HTML Tutorials & Articles
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Using HTML5 History in an ASP.NET MVC Site
by Dan MaharrySay that each time the user clicks on a menu item in your application, the entire page is refreshed. Not such a big deal if you have a high speed connection, but, if there is a lot of content on the page, this can be a problem. What we need is the ability to fill in the partial view of data and change around the styles on the page without refreshing the complete page. This is where the HTML5 History API comes in, and that’s what this article based on HTML5 for .NET Developers is all about.
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Using JavaScript Unobtrusively
by Dan MaharryWith a bit of thought and time, the JavaScript defining a page's behavior can be as quiet on a page as its CSS. In this extract from Professional jQuery, Cesar Otero and Rob Larsen demonstrate how.
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The HTML5 Drag and Drop API
by Dan MaharryIn this extract from Professional Javascript for Web Developers, Nicholas Zakas looks at the new Javascript Drag and Drop API in HTML5, its use and current level of browser support
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Working with Mobile Devices in HTML5 and CSS3
by Dan MaharryWith an ever increasing number of mobile devices demanding we code our websites to look good at any number of resolutions, this extract from Murach's HTML5 and CSS3 present some rules of thumb for developing websites that work nicely with every device
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The HTML5 History API and ASP.NET MVC
by Dan MaharryThe HTML 5 History API is one of the newer kids on the HTML 5 block. This article based on chapter 4 of HTML5 for .NET Developers shows you one way of getting history integrated with your .NET server-side web applications.
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Making Tables More Accessible With HTML5
by Dan MaharryFor those who are visually challenged and depend on technology such as screen readers to translate the Web from a visual to an aural experience, tables represent a significant challenge. This extract from HTML5 24 Hour Trainer looks at a number of additional tags and attributes that can make tables and their content more accessible to all.
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Using NuGet Packages
by Dan MaharryNuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to pull in libraries, components, and most importantly their configuration into your visual studio project. In this article, based on chapter 5 of ASP.NET MVC 3 in Action, the authors discuss NuGet and show you how to use it to add functionality to a project.
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Building an HTML5 application with WebSharper Sitelets, Part 2
by Adam GraniczIn the second half of this tutorial you will learn how to extend this simple web application with authentication. Basically, you will implement Login/Logout functionality and protect the Clock page with authentication to require users to log in before they can see the local time.
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Building an HTML5 application with WebSharper Sitelets, Part 1
by Adam GraniczIn this article, we're going to look at using WebSharper, a web development framework for .NET, to build a small web application from scratch that features an HTML5-based clock.
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A Developer's Introduction To HTML5
by Chris MillsWhy do we care about HTML5? What's in it? Why is it a good thing. All this answered and more by Chris Mills
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Developer Burnout Sounds The Alarm
by Richard RabinsWindows 8, built on HTML5 and JavaScript, has swelled the operating system glut and heightened demands of application development. Can developers fan the flames of burnout?
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The Future of the Web: HTML5
by Robert BoedigheimerLet’s get this one cleared up in the first sentence, no you don’t have to wait until 2022 to start using HTML 5! None of that really matters to web developers, what should matter to us is when our users’ browsers support a given feature we are interested in utilizing.
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Lessons learned writing AJAX applications
by Dino EspositoWe’re all familiar these days with the Ajax buzz word – but while it’s relatively simple to use these browser technologies to implement a specific feature in an individual page, it is much more complex to build an entire application according to the Ajax paradigm. This article offers a brief overview of a few aspects you might want to take into account for building successful applications.
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Rails MVC and routing
by Kevin JonesKevin Jones thinks that the key idea in Rails is routing. See how this fits in with the MVC pattern and find out more about Rails by reading on.
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Documentation made easy with C# and XML
by Mike JamesOf course you want to document your code, but how many of us do? Mike James thinks that coding and documenting can go hand-in-hand.
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Automate web application UI testing with Selenium
by Sing LiTesting web applications is a problem, but Sing Li thinks the solution might be easier than you think with Selenium.
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JSP for .NET developers
by Sing LiIt can be difficult to appreciate alien technology even if it's doing exactly the same job as something familiar and well understood. Sing Li makes it easy for .NET enthusiasts to comprehend JSP by comparing it with ASP.NET.
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Using Adobe Flex in Visual Studio
by Matt WicksYou can now take advantage of the Flex framework from right within Visual Studio to build Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). We get you up to speed on what Flex is and a basic application talking to a web service.
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The Zen of Volta
by Richard BlewettRichard takes a looks at a preview of a Microsoft incubation project called Volta, offering a new way of deploying applications written using single-tier architecture to a multi-tiered client/server environment without having to rewrite the code.
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OpenXML - Open for business
by Matt NicholsonThe new file format introduced with the 2007 Microsoft Office System opens up many business opportunities. Matt Nicholson finds out who is doing what.