CodeProject | Web Developer Newsletter - Challenging CSS best practices

40 articles this week Tuesday, October 22, 2013 View online Welcome to this week's Web Development newsletter from CodeProject. Advertisements Software Design & Development 2014 - London, 19-23 May SDD is a new conference for developers, with world-class speakers such as Juval Lowy, Scott Allen, Jeff Prosise, Dino Esposito and Hadi Hariri presenting 100+ sessions & workshops on C# 5, JavaScript, ASP.NET, LINQ, NoSQL, MVC, HTML5, and more. 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! Tools for the busy Web developer Ah, listicles: the last refuge of the lazy Web writer. Still, it does list a good selection of tools to add to your toolbox if you're not using them already. (more: Flippin' Awesome) Headless 1.0.103 released Testing a Web page without a browser? Madness! Or is it madness like a fox? (more: Rory Primrose) How and why responsive design can go wrong Easily, often, and for various reasons? Or did you want a longer explanation? (more: SitePoint) No Graphic Designer? No Problem! Iron Speed Designer is the fastest way to deliver feature-rich applications for .NET, SharePoint and software-as-a-service cloud computing environments. Amaze users with visually stunning applications that look like they took months to build. Download a Trial! SCREENCASTS: What's New in Visual Studio 2013 - learn over lunch! For those few people who don't already watch everything Scott blogs about, here are a few mercifully short videos showcasing some of the ASP.NET (and general HTML) updates in VS 2013. (more: Scott Hanselman) Challenging CSS best practices Because you're such a rebel. Actually, while we're discussing your rebelliousness (don't worry, I haven't told HR): just what is the deal with CSS? Could the designers have come up with something a little less fragile/silly/awkward? Just asking. Now, go on, you rebel you! Sorry for taking your time. (more: Smashing Magazine) Forget Captcha, try inkblots It looks like a butterfly. So does that one. Hmmm. I guess I'm not the target market for this idea. All I want is the ability to hit every Web site and be recognized as a human being. So we end up with horrible solutions that irritate everyone except the hackers. (more: Information week) How many people are missing out on JavaScript enhancement? What to do with people that disable JavaScript: or are there still a few of these scripto-Luddites around? Well, according to the UK government (and we all believe them, don't we), they're seeing about 1%. So, what to do with that 1%? (more: Government Digital Service) Latest Articles 40 articles overall. 10 new, 30 updated. New articles added Applications & Tools Build a Tool for Filter, Export, Download web links - Mojtaba Mahdavi Eng web site links and link file manager for automatically manage and filtering links to avoid vast of time. Articles updated .NET Framework Five Great .NET Framework 4.5 Features - Shivprasad koirala In this article I have picked my five favorite features introduced in the .NET 4.5 core framework. Ajax AsyncFileUpload Control - New Control in Ajax Control ToolKit - jQuery By Example This article demonstrates how to use the newly launched AsyncFileUpload control of Ajax Control Toolkit. Algorithms & Recipes Data Structures with JavaScript - Paulo Augusto Künzel A tutorial on basic data structures and JavaScript. ASP.NET Learn MVC (Model View Controller) step by step in 7 days – Day 1 - Shivprasad koirala As the article's name says, learn MVC. Ao the agenda is simple, we are going to learn ASP.NET MVC in 7 days. Learn MVC (Model View Controller) Step by Step in 7 Days – Day 3 - Shivprasad koirala This article is Part 3 and continuation to the Learn MVC Step by Step in 7 Days series. Learn MVC (Model view controller) Step by Step in 7 days – Day 2 - Shivprasad koirala Learn MVC (Model view controller) Step by Step in 7 days – Day 2 Custom Membership Providers - Karthik. A This article concentrates on implementing forms authentication for an ASP.NET MVC application. Asp.Net 4.5 features - Part 1 - Marla Sukesh In this article you should have basic knowledge of web development and some features introduced in prior versions of .Net framework, especially Asp.Netfeatures. Learn MVC (Model view controller) Step by Step in 7 days – Day 4 - Shivprasad koirala In day 4 we will look in to JSON ,Jquery ,Aysnch controllers and session management. 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. Extensible Web Application - Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter Howto replace existing ASP.NET pages using MEF based plugin solution... Client side scripting Proxy pattern in JavaScript - Ralph Varjabedian With one function call, wrap a class with a proxy in Javascript. A precursor to easy error mocking in node.js using mocha Content Management Server Gallery Server Pro - An ASP.NET Gallery for Sharing Photos, Video, Audio and Other Media - Roger Martin Gallery Server Pro is a complete, stable ASP.NET gallery for sharing photos, video, audio and other media. This article presents the overall architecture and major features. Custom Controls ASP.NET MVC HTML Helper for the jqGrid - Rui Inacio The MvcJqGrid is an HTML helper that eases greatly the implementation of the jqGrid in MVC 3 with the Razor view engine or MVC WebForms. Database Using HTML5 IndexedDB as a Client Data Store - Bert O Neill Using IndexedDB as a client repository Game Development Fluent and Imperative Animations - Paulo Zemek Create animations easily using a Fluent API that integrates well with frame-based animation segments. PHP How to handle appointments and send automated reminder calls using PHP and your MySQL database - Simon Robert VoIP This article presents a simple example on how to insert automated reminders about appointments, meetings to MySQL table with the help of PHP Web Services Cloud over IFileSystemInfo Extension (Cofe3) - Part I - Leung Yat Chun Framework library for designing RESTful home cloud services using an FSI like interface. Wiki.ASP.NET articles Making server side decision based on client side JavaScript - ASP.NET Community Many of you might have come across the situation where you need to making server side discussion based on client side JavaScript confirm message Image Rotator in Javascript - ASP.NET Community Image Rotator in Javascript There are many ways to create Image Rotator in JavaScript .I write two simple examples to create an Image rotator in Asynchronous Pages - ASP.NET Community Improve the scalability of a website and efficient design for time consuming processes. New Tips and Tricks added ASP.NET Enable/Disable controls on a web page using MVC Razor view engine and Extension methods - Massimiliano Peluso "WeDev Limited" Enable/Disable control on a web page using MVC Razor view engine and Extension Methods. Implementing Remote Validation in MVC - Sachin Dev Tripathi Validating MVC fields at by ajax call on controller without posting form data. Simple Profile Search using AngularJS - Manivannan Chidambaram This tip will help beginners to understand basic data-binding of model-view using AngularJS. Client side scripting Central jQuery Version Control - Sitang Ruan Central jQuery Version Control Internet / Network Cross Domain Data Loading with Webix - sonic_youth two techniques to avoid the pitfalls of cross domain data loading: cross-origin resource sharing and JSONP. PHP PHP Multiple File Uploader - Emerald kweks PHP multiple file uploader Web Services Creating Web Service Using PHP Within 10 Minutes - Monotosh Roy Mon Developing web service using PHP within 10 minutes Tips and Tricks updated ASP.NET Simple Usages of HttpWebRequest and RestSharp with JSON.NET - B. Clay Shannon Simple RestSharp and HttpWebRequest with JSON.NET examples Good Universal Paramerter and Stored Procedure Execution - Robert Bettinelli Check this for a good universal way of running stored procedures.. Example Of JavaScript Serializer And Json String Using WebMethod - Nandakishorerao Simple example of using JavaScript Serializer in webmethod and consuming in client side using jquery Custom Controls Simple jQuery Color Picker - Ming_Lu Simple and Fast Color Picker Built on JQuery Reviews on Third Party Products and Tools Solution when it comes to filter Foreign Keys with Guid identifiers in the grid of the Telerik MVC Extensions controls suite - Javier Tirado Pampín This article talks about how to solve the filter problem in Telerik MVC Extensions control suite Wiki.ASP.NET articles ASP.NET Open Source Projects - ASP.NET Community Links to ASP.NET Open Source ProjectsBlogsBlogsa.net - A blog engine in Asp.net.dasBlogBlogEngine.NET - Very functional, simple and clean Silverlight Examples - ASP.NET Community Here's some particularly amazing Silverlight examples found in the blogosphere. Also, be sure to check out the Silverlight Galleries and the Learn Silverlight Blogs - ASP.NET Community Here are some recommended blogs and podcasts dedicated to Silverlight either completely or for the most part.BlogsList of Silverlight Community New Technical Blogs added ASP.NET Reverse-Engineering an Existing Database in your ASP.NET MVC Application Using Entity Framework Model/Database-First - John Atten Entity Framework's "Code-First" development model has become a highly popular approach to data modeling in ASP.NET MVC development in the last few years. The Code First approach saves the average developer the perceived pain of working with SQL, and also minimizes the amount of repetitive, "boiler p Other .NET Languages A tale of ASP.NET, IIS 7.5, chunked responses, and keep-alive - Gilly Barr A tale of ASP.NET, IIS 7.5, chunked responses and keep-alive © 2013 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. 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