Mikael Söderström

In ASP.NET MVC 2 we got support for client validation of the model. When we activate it, a JavaScript is generated and added to the rendered view. It contains all validation rules we set up for the model, and are used to generate error massages without reloading the page.

When you install ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta or WebMatrix Beta 2, a new product called ”NuPack” is installed with it. NuPack makes it possible to quickly add references to third party products like Ninject, jQuery and so on. All necessary files (dll, js etc) are automatically added to the project, and necessary modifications in web.config are automatically added.

Microsoft just released ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta, which came with some news. Among other things, we now have a new project dialog box, an updated version of Razor, support for helpers from ASP.NET Web Pages, new interfaces for Dependency Injection, unobtrusive jQuery validation and more. A new beta of WebMatrix has also been released.

Internet Explorer 9 Beta 1 introduces some new APIs to make it possible to integrate with the jump lists and icons on the taskbar. To make it easier to use them, I created an even simpler API.

Playing games on the internet using Silverlight or Flash is getting really popular, which you can see if you are using Facebook (Farmville, anyone?). To play these games you need to install a plugin to your browser, or you won’t be able to play them. On some devices you can´t install plugins like these, which make it impossible to play them. Instead you will have to create separate applications for each device, but then you will have to maintain several versions of your application.

HTML5 is the next version of the HTML standard and is developed by W3C and WHATWG. After HTML 4.01 was released W3C started to work with XHTML 1.0, which have the same elements as HTML 4.01 but gives us a XML compatible syntax. They continued with XHTML 2.0, which should have many new elements, and wouldn´t be compatible with XHTML 1.x at all. Meanwhile a new group called WHATWG (Web Hypertext Technology Working Group) started to work on a new separate standard called Web Applications 1.0, which should be a natural next step of HTML 4.01.

Att spela spel på internet genom Silverlight- eller Flash-baserade gränssnitt blir alltmer populärt, vilket man kan se om man är flitig användare av Facebook. Dessa spel kräver att man har rätt komponent installerad för att kunna köra dem över huvud taget. På vissa enheter som till exempel mobiltelefoner händer det ofta att man inte kan installera dessa plugins, och då måste man lösa det på ett annat sätt. Det skulle t.ex. kunna lösas genom att man skriver ett separat program som påminner om det man visade på sidan, men även det kan ge problem då man har flera olika applikationer att underhålla.

HTML5 är nästa version av HTML-standarden och tas fram av W3C tillsammans med WHATWG. Efter att HTML 4.01 släpptes så började W3C arbetet med XHTML 1.0, vilket har exakt samma element som HTML 4.01, men ger en syntax mer lik XML. De fortsatte sedan med XHTML 2.0, vilket skulle ha helt nya element, och då inte alls bakåtkompatibelt med XHTML 1.0. Under tiden började en ny grupp kallad WHATWG (Web Hypertext Technology Working Group) med en separat standard kallad Web Applications 1.0, vilket skulle bli en fortsättning på HTML 4.01.