Infinities Loop

I've received a lot of feedback on my SmartAutoCompleteExtender as of late. But I've noticed a disturbing pattern with the suggestions people have.

In the previous two CTPs, you simply could not do this (if you tried, you likely received some sort of circular reference serialization error), even though way back in July, pre-beta, you could.

The release of the AJAX RC today is going to get plenty of press coverage. I thought I'd shine the light a little bit on the lesser known Futures CTP, which has also been released today :)

Often neglected is the importance of your physical surroundings when you code, yet I think your environment can have more of an impact on your productivity than a fully tooled IDE. Do you like the lights full glare, half, or off altogether? Do you hate it when the office is cold? Do you use a space heater? Does your chair recline? Is your keyboard the natural type or are you standard layout junkie? Do you absolutely have to have dual monitors? Do you listen to music while you code? What kind?

A lifetime ago, and several Microsoft AJAX releases ago, I extended the built-in AutoCompleteBehavior and AutoCompleteExtender, enabling it to gather its list of completion items via a callback to the page rather than a web service. Well it seems like I hit a nerve with it, because it became pretty popular!

It's easy to create runtime errors in JavaScript. But it's not every day you find a way to crash the runtime entirely.

Part 1: Dynamic vs. Static
Part 2: Creating Dynamic Controls
Part 3: Adding Dynamic Controls to the Control Tree
Part 4: Because you don't know what to render at design time

Part 1: Dynamic vs. Static
Part 2: Creating Dynamic Controls
Part 3: Adding Dynamic Controls to the Control Tree
Part 4: Because you don't know what to render at design time