Hi there, I am just figuring out best practice with MVC now I have a project where we have chosen to use it in anger. My question is. If creating a list view which is bound to an IEnumerable is this bad practise? Would it be better to seperate the code generated by the WCF Service reference into a datastructure which essentially hold...
Hi, im trying to perform a simple database insert from a submission on a SilverLight Webpage. Normally i would either use ADO or LINQ to SQL to perform this. You can not do this within a SilverLight Project, nor can you reference a project that can (a non SilverLight project). What would be the best way of doing this? Thanks. ...
I've read that if I have a for loop, I should not use string concation because it's slow. Such as: for (i=0;i<10000000;i++) { str += 'a'; } And instead, I should use Array.join(), since it's much faster: var tmp = []; for (i=0;i<10000000;i++) { tmp.push('a'); } var str = tmp.join(''); However, I have also read that string c...
Using ImageMagick, how can I resize an image to have a minimum: height of 150px width of 200px and also have a maximum: height of 225px width of 275px UPDATE: In case it helps, here's a further explanation of what I'm experiencing. I have a buch of images with all different ratio dimensions. Some images have 1:5 height/width ra...
Hi, I'm trying to figure out the best way to handle a dropdown list where one of the options "other" shows a hidden text field (via jQuery), where the user can then enter text. Should both the dropdown and the input field be given the same "name" attribute, then server side code runs a check on the values of each in order to know what on...
Hello. We have a web application. There are physical devices that we need to be able to communicate with, and we have access to all of our clients computers to install whatever software we need. Now, for the question: Is there a way to make this browser-agnostic? As in, not requiring ActiveX controls? One of my ideas was to install a c...
I would like to use dev tools like FireBug or the elements built into IE8 for my IE6 testing. IE9 would provide this. Before creating an IE9 environment, I thought I would check here. Do any of you have a solution for this type of problem? ...
Is there an online CSS optimizer equivalent to Googles JavaScript Closure Optimizer. I've found plenty of CSS compressors online, but I'm looking for a CSS optimizer ... where it actually removes redundant/conflicting attributes ...
As far as I understand, due to license reqirements all web applications, which use MS SQL Server, use SQL Server Express (free) or SQL Server web edition (processor license). Is it so? What are other specific features of SQL Server usage for web app? ...
Given the following markup for a GridView column, why are my image buttons showing up as left aligned? <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" Width="55px" /> <ItemTemplate> <asp:ImageButton ID="removeButton" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/Images/Icons/x-m.png" CommandArgument='<%# Eval("ResourceId") %>' Alternate...
My wish is to know how I can program a mobile website, that fit to all mobile phones. Are there any special approaches to recognize a device and render the code according to it? Which tools and coding languages are required? My first thought was to hold the website in XML, which would be parsed depending on the device. You have to c...
Hi, i am detecting images on my webpage with javascript document.images function which returns an rray of images. Is there any way to get the mime type of the image from this since i am not using any extension names on images which are loading? ...
Hello, I have been doing more client-side development, managing the UI on the client and submitting data to the server via web service calls. I'm not looking for implementation details, but was curious on developer preferences for displaying an operation in process and what to display when completed or even failed. As a for instance, ...
Newbie ajax question from this example: How is xmlhttp.responseText assigned before xmlhttp.open() and xmlhttp.send() ? (If we need the data from demo_post.asp) I understand it is in the onreadystatechange but if the javascript is read from top down I do not understand. Thanks, and go easy on me! ...
I would like to know what kind of applications are suitable to be developed on top of Sharepoint 2010 and which should not be built on to of it. So when to embrace/avoid Sharepoint 2010 as a development platform for new web applications. Addendum Would you as a sharepoint development specialist choose it as a platform for your next ent...
Could you confirm I understand this correctly. However, always use POST requests when: - A cached file is not an option (update a file or database on the server) Using POST, the file specified in xmlhttp.open("POST","ajax_test.asp",true); will not be cached (sent to \Temporary Internet Files) ? It will stay on the server...
$.ajax({ type: 'GET', url: "string.txt", cache: false, success: function(str){ alert("Data is: "+ str); } }); In this example, string.txt is sent to the cache (\Temporary Internet Files) How do I ensure that the file is not sent. I do not want copy to be sent. Only a read from the server. Am I missing an option? ...
How do you send the content of a website form to an email address without disclosing the email address to the user. Thanks! PS: If at all possible, I would like this to be in HTML JavaScript Ok, anything I guess. ...
I have been asked to provide recommendations on "Verified Analytics" for the next iteration of my company's site. Verified to mean that when we sell ad space, it's based on a number of page-views, and the people who buy that space want a way to verify that the numbers we give them are the actual numbers we're delivering. I have turned t...
I have a narrow header in corporate colour, bright red, with the content below on a just-off-white background. Ive tried softening the long line where these colours meet using border type divs with intermediate backgrounds, but I think I need the original type curved gradient 'area transitions'. I want to reduce the contrast between re...