I cannot say enough about learning which tools use when. It is only through experience will you ever learn this discipline. I have learned when to use a handful of tools and how often. I have also learned that sometimes there is overhead that can make your projects bloated; therefore, I often create my own ( although some may argue against it).
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Author: ldnDeveloper
Andrew Pallant (@LdnDeveloper) has been a web, database and desktop developer for over 16 years. Andrew has worked on projects that ranged from factory automation to writing business applications. Most recently he has been heavily involved in various forms for ecommerce projects.
Over the years Andrew has worn many hats:
Project Manager, IT Manager, Lead Developer, Supervisor of Developers and many more - See more at: http://www.unlatched.com/#sthash.8DiTkpKy.dpuf
Simple JS Dialog
Keeping in the spirit of using my blog as a quick code repository; sometimes you just need a simple easy to implement dialog box. I have been using the following routine for sometime now. Sometimes you just need a simple piece of code to get the project done. This although is very simple, it does the job perfectly. It is not how I often style it, but you can figure that out.
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HTML to PDF
Have you ever wanted a function to convert HTML to PDF? It is really easy. A good use of this is when you have a resume on your website and you want to create a download of it as a PDF. Mind you; you will have to properly format your resume so it looks good in both cases. Not the easiest job, but totally worth while to have a resume download created on demand. Continue reading HTML to PDF
My Story
Here is my story as a developer. I started out playing on Commodore 64 in elementary school. I would have to give a lot of credit to the Librarian at Valleyview Public School. He had allowed me to work with him, set up computers and actually spend time on the computers. Continue reading My Story
Have an Idea – Let Us Talk
Do you have an idea? Let us talk!
Many people have ideas for a website, blog, forum or new software to make their life and business processes better. Often, people do not know who to contact or how to go about getting their ideas accomplished. Sometimes, people are afraid that by telling someone their ideas, someone may steal the idea. Everyone needs someone to help them and to trust with their ideas.
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The Story of C# Meeting AngularJS
Most of you already know that I still like my WebForms. People have argued that using AngularJS with WebForms is pointless, but I say NA! It makes the user experience a little bit smoother.
In this blog I will show you how to create a table that can be sorted and paged using AngularJS. I chose not to use a webserivce as I did not feel like this warranted the extra overhead and code. I wanted to keep this absolutely simple. I would have used a webserivce had I been creating an API for others to use. This is also a project that is ultimately using WebForms, had I been doing an MVC project; webservices would have been a better choice.
Is this the best way; probably not! This is my first run with this, so I am doing it the way I know and the way I find the easiest to manipulate for my purpose.
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Sometimes You Just Need a Smile
Sometimes you just need a smile. Like most, I have good, bad and terrible days, but I found something that makes me smile. Like a lot of developers, I have a few vendor stickers on my equipment.
My kids noticed this and thought I need more stickers. Oh – Oh! Is dad going to be upset? Nope! Continue reading Sometimes You Just Need a Smile
Integrity With First Contact
I post this with great reservation, but I feel it is important.
It is very exciting when you receive that initial call from a Human Resource department or a manager, but be careful. Integrity starts with that first contact. I very rarely, as tempting as it may be take an interview during business hours. You have to think about where your priorities lie and who currently employs you. The recruiter may not recognize it at first ( or ever ), but you are a good employee if you try to arrange times outside of your work time. Every employer should want a good employee.
I do this for two reasons: Continue reading Integrity With First Contact
A Quest to Learn AngularJS
I recently got excited about AngularJS. I took a pretty good course through CodeSchool for which you can find a link off of the AngularJS home page. Since then I had been playing with and scouting out AngularJS ideas that I can build something with worth while. There is no better way to learn than by doing. Then I thought; what about the weather? I had already built a real basic weather page using ASP.NET and C#, I wonder how hard it would be to build an AngularJS example. I did not know how to connect AngularJS to a web service though. Google has everything! So I looked for an example of AngularJS and OpenWeatherMap for which I had found. It did not take long to find my solution.
My Original Weather Page: http://www.ldndeveloper.com/weather.aspx
My Angular Weather: http://www.ldndeveloper.com/angular/weather.aspx
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