Archives
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Providing Visual Feedback in AJAX Applications
I recently completed a new article for .NET Insight that discusses different ways to provide visual feedback to end users as asynchronous postback requests are made from AJAX-enabled pages. The first technique discussed is the UpdateProgress control which is extremely simple to get going and doesn't require any knowledge of JavaScript out of the box. The second technique uses the PageRequestManager client-side class to animate an UpdatePanel as a partial-page update occurs. The article and associated code can be viewed at the following URL: -
Working with UpdatePanel Properties
Awhile back I released a video that discussed working with UpdatePanel control properties such as UpdateMode and ChildrenAsTriggers. I've had several requests to make the code shown available and finally got around to doing that. Those that are interested can download the code here. If you'd like to watch the video you can view it at the link below.
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Fixing Firefox Slowness with localhost on Vista (or XP with IPv6)
I've been doing a lot of cross-browser testing lately for AJAX applications and Firefox has been killing me since it takes several seconds to load a single page when using localhost URLs on Windows Vista. Internet Explorer 7 and Safari have been blazing fast with the same pages so I finally took the time to research the issue with Firefox and came across the following information:
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Article: Master Pages Tips and Tricks
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Scott Guthrie Speaking in Phoenix on Silverlight
If you're available Wednesday, June 27th I highly recommend taking the time to attend Scott Guthrie's presentation. If you've never heard Scott speak before he's extremely knowledgable and fun to listen to so I can guarantee you'll enjoy it. Here's more information about the event (which is free) as well as a link to the registration site:
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New Column on ASP.NET AJAX, Web Services/WCF and Silverlight
Over the past month I've been writing articles for a new column in the .NET Insight and Web Design and Development Insight newsletters published by 1105 Media (a parent company for several media groups) that covers ASP.NET AJAX, XML Web Services/WCF, and Silverlight. The articles are designed to be very focused so that you learn things quickly without having to scroll through pages and pages of text to learn a single concept. The first 3 articles have been published and are available at the links below. Four more articles are on the way. -
DinnerNow.net Sample Application Available
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Book: Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Released
Matt Gibbs and I recently released a new book for WROX titled Professional ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX that covers all the topics you need to know to build robust ASP.NET AJAX applications. Matt is a development manager for ASP.NET (and led the ASP.NET AJAX team) and I've had the opportunity to be involved with the product since the early alphas. We put a lot of work into the book so hopefully everyone finds it useful and educational....don't let the cover scare you away. :-)