ASP.NET Ajax is a good technology in theory, but the implementation in practice is anything but smooth. There are many little ‘quirks’ that ASP.NET Ajax does to your page; these quirks almost entirely revolve around the handling of viewstate during ajax calls. ASP.NET Ajax passes the viewstate to the server and back during things like [...]
I’ve been working on some demonstrations on how to combine jQuery UI and CSS animations for some pretty neat effects. Not to pimp my other businesses too much or anything, but check out blaq design if you want to see an eCommerce site done up with jQuery UI as well.
The jQuery UI themeroller is a fun way to experiment with theme creation for the jQuery UI widgets and other visual elements. Even better, you can distribute a theme solely via URL. Here’s an example of a theme I created – let’s call it Desperately Wanting 3D.
The jQuery framework has been around for about three years now. It’s rapidly becoming the go-to JavaScript framework – it has the most plugins, serious support from the likes of Microsoft and Nokia, and it is easier to use than many other frameworks. There’s an even cooler technology out there nowadays, though – jQuery UI. [...]
Did you get the chance to read that Visual Studio will be shipping with jQuery support included in the future? This news just made my day, more or less. If you aren’t in the know, jQuery is a really well developed JavaScript framework library. It includes support for things like making AJAX requests, easy DOM [...]
