Ajax links galore

February 8th, 2006

Holy cow! I forgot to post the initial list of Ajax links! Here they are, and man are there a lot of um! I will be using thes for my research and will reference them in blog entries.

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Ajax solutions being researched

February 8th, 2006

So far the only sources I’m investigating are Microsoft Atlas and Telerik r.a.d. Controls. Infragistics has also had Ajax components for a while. See notes below for ComponentOne as well.

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Better FlashCONNECT Templates

February 7th, 2006

If you’ve done any work with FlashCONNECT templates you know that you need to go through some contortions to get your code to work with them.

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It’s not just a web page anymore

February 7th, 2006

I’m increasingly asked to build more sophisticated web interfaces which begin to approach the interactive capabilities of a thick client. Satisfying these requests is getting much more difficult.

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Parameter passing in C#

February 4th, 2006

I just read this article by MVP Jon Skeet on Parameter passing in C#. Definitely good reading. It helps to understand exactly how reference and value types work when passing them through methods.

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Is Linux really superior?

January 28th, 2006

In observation of a couple posts to this comp.database.pick thread I once again find it humorous that the promise of Linux falls short.

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The Cosmos

January 24th, 2006

As a minor tribute to Carl Sagan and his Cosmos book and 13 part TV series, I decided to change the name of this category before anyone starts linking to it.

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Yet Another Ajax Blog

January 24th, 2006

For anyone who wants to understand Ajax or how I am approaching it, start here.

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New Ajax Notes

January 24th, 2006

I’ve created a new category for Ajax and am posting some material I’ve already written. I hope this serves as a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn about it.

Where is the Edge of the Universe?

January 23rd, 2006

With all of the info we have available, scientists believe the universe is about 15 billion years old. The universe seems to be ever expanding, with objects accellerating (not just speeding away but actually going faster and faster) away from one another. Can we actually see to the edge? Read the rest of this entry »