CodeProject | Web Developer Newsletter - 2014 – What web developers will need to know

39 articles this week Tuesday, January 07, 2014 View online Welcome to this week's Web Development newsletter from CodeProject. Advertisements Build Data-Driven Apps in Minutes 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! Web standards killed the HTML star Development is like a shark: keep moving, or die. (OK, that bit about sharks is a fallacy, but keep imagining it's true for now) (more: Jeff Croft) Fix ASP.NET browser detection error in Internet Explorer 11 I'm not sure if this was the issue on a few sites where Silverlight wouldn't detect IE11 or not, but it looks like it's a worthwhile fix if you're still running old code on your servers. (more: InfoQ) Math.js Sure, you can write your own calculations, or use the built-in Math object. This library has a few niceties beyond that: a nice expression parser, and RPN-like function chaining. (more: Mathjs) Vagrant: A quick, effortless way to create virtual machines for local web development Avoid all those "works on my machine" battles between devs. Not a replacement for VMWare/Virtual PC/Virtual Box, but a manager for those tools, that makes it rather easy to fire up VMs. (more: Make Use Of) 2014 – What web developers will need to know I do try to avoid putting in all those "end of year"/"start of year" posts, but here you go anyway. (more: Flippin' Awesome) Distributed restful search and analytics Seems like all the cool kids with loads of data (Mozilla, Wikimedia, Stack Overflow) are moving to Elastisearch for their data. Time to look into it. (more: Elastisearch) Ogv.js: an Ogg Theora and Vorbis video decoder in JavaScript OK, no new game/3D libraries this week. How about a JS library for the video and audio formats hardly anyone uses? (more: Badass JavaScript) Latest Articles 39 articles overall. 22 new, 17 updated. New articles added Ajax Retrieve any web content via AJAX, from any URL(domain), in any browser, without XSS error: Part 2 - newton.saber Drop this folder, start the Mongoose Web Server and boom, you can retrieve any web content via AJAX. DataAsyncBlock (DAB) - VectorX How to send async blocks of form data to a remote server without using Ajax. Popup editing/adding/deleting records with GridView - Vinay Jade ModalPopupExtender and ConfirmButtonExtender with GridView to View/Add/Edit data ASP.NET Create and Implement 3-tier Architecture for Our Project in ASP.NET - saineshwar This article aims to explain the uses of 3 tier architecture and how to create and implement 3 tier architecture for our project in ASP.NET Internet / Network GrabberProxy: Retrieve any web content via AJAX, from any URL(domain), in any browser, without XSS error. - newton.saber Web Proxy provides a way to pull data from anywhere. Possibilities are limitless when everything is local. Mobile Development Web to Mobile, Simplifying UI Event Management - Stephen Hewison A very simple way to get the best user experience when moving from desktop browsers to mobile browsers. Product Showcase 4 Tips to Make Your ASP.NET Project Mobile-Ready - Telerik Websites are now expected to be available and accessible on mobile devices. In this article, learn how to optimize your ASP.NET applications for mobile web browsers and how the Telerik ASP.NET AJAX controls can make that task easier for you. Articles updated ASP.NET Beginner's Walk - Web Development - Sean Ewington Web development beginner tutorials. A compilation of web development tutorials that serve as a beginner's walk to web development Keyword Highlighting with One Line of Code: Applied Use of HttpResponse.Filter in ASP.NET to Modify the Output Stream - Yvan Rodrigues HttpResponse.Filter post-processes the output of an ASP.NET page in order to modify the HTML document before it is sent to the client, similar to output buffering in PHP. The example wraps instances of a keyword on the page in an HTML element to have a highlighting style applied to it. Walkthrough: Creating a O365 SharePoint 2013 App with ASP.NET MVC 5 - Jonathan Cardy Guide to creating SharePoint 2013 Autohosted Apps with ASP.NET MVC 5. Scraping HTML DOM elements using HtmlAgilityPack (HAP) in ASP.NET - .codeSpy Scrap/Parse the DOM elements of a website. ASP.NET Controls Lookup Search - ComboBox Multicolumn, Multiselection - Josue Medrano Search control and ComboBox Multi-Column and Multi-Selection Client side scripting Learn JavaScript: Part 1 - Create a Starfield - Dave Kerr In this article we're going to create a starfield in JavaScript. We'll see how the core langauge features work, how to create classes, and how to use the HTML5 Canvas. A real-time visitor counter with autorefresh feature - luigidibiasi Build a realtime visitors counter with AJAX and a server-side language. Database Truncate Log File in SQL Server 2005 - Assil A tool that facilitates the truncation of SQL log file Design and Architecture Agile software development, steps to work with Requirements, Estimation and Planning - Monjurul Habib The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build. Everybody in software development has the same goal: Rapid, Reliable, Low Risk delivery of high-quality, valuable functionality to users. This article will help them to achieve their goal. General Graphics ExifLib - A Fast Exif Data Extractor for .NET 2.0+ - Simon McKenzie Reads JPEG Exif data without the heavyweight and unnecessary instantiation of GDI+ objects. HTML / CSS CSS3 Selector - Pranay Rana CSS3 Selector Internet / Network Make Site Compatible to IE6, IE7, IE8 and IE9 - neerajgeit How to make a site compatible to IE6, IE7 and IE8 XML XMLFoundation - Brian Aberle XMLFoundation is the fastest approach to dealing with XML and it also delivers a simple and easy to manage pattern of software development into your application. New Tips and Tricks added .NET Framework TypeScript in .NET - lizhong huang TypeScript in .NET Applications & Tools Web scraping with Node.js - xioxu Introduce how to retrieve the web page data using jQuery ASP.NET Create a Dynamic JavaScript File for Global Resorce File Creation in JS Format Using ASP.NET MVC - kiran3490 Global Resorce File Creation in json Format using ASP.NET Preventing SQL Injection Attacks - Nagaraj Muthuchamy This article gives an introduction on SQL Injection attacks and tips to prevent it. About HTML5 SSE, A Practical Working Example Application - Louwgi HTML5 SSE example application C# Solutions to convert HTML to PDF files with C# - SmithDaisy three methods of how to generate a PDF file from HTML page Read 1D&2D Barcodes from an Image - davidfranklin0 This tip is about testing a barcode reading library. Custom Controls Interactive Menu - Vadym Poberezhny Concept of interactive menu based on user activity. Database Generating HTML Reports for Dynamic Table Structures - Sergey Syrovatchenko This tip describes the most convenient way of process automation of generating HTML reports for dynamic table-structures and sending them to different people. Web Services ASP.NET Webservices in Java via kSOAP - Juan Carlos Recio Abad Handy bridge between ASP.NET webservices and Java Tips and Tricks updated ASP.NET Send Auto Notification Using Windows Service - Ahmed Jubayer This tip describes how to send auto email using Windows service ASP.NET Controls FileUpload - Filter File Type/File Extension/File Size - adriancs, Vishal Pand3y Sample Javascript for Filtering File Extension and File Size Node.js How to scrape data from the Web using Node.js - Hadrich Mohamed This article shows you how to fetch data from the Web using the powerful Node.js New Technical Blogs added ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC Display an HTML Table with Checkboxes to Select Row Items - John Atten Often we need to create a table for our ASP.NET MVC web application with a checkbox next to each row, in order to allow the user to select one or more items from our list for additional processing. While the concept is not terribly challenging, it is not intuitive or obvious if you are newer to MVC. ASP.NET MVC: Add a Select All Checkbox to a Checklist Table Using JQuery - John Atten Often, we find we need to present our users with a list of items in a table or list, with checkboxes such that the user can select one or more items from the list for additional processing. Most of the time, the user will either be selecting a few items from the list but leaving most unchecked, or s C# Is Duck Typing a Type System, or a Way of Thinking? - John Atten Ok, so there is what might be my first-ever "link bait" title. Especially dangerous because I am about to jump into a discussion propagated by some well-known, highly-respected developers against whom my own self-taught, inexperienced knowledge pales.  I lack the formal schooling or training to jo Java Discovering the future of Java - Issam Lahlali Java 6 was released in 2006 and Java 7 in 2011. No major changes were added to the Java7, many of the new features were present in Java 6 updates. After Java 7 Oracle has decided to implement a two years roadmap planning for Java, and the next major release will be available in 2013. […] Wiki.ASP.NET articles Top 5 articles of Year 2013 on WCF Tutorials - Imran Abdul Ghani With the start of a brand new year 2014, I would like to wish a very happy new year to everyone and wishes that the following year gets filled with more successful personal and work achievements.I would like to share some experiences of this WCF tutorial blog in previous year with all my readers. He Technical Blogs updated ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC: Show Busy Indicator on Form Submit using JQuery and Ajax - John Atten As we all know, users are impatient. We also know that if we don't tell them our application is "doing something" they tend to do silly things like click the mouse repeatedly, seeking some sign that the requested action is indeed being performed. 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