This one is going to be about creating a knockout.js project on Codepen. Knockout.js has long fallen from the internet’s good graces but it’s still a very useful library that is much easier to grasp, write, and publish than React.js. First, the Demo Apparently, you can’t embed Codepen projects… so here’s the link: Knockout.js Template…
Category: General
Simple Speech Recognition App
It’s amazing what technology can do, and how easily it can do it. Last night, I was playing around with some ideas that eventually led to curiosity for speech recognition in C#. That led me to this page on Microsoft docs. It took all of five minutes to set this project up, copy some code,…
AJAX-based In-place Record Editing in .Net (with demo)
In-place record editing with AJAX has been a thorn in my side for a long time. I’ve got it figured out these days, but that wasn’t always the case. I wrote a post on this topic before I knew what I was doing and it’s time to set the record straight. @Html.Raw exposes many XSS-scripting…
ASP.NET Core Lambda Controller Actions
I’ve finally decided to dive into .NET Core. Trepidatious at first, it took about an hour until I was hooked. Having just dove into Node.js and Express, ASP.NET Core felt a little like an old friend. However, this is not what this post is about. It’s about the lambda operator and how to use them…
Write an RSS Feed Aggregator, Part 2.1 Setting Up the GUI
TL;DR: Just a bunch of GUI setup stuff. Watch the video here. If you’re not familiar with adding controls to forms and working with Visual Studio, I would recommend this video and this blog post.
What is MVC?
TL;DR: MVC = Model View Controller. Data from a database is represented as a model class. The view takes that data represented by the model and inserts it into an HTML template that is written into the view. The controller is responsible for creating the model from data retrieved from a database and passing that model into the view.
Get started with Git version control, the easy way
TL;DR: If you haven’t gotten Git yet, get Git here. git init git status git add . git commit -m “Your commit message here” git reset
Want to start a blog?
TL;DR: Check out John Sonmez over at simpleprogrammer.com. Check out his email blog course at here. Check out his Youtube channel here.
Learning Sucks…
TL;DR: Don’t wait to start a project just because you’re still learning. Oh, and I whined about a project I’ve been working on forever.
How about that Trello?
TL;DR: Stay organized with Trello