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03-28-2013, 10:53 PM
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After taking a break for some time from my training activities I will be conducting classroom training programs again in the month of June and July 2013. Since the release of VS2012 lots of people have inquired about our training programs and hence will...
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03-27-2013, 10:41 PM
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At times you may need to make cross-domain requests in your Windows store app. This can be done using the WinJS.xhr() function. The xhr() function is an easy to use wrapper over the traditional XMLHttpRequest object. This article introduces you with the...
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03-27-2013, 3:28 AM
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If you work with JavaScript a lot then you know that there’s no shortage of script libraries being released. New scripts come out on a daily basis providing UI functionality, data binding support, form validation, framework functionality and more. With...
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03-27-2013, 1:37 AM
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I've been spending a lot of time over the past few months digging into the new features offered by ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms while creating my new Pluralsight course and have been pleasantly surprised by all of the great stuff in this release. Web Forms isn...
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03-25-2013, 12:35 PM
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I won’t repost all of the changes here, but this is the version of the app that gets all real-time and stuff (thank you, SignalR!). I also spent some time refining the UI. You can get these naughty bits, and the overall change log, here: http://popforums...
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03-25-2013, 10:02 AM
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Originally posted on ChrisHammond.com, all comments and discussion on this topic should be done there.
This post will provide you with a basic tutorial for utilizing SignalR with custom DotNetNuke Modules. If you want to bypass the blog post go check out the source on GitHub, you can Fork my Repository. The module created here will be very simple, if you want a full blown module with more features be sure to check out the open source DotNetNuke Module SignalRChat, and see it in action at http://dnnCHAT.com/
SignalR is an ASP.NET library for using websockets and long polling in your applications. Basically what this means, is that you can have your web pages (or apps) maintain an open connection with a webserver, passing data back and forth, without having to do standard posts and gets for the content and functions. SignalR is a free library that you can get from www.signalr.net and you can DL from nuget.org right into your Visual Studio projects.
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03-25-2013, 2:36 AM
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I've been hard at work the past few months filming a new course for Pluralsight covering some of the great new features in ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms. I'm excited to announce that the new course is titled New Features in ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms and is now available...
Filed under: Ajax, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Web API, C#, CSS, Databinding, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Pluralsight, Visual Studio, Websockets, .NET |
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03-24-2013, 11:35 PM
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The Global Windows Azure Boot Camp is coming to Phoenix on April 27th, 2013 ! Registration is now open at https://phxglobalazurebootcamp.eventday.com . This is a truly global event in which the Phoenix community will come together to share and learn what...
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03-22-2013, 6:35 PM
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Web applications needing real-time communication can use HTML5 features such as Web Sockets and Server Sent Events. While these techniques can be used in modern web applications they can't be used with browsers not supporting HTML5. Additionally, they...
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03-22-2013, 2:44 PM
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Recently, I wrote an article for our Mono for Android column about improving your user interface of your applications. The url is: http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/03/01/enhancing-your-uis.aspx I hope that you enjoy the article. I spent a...
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