Sandor Korozsi’s linkblog

MochiKit by Example

An overview of MochiKit with three real-life examples. 

"MochiKit is a highly documented and well tested, suite of JavaScript libraries that will help you get shit done, fast. We took all the good ideas we could find from our Python, Objective-C, etc. experience and adapted it to the crazy world of JavaScript."

Yet another list pager, but this one can use LinkButtons or simple hyperlinks, provides scrolling within an ASP.NET Ajax UpdatePanel, and behaves similarly to the paging found on Amazon.com.

Amazon-esque Pager By Daniel Vaughan. 

This is a compiled connection strings reference list on how to connect to SQL Server 2005.

ConnectionStrings.com - How to connect to SQL Server 2005

"This article contains an InnoSetup install script that downloads (if setup files don’t exist) and installs the .net framework 2.0 and it’s dependencies.

.NET Framework 2.0 Installer for Innosetup - The Code Project - Installation

Outlook Style Grouped List Control - The Code Project - C# Controls

DayPilot is an Outlook-like open-source event calendar/scheduling control:

• Simple and clean look.
• Views:
  • Day view,
  • Work week view
  • Week view.
  • Custom number of days
• Customizable fonts and colors.
• Clicking an event can run one of the following:
  • a custom JavaScript action
  • a server-side event (using PostBack)
• Clicking a free-time slot can run one of the following
  • a custom JavaScript action
  • a server-side event (using PostBack)
• Flexible data binding:
  • DataTable/DataSet
  • XmlDataSource/SqlDataSource
  • ArrayList
  • and others…
• Supports ViewState.
• Supports both 12-hour (3 PM) and 24-hour (15:00) time format for hour names.
• Visual Studio 2005 design-time support.
• Browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 5.0/5.5/6.0/7.0
  • Firefox 1.0/1.5/2.0
  • Safari 2
  • Opera 9
• Supports concurrent events.
• Supports events that end another day.
• Support for business hours. Supported modes:
  • All day always visible.
  • Only business hours visible.
  • Business hours extended to show all events.

Using DayPilot 2 (Outlook-like calendar/scheduling control for ASP.NET) - The Code Project - ASP.NET

"Shell Glue is a Windows Explorer Shell Extension, more specifically to add context menu items to files and folders. What menu items and sub items are added to the context menu is controlled through a configuration file. For a simple example lets create a configuration that will give a menu item that will build solution and or project files with MSBuild when selected."

JayFlowers > Introducing Shell Glue

"TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington reported 2 days ago about a new technology, created by Dr. Ariel Shamir and Dr. Shai Avidan, that could have a dramatic impact on the dynamic nature of web pages. The technology allows for the dynamic resizing of images and from the video demo, looks like it works very fluidly. He even mentioned how he wanted the technology in Adobe Photoshop.

Well, it looks like Michael may have gotten his wish as Adobe has hired co-inventor Shai Avidan to their team."

Check out the video to see the technology in action.

Ajaxian » New Technology: Dynamic Resizing of Images

Mike Taulty’s Blog : ADO.NET Entity Framework - Bringing Together A Few Previous Posts

"JavaScript, with its death grip on the Interwebs and every AJAX developer’s language of only choice, is getting hot. With roll-overs, pop-ups, and menus either solved or relegated to CSS behaviors, XMLHttpRequests have made JavaScript once again a language of innovation. This article is meant to offer a tidbit of idiomatic advice for people who know JavaScript or want to know JavaScript coming from Java, C, Python, Perl, or PHP.

…

Novice: objects and associative arrays
Novice: cute type conversions
Novice: iteration
Acolyte: anonymous functions
Acolyte: enclosure
Acolyte: context object manipulation
Acolyte: variadic arguments
Guru: binding
Guru: lazy function definition
Guru: polymorphic callable objects
"

JavaScript Tips for Novices, Acolytes, and Gurus