Web Development
Windows Azure Review
Windows Azure has been a godsend for developers. I have been using Windows Azure over the past few weeks and I have to say that the overall experience is amazing. I’ve used Amazon’s Web Services in the past and one thing that always marred the experience was the convoluted and often confusing website. What Windows [...]
Accessing local data files using Html and Chrome
During the development and testing stages of a new website, there are time when you may need to access Json or xml data stored in a local file. The test site can be running under Visual Studio, IIS Express or even IIS. I recently had to quickly test some javascript code that interacted with Json [...]
Configuring multiple websites in IIS on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine using EndPoints
Windows Azure is a great environment for developers and companies alike due to the fact that it gives so much for so little. Apart from the 10 free websites, you get a free* Virtual Machine and a large number of other services like storage, SQL Server etc. I’m currently using the VM option to deploy [...]
Tidy up your forms with horizontal sliding divs using JQuery UI
Many websites still make use of lengthy scrollable forms or numerous page post backs when requesting input from their users, e.g shopping cart check outs etc. jQuery and jQueryUI give developers the opportunity to significantly improve the overall UI experience. In this tutorial, we will look into creating sliding panels/divs that respond to user input [...]
Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method ” – jQuery Error
Many developers have been caught up by this error message judging by the number of posts on StackOveflow! I had to fight with this exception for a few hours until the solution popped out to remind me that losing focus is never a good thing! After having a working prototype, I tried to integrate the [...]
HTML5 Drag and Drop file upload with preview using jQuery and MVC 4
With the advent of HTML5 and its wide adoption by all major browsers, web developers now have a new arsenal in their hands for implementing powerful file upload functionality on their website. In this tutorial we will see how to implement this using the FileDrop jQuery plugin and an MVC controller to receive and store [...]
NLog with SQL Server and MVC 4
NLog is an awesome open-source logging tool that allows developers to easily and efficiently implement custom logging. Nlog can be configured to log to a number of targets, but on this tutorial we will be looking at logging to the database. First you need to add NLog to your MVC website. Bring up the Nuget package [...]
jQuery UI Autocomplete with jSON in MVC 4
jQueryUi has an autocomplete plugin that allows developers to turn any standard text box to turn any standard textbox to an autocomplete search box. In this case we will try to implement this in the simplest way possible using a web service as the data source. First of all, create a standard MVC 4 project. [...]
Follow Me On The Web!
