Pragmatic JavaScript (DevConnections 2011)

Pragmatic JavaScript (DevConnections 2011)

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  Pragmatic JavaScript, jQuery, RIA,SignalR and More with ASP.NET v.Next Jon Galloway Microsoft http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway
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  Tip 1: Ifyou’re using Ajax Control Toolkit, get the newest releases
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  Ajax Control ToolkitReleases Date Comment 10/2/2011 Associated with Release: September 2011 Release. 10/2/2011 Changed Calendar to use UTC time 9/11/2011 Added Twitter control and sample page 9/11/2011 Fixed regression with Calendar navigation images not appearing 8/31/2011 Updated ReadMe and version info 8/31/2011 Added Gravatar control and sample page 8/31/2011 Fixed CodePlex issue 26770 concerning time zones 8/31/2011 Implemented CodePlex feature request 15487 concerning highlighting today's date 8/31/2011 Implemented feature 8109 concerning Calendar date ranges 8/11/2011 Test and Fix for TabContainer scroll position in Chrome 8/2/2011 Associated with Release: July 2011 Release. 8/2/2011 Fixed Accordion Designer Issue 8/2/2011 Fixed issue in Chinese resource file for Calendar today string 8/2/2011 Added HtmlEditorExtender and SanitizerProviders 6/15/2011 Fixed issue #26933 ToolkitScriptManager generating invalid HTML5 6/15/2011 Adding Package bat files to automate release 5/8/2011 Associated with Release: May 2011 Release.
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  Automated testing (QUnit)
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  Demo • Installing ACTwith NuGet
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  Tip 2: Getto know jQuery 1.DOM abstraction 2.Selector engine 3.Plugin ecosystem 4.Leverage CDN’s 5.Included in Microsoft templates
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  JavaScript is hard… varmyvar = 'my value'; (function() { alert(myvar); var myvar = 'local value'; })();
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  JavaScript is hard… Let’sgo shopping? • No • But, JavaScript can be hard • Unnecessary custom code is a liability
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  Tip 3: Installand Update jQuery via NuGet • Demo jQuery Plugins, too
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  Tip 4: Knowhow to find and use jQuery plugins • NuGet • http://plugins.jquery.com • jQueryUI • Demo Datepicker
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  Tip 5: UsejQuery UI via Unobtrusive Wire-up • Demo unobtrusive.jquery.ui
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  Tip 6: Writeyour own jQuery plugins • Demo jQuery Snippets
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  Tip 7: Takeadvantage of Visual Studio’s JavaScript support
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  Tip 8: Getready for Visual Studio 11 JavaScript features • http://bit.ly/vs11javascript • Implicit and customizable references
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  Tip 9: Usethe Visual Studio 2010 JScript Editor Extensions http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com • Brace Matching • Outlining / Code Folding • Current Word Highlighting • IntelliSense Doc-Comments <para> support
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  Tip 10: UseASP.NET 4 ScriptManager features
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  Tip 12: UseRIA/JS for WCF services
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  Tip 13: UseSignalR for long-polling The old way: Polling
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  Tip 13: UseSignalR for long-polling The new way: long-polling
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  Tip 14: Server-sideJavaScript with iisnode and Node.js • Demo (WebMatrix)
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  Tip 15: Adventurous?Keep an eye on CoffeeScript
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