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    Getting Started with the <canvas> Tag – Examples to Get You Closer to the HTML5 Bliss

    There is a great tendency among web browsers nowadays - the wide and fast adoption of HTML5 APIs. Why should we, as web developers, be excited about it? Well let's take the canvas tag, for example. Imagine that you can render raster graphics in the browser, edit an image purely on the client-side, apply filters on it or draw complex animations without the need for plugins, just JavaScript. Imagine the power and features you can implement without bothering with the overhead and complexity of server-side calls. This all and much more is possible with the canvas tag. In this blog...
    May 27, 2021 8 min read
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    Cascade Your Data With Kendo UI

    The other day I was looking with someone at the demos for the Kendo UI DropDown List and I noticed that the drop downs now have cascading functionality built right in out of the box. You would think that I would know these given the fact...
    June 10, 2025 15 min read
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    Editing a XML From A Coded Step

    I got an interesting request from a customer today. It seems the app that the user intends to test has a user.config file associated with it. And here's what the user is looking to do in his own words: How do I create a test which modifies the user.config file before opening the application? Hopefully it will be interesting for you to see how I put this together. I did a bit of research and it went like this: 1) What's a user.config file? I figured I probably have one of these on my hard-drive. I did a Windows search ...
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
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    Consuming LightSwitch OData services with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Telerik RadDataServiceDataSource

    With this post I will show you how to consume Visual Studio 2012 LightSwitch OData services to enable server sorting, filtering, paging, etc. for your custom LightSwitch component.
    May 27, 2021 2 min read
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    Back To Basics With HTML And CSS

    I have twins that are in the first grade. One of them came home from school the other day and had been given his “second grade” sight words because he’s already passed all of the first grade ones. Sight words are just a set...
    May 27, 2021 8 min read