7 new, 27 updated. New articles added Applications & Tools Creating updatable online charts using Reportivo from ShieldUI - d.johnson.dave This article elaborates on creating updatable online reports from flat data. Collections Fun with Generic Collections - johan_vw Play around with the different interfaces used to query collections. Product Showcase Use Dynamsoft to Store and Retrieve Scanned Images from SQL Server in ASP.NET - Dynamsoft In this article, we will illustrate how to use document scan features in an ASP.NET web application to save scanned files as PDFs to an SQL Server database. We'll also cover retrieval of image files and their display within your ASP.NET web page. Articles updated .NET Framework .NET Library to Easily Save Property Data - Brad Joss [RegSave] your property to the Registry, and more. ASP.NET Service Based Membership Providers for ASP.NET - Shuqian Ying Service based, multi-application ASP.NET custom membership, role and profile providers with a hierarchical role system. How to correctly use sitemap for top/left menus - Mangesh V. Devikar Know about sitemap, multiple sitemaps in a web.config and create navigation menus using sitemap in asp.net C# Scientific Data Visualizer - Alexander Chernosvitov ActiveX component for 3D visualization, embedded in different client applications. Client side scripting jQuery for Beginners - Shakeel Iqbal This article helps you to understand the JQuery with examples. Include JavaScript exceptions in your server side logs with JSNLog - Matt Perdeck JSNLog lets you insert loggers in your client side JavaScript, configure them in your web.config, and store their messages in your server side logs. Tower of Hanoi in JavaScript - Nasir Darwish The article describes a JavaScript-based solution to Tower of Hanoi problem Knockout js for Beginners - S. M. Ahasan Habib This article will help begenners to understand how knock out will work with asp.net and communicate client-side server side and the usefulness of the responsive ui design. Date and Time Time Period Library for .NET - Jani Giannoudis Extensive time period calculations and individual calendar periods. Game Development Shoot'em Up .NET - Paulo Zemek This is a small tutorial on how to create a Shoot'em Up game in .NET using mostly declarative animations. Java Integrate DataTables into Java Web Application (Datatables and Java) - Tuan Xuan Bui Integrate DataTables into a Java web application, render DataTable on demand, simple to use and flexible to work with. PHP Code Experiment on $_GET - Peter Leow An example to promote code experiments. Windows Communication Foundation Peer to Peer File Sharing Through WCF - Amir Jalilifard In this article, you are going to learn about P2P Network and Windows Communication Foundation to share your files between peers through a P2P network. New Tips and Tricks added Applications & Tools Kendo UI Drag & Drop between Listviews Step by Step - Nasir M@hmood A step by step tutorial for drag & drop between Kendo UI Listviews ASP.NET LINQ Tip to Use "FOR LOOP" - Rajat-Indiandotnet Best way to use LINQ in FOR LOOP Grid & Data Controls jTable & Bootstrap - Santiago Santos Cortizo jTable adaptation to be used either with jQuery UI and Bootstrap dialogs HTML / CSS Create a Single-page App Using Google Maps that You Can Run Without a Web Server - Morgan Estes This is an alternative for "How to Create a jQuery UI-powered Web Page that Requires No Hosting" Tips and Tricks updated .NET Framework Data validation framework at entity level using Data Annotations - sathya88 A simple framework for data validation using data annotations at entity level. Ajax AJAX vs. Non-AJAX Calls All-in-One Page - Peter Leow This is a simple web application to illustrate visually the difference between Ajax and non-Ajax calls that take place all in a single web page. ASP.NET Browser Back Button handling after Sign Out through JavaScript - VICK This simple Tip/Trick is focused on providing a simple and cross browser compatible solutio. Azure Creating a Web API service on Azure to get tweets - Houssem_Dellai Creating a Web API service that gets tweets and hosting it on Windows Azure. C# Weather Info by using WeatherBug Service - Ranjan.D Real time weather information by consuming the Weather Bug service. Database How to Host a KeePass Database in IIS 7.5 - Johan L. Create an ASP.NET HTTP handler and configure IIS 7.5 to load and save KeePass databases. HTML / CSS How to Create a jQuery UI-powered Web Page that Requires No Hosting - B. Clay Shannon Create a simple and fun standalone web page PHP Real-time Updating of PHP Output - Manujith Pallewatte Showing PHP echo/print output in realtime in all browsers using flush() and ob_flush() Technical Blogs updated ASP.NET Code-First Migration and Extending Identity Accounts in ASP.NET MVC 5 and Visual Studio 2013 - John Atten In this post we will review setting up the basic Identity accounts, pointing them at an external SQL Server (or whatever other database you choose) instance instead of the default (local) SQL Server CE in App_Data, and configuring Entity Framework Migrations so seed the database with initial data. Code encryption in MVC2 - Sadeque Sharif Code encryption in MVC 2. Client side scripting Brace for style. Why brace style matters in JavaScript. - TerranceSmith Why brace style matters in JavaScript. About JavaScript Immutable Objects and Prince - TerranceSmith About JavaScript Immutable Objects and Prince HTML / CSS HTML5 - Pie and Ale More about HTML5 © 2013 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Insider News click here. CodeProject 503-250 Ferrand Drive, Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada +1 416-849-8900 x 100 Please do not reply directly to this email. It was sent from an unattended mailbox. For correspondence please use webmaster@codeproject.com