Web: jQuery

I'm sure most of you can relate to that feeling you get when you learn about something that you're pretty sure everyone else already knows about. Something fundamental. I remember when I learned that I could test for nullable integers in C# by using hasValue. Or when I first learned that you could use array notation in JavaScript to dynamically access properties and methods. Sometimes we don't talk about these things. We sort of just look around to make sure no one was watching when we were the last to find out.

After my last blog post a friend asked for advice on how to render the data that's returned to his app in a clean, simple way. Immediately, two simple ways to accomplish this came to my mind. One using string concatenating and one using a hidden block of HTML as a template.

This is the first section in the ongoing course HTML5 Development For ASP.NET Developers. This module will covers the very basic information that you will need to know about jQuery and how to use it inside of Visual Studio / Internet Explorer. There are some good tips on...

It never ceases to amaze me at how much I don’t know. jQuery is a pretty straight forward library.  It’s essentially one large object off of which we can call and chain functions.  The beauty of it is in it’s simplicity.  It takes a somewhat convoluted and...

As more application code moves from the server to the client, it's increasingly common to use JavaScript to load JSON data that lives on a different domain. Traditionally, this cross-domain (or more accurately, cross-origin) querying is blocked by browser security, but there is a popular technique...