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Web Developer Newsletter - Getting friendly with jQuery

Welcome to this week's Web Development newsletter from CodeProject.

CSS Shorthand Syntax Considered an Anti-Pattern

There's a very small but surprisingly significant (and even more surprisingly frequent) issue I spot a lot in other peoples' code, either when working directly with it, refactoring it, or auditing it: the use of shorthand syntax in CSS. (more: CSS Wizardry)

Create a Simple Web Extension

For years each browser had its own language and method for installing add-ons, leading to security exploits, performance problems, painful maintenance for developers, and frustrating user experiences. Today we have the Web Extension API which is supported by most major browsers, a critical step in alleviating many of the problems developers and users experience today. (more: David Walsh)

Web-friendly Smalltalk gets JavaScript upgrades

The open source Amber derivative bridges Smalltalk syntax to JavaScript code (more: Infoworld)

Intern.

Intern is a complete framework for testing Web sites and applications. It's built around standards like WebDriver and was designed from the ground up to be the most powerful, flexible, and reliable JavaScript testing system in the world. (more: The Intern)

Styling Web Components Using A Shared Style Sheet

Web components are an amazing new feature of the web, allowing developers to define their own custom HTML elements. (more: Smashing Magazine)

Ok... let me explain: it's going to be Angular 4.0, or just Angular

Why Angular 4?? Why even Angular 3?? What is going on? (more: Angular)

Prefer DEFER Over ASYNC

Not only can ASYNC scripts block rendering, they can also block synchronous scripts from executing. (more: Perfplanet)

New articles added

Applications & Tools

Angular2 & WebApi (SPA) for Enterprise App - Part 8 - Build & Deploy Application

(2 votes) by techcoaching (updated 4 days ago)

In this article, we will learn how to build and deploy the code

ASP.NET

ASP.NET Core Angular 2 EF 1.0.1 Web API Using Template Pack

(1 votes) by syed shanu (updated 5 hours ago)

In this article let's see how to create our first ASP.NET Core Angular 2 Starter Application (.NET Core) using Template pack using Entity Framework 1.0.1 and Web API to display data from the database to our Angular2 and ASP.NET Core web application.

Client side scripting

Setting up Development environment for Angularjs2

(2 votes) by Ashwin. Shetty (updated 3 days ago)

Development environment setup for Angularjs 2

A Note on Angular 2 Deployment and Node_Modules

(1 votes) by Dr. Song Li (updated 2 days ago)

This is a note on a stupid, brutal force, terrible, yet not very horrible method to deploy the big Angular 2's 42.8 MB "node_modules" folder.

Product Showcase

Using the Intel® Edison Module to Control Robots

(0 votes) by Intel Corporation (updated 14 hours ago)

In this article we will create an HTML page that allows the user to control their robot's movements using MQTT to send commands, while also remotely viewing the surroundings with a webcam mounted on the robot.

Ultrabooks

Engineering Calculator VOLTA-814

(33 votes) by DrABELL (updated 9 hours ago)

Engineering Calculator VOLTA-814 (Productivity Software contest submission) was originally developed as HTML5 web application and later converted into desktop app using Intel's AppUp encapsulator. The latest version for Win 7/8 released in 2014 is built on .NET/WPF.

Articles updated

.NET Framework

VITA – A Powerful and Flexible ORM and Additional Building Blocks for .NET Applications

(25 votes) by Dave Clemmer (updated 4 days ago)

Going over key features of the VITA open source ORM and .net application framework, with sample SPAs using the MVC/AngularJS/WebApi/VITA technology stack.