Contents tagged with Microsoft AJAX Library
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Script reference profiler
ASP.NET Ajax 3.5 SP1 contains a new feature that enables the application developer to combine scripts in order to reduce the number of downloaded files. But in order to do that, the developer must have a way of discovering what scripts are being used in a page or application.
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Script combining screen cast
I recorded a 5 minute screencast that shows how to use the new script combining feature in ASP.NET Ajax 3.5 SP1:
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Late notice: speaking in Montreal tonight
I'll switch to French for this post as the talk will be in French.
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OpenAjax requests comments on browser wishlist
The OpenAjax Alliance has been working with some of the top Ajax developers on a wishlist that aims at gathering and prioritizing the development features that we need the most from next generation browsers. The process is completely open and Wiki-based, so feel free to contribute.
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How to make UpdatePanel accessible
DotNetSlackers just published my article on how to make UpdatePanel accessible:
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A case for partial rendering
I've been seeing more and more authors lately dismissing partial rendering (a.k.a. UpdatePanel) as a poor man's version of Ajax, something you should only choose if you're too lazy to implement "true" Ajax.
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Getting absolute coordinates from a DOM element
For some reason, there is no standard API to get the pixel coordinates of a DOM element relative to the upper-left corner of the document. APIs only exist to get coordinates relative to the offset parent. Problem is, it's very important to get those coordinates for applications such as drag and drop, or whenever you need to compare coordinates of elements that may be in completely different parts of the document.
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I'm now officially a slacker
Well, at least a Dot Net Slacker...
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Dates and JSON
JSON is a great data format and it's taken the Internet by storm for a number of good reasons. But because of a strange oversight in the EcmaScript specs, there is no standard way of describing dates in JSON. There's been a lot of discussion on this topic and it still remains a problem today.
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Screencast: how to enable server-side history management in an ASP.NET Ajax application
I've recently recorded a screencast showing how to enable server-side history management (in other words, handling the back button) in an ASP.NET Ajax application. The whole video is less than 15 minutes total and I build the whole application from scratch in there (in VB).