ASP.NET AJAX Team Blogs : Visual Studio

Microsoft AJAX CDN – Now with SSL Support

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:55:34 GMT

Back in September I blogged about the new Microsoft AJAX CDN (Content Delivery Network) service that the ASP.NET team is now providing. The CDN provides edge caching support for AJAX libraries (including jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX). The service is available for free, does not require any registration, and can be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. It offers a great way to speed up your external facing web-sites. SSL Support Now Provided One of the features in September that we said was coming (but which was not available at the initial launch) was SSL support for scripts served off of the CDN. This is necessary for scenarios where you have SSL enabled pages on your site, and you want to reference a script...(read more)

Announcing Microsoft Ajax Library (Preview 6) and the Microsoft Ajax Minifier

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:48:09 GMT

The ASP.NET team today released a significant new update of the Microsoft Ajax Library (Preview 6). This update includes a bunch of new capabilities and improvements to our client-side AJAX library, and can be used with any version of ASP.NET (including ASP.NET 2.0, 3.5 and 4.0), and can be used in both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC projects. Today’s release includes the following feature improvements: Better Imperative Syntax : A new, simplified, code syntax for creating client controls. Client Script Loader : A new client-side script loader that can dynamically load all of the JavaScript files required by a client control or library automatically, and executes the scripts in the right order. Better jQuery Integration : All...(read more)

Announcing the Microsoft AJAX CDN

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:46:17 GMT

Earlier today the ASP.NET team launched a new Microsoft Ajax CDN (Content Delivery Network) service that provides caching support for AJAX libraries (including jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX). The service is available for free, does not require any registration, and can be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. What does a CDN provide? Content delivery networks (CDNs) are composed of "edge cache" servers that are strategically placed around the world at key Internet network points. These "edge cache" servers can be used to cache and deliver all types of content – including images, videos, CSS and JavaScript files. Using a CDN can significantly improve a website's end-user performance, since it enables...(read more)

May 30th Links: ASP.NET, AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:39:50 GMT

Here is the latest in my link-listing series . Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past. You can also now follow me on twitter ( @realscottgu ) where I also post links and small posts. ASP.NET Using ASP.NET 3.5’s ListView and DataPager Controls to Delete Data : Scott Mitchell continues his excellent tutorial series on the ASP.NET ListView control. In this article he discusses how to handle deleting data with it. ASP.NET ListView: Displaying Hierarchical Data : Adam Pooler writes about how to use the ASP.NET ListView control to display hierarchical data within a web page. ELMAH: Error Logging Module and Handlers for ASP.NET...(read more)

jQuery Intellisense in VS 2008

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:07:17 GMT

Last month I blogged about how Microsoft is extending support for jQuery . Over the last few weeks we've been working with the jQuery team to add great jQuery intellisense support within Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer 2008 Express (which is free). This is now available to download and use. Steps to Enable jQuery Intellisense in VS 2008 To enable intellisense completion for jQuery within VS you'll want to follow three steps: Step 1: Install VS 2008 SP1 VS 2008 SP1 adds richer JavaScript intellisense support to Visual Studio, and adds code completion support for a broad range of JavaScript libraries. You can download VS 2008 SP1 and Visual Web Developer 2008 Express SP1 here . Step 2: Install VS 2008 Patch KB958502...(read more)

jQuery and Microsoft

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:32:31 GMT

jQuery is a lightweight open source JavaScript library (only 15kb in size) that in a relatively short span of time has become one of the most popular libraries on the web. A big part of the appeal of jQuery is that it allows you to elegantly (and efficiently) find and manipulate HTML elements with minimum lines of code. jQuery supports this via a nice "selector" API that allows developers to query for HTML elements, and then apply "commands" to them. One of the characteristics of jQuery commands is that they can be "chained" together - so that the result of one command can feed into another. jQuery also includes a built-in set of animation APIs that can be used as commands. The combination...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:22:40 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended! You can download the deck and links to the code here: Normally, I make my actual demo code available for download. However, this time around, my demo code was based on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit. I blogged about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/08/18/free-training-on-net-framework-3-5-sp1-and-asp-net-mvc.aspx The kit has everything I showed in my demos and more! I also promised to link to a bunch of good content out there on the various topics. General MSDN -> Data Platform Development “How Do I?” Videos — Data Platform Development ADO.NET Entity Framework MSDN Library -> ADO.NET Entity Framework ADO.NET Team Blog Entity Framework...(read more)

Free training on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and ASP.NET MVC

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Looking for free introductory training on the .NET 3.5 SP1 & ASP.NET MVC? Head over to Jonathan Carter's blog to get all the details on the .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit RTM . What will you find? Information and links to download a kit that has presentations, demos, and labs covering what's new in ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET Routing, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ADO.NET Data Services, ADO.NET Entity Framework, WCF, and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. If you've seen any of my 3.5 SP1 or my older "ASP.NET Futures" presentations, then you are already familiar with some of the content in the kit. I used an early release of the kit as the foundation for some of my demos. The kit has come...(read more)

May 20th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, .NET, Visual Studio, Silverlight, WPF

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:02:44 GMT

Apologies for the sparseness of my posting the last few weeks - work and life have been busy here lately. Below is a new post in my link-listing series to help kick things up a little. Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past. ASP.NET Bulk Inserting Data with the ListView Control : Matt Berseth continues his awesome posts with one that shows how to handle bulk-editing of data using the ASP.NET ListView control in .NET 3.5. Master-Detail with the GridView, DetailsView, and ModalPopup Controls : Another great post from Matt that describes how to cleanly handle a common data entry scenario. Creating Great Thumbnail Images in...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Public Sector Developer Conference (Downers Grove, IL)

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:54:05 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended! Here are the links to the decks and code for the sessions. I don't have the content from the LINQ & VSTO sessions yet, but will update this post when I get them. However, I did promise to have a post up this morning. How Visual Studio Team System 2008 will benefit your organization? - deck Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Overview of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 & ASP.NET MVC - deck , resources , code (links to a post explaining how to get the code I based me demos on) Office Development with VSTO and Office Open XML Format If you are interested in other content, I have a list of recorded webcasts in My Recorded Webcasts list. There is a session similar to Joel's LINQ...(read more)

UPDATED WORKAROUND: Intellisense for page level map variables using the Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:58:28 GMT

So I have been playing around with other approaches to the workaround described here . The first thing I tried was: On the surface, this seemed like a reasonable workaround. However, there were still some scenarios where JavaScript errors would pop up. For example, switching to 3D mode would cause the map control to raise an error: A similar error would happen when you close the browser. One could argue this annoyance is a small price to pay for JavaScript Intellisense for the map control:). However, it is still very annoying. Good news! There's a better workaround. I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier:). The idea is to move the page level map variable...(read more)

NEW RELEASE: Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:13:43 GMT

I am happy to announce that we have a new release of the Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper to bring Intellisense in sync with the new Virtual Earth Map Control 6.1 . In addition to 6.1 compatibility, we also made the following enhancements: Consolidated all scripts into a single VEJavaScriptIntellisenseHelper.js file for better portability Updated Default.aspx to point to the 6.1 Map Control Updated Default.aspx.js to explain how to get intellisense everywhere for a page level map variable Added a readme.txt with history The quick turnaround is a huge testament to the hard work of the devs on this project. Although I spent a good set of hours coordinating, writing a little bit of code, and "building" this release...(read more)

FOLLOW UP: Public Sector Developer Conference (Washington, DC)

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:15:04 GMT

Thanks to everyone who attended! Here are the links to the decks and code for the sessions. I don't have the content from the LINQ session yet, but will update this post when I get it. However, I did promise to have a post up this morning. The Benefits of Visual Studio Team System to Your Organization - deck What's New in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow (WF) in Visual Studio 2008 & the .NET Framework 3.5 - deck , code Data Access with Language Integrated Query Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 - deck , code If you are interested in some additional sessions on LINQ & Workflow Services, I have a list of recorded webcasts in My Recorded Webcasts list...(read more)

UPDATE: New Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper release

Public Sector Developer Weblog : AJAX — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:33:56 GMT

One of our team members found a bug. We fixed it and created a new release today. Bug details and release download are available at http://www.codeplex.com/VEJS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=12065 . We are ramping up for our next release. If you are interested in what we are planning on doing/fixing, then please visit http://www.codeplex.com/VEJS/WorkItem/List.aspx . Make sure you sort by open issues. Please let us know if you have found any bugs in the helper or have any suggestions for the next release. You can add work items to our list. You can even vote on work items. Let your voice be heard:)! Technorati Tags: ajax , virtual earth , visual studio Read More......(read more)

March 28th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio, Silverlight, .NET

ScottGu's Blog : Atlas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:08:18 GMT

Here is the latest in my link-listing series . Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past. ASP.NET Three New ASP.NET Security Tutorials Now Available : Scott Mitchell continues his great ASP.NET security tutorials . These three new ones cover creating and managing roles, assigning roles to users, and implementing role based authorization. You can also find more security articles by reading posts on my blog tagged with security . .NET Libraries to Digg, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 APIs : Scott Hanselman's latest "weekly source code" review looks at .NET APIs that you can use to call popular web 2.0 services. Hangs...(read more)