jQuery UI provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themeable widgets, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that you can use to build highly interactive web applications. In a previous post, I showed how you can create a wizard using...

Line-of-business apps often present data in a table. DataTables is a plug-in for jQuery . It is a highly flexible tool, based upon the foundations of progressive enhancement, which will add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table. Features You get variable length pagination, on-the-fly...

Wouldn’t it be great to have the power of those data controls in your HTML5 application? I’d like to be able to build out a table or have my user input data into a form. In this post, I’ll explore how to do client side data binding using JsRender . Microsoft donated jQuery Templates...

For my line of business application to work, I need to get and set data from inside a Web service. I chose JSON to communicate between my Web page and the server. It will be a good choice for your mobile app and Windows 8 app too. In this post, we’ll combine several technologies to move data...

Validate, validate, validate. Whenever a user needs to submit data to your application, you need to validate users input. And what if you could design your form without any JavaScript at all, and add validation later, and thereby improving the user experience (UX) as much as possible. jQuery and certain...

In the previous part in the series, we explored how you can select your element or attribute. But now, what kinds of things can you do with it? You can change the structure of your HTML on the fly. It can be based on user response or to a query to your Web service. You can show, hide, animate, add...

One of the cool features of HTML5 is the support offered in forms. You’ve probably worked with HTML form tag, which is how you collect customer responses and add interactivity to your website. HTML forms interact with scripts to collect data, record information, or simply involve your readers with...

One of the new features that you may want to use in your line of business application is local storage. We can store data locally or use cookies. localstorage provides a way to persist data on the client side without using cookies. The localStorage attribute provides persistent storage areas for domains...

According to its Website, “ JQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. ” And it is true. jQuery makes...

In this next section, I want to be able to provide a map of my business location. Because not all browsers support Canvas, I’ll use Modernizr to help out. Modernizr will let me know if Canvas is supported, and if not it will allow me to call a polyfill. But first, let’s draw something...

In Part 1, I just got some HTML code written as a skeleton to get me started. In Part 2, I wanted to build out my development environment so I got a trial copy of Visual Studio 11, and Expression. First of all, I want to place place the text and stylize. I want to build out the blocks and place them...

I have a new project that I wanted to do in HTML5. I wanted the user to be able to register on Windows Phone and other phones and in browsers and in Windows 8. In Getting Started on Line-of-Business HTML5 App -- Part 1 Starting Up With New Semantic Tags , I got a quick view of some of the new HTML5...

An article in the September issue of MSDN magazine tells how you can take advantage of the features offered by modern browsers. Brandon Satrom’s article, No Browser Left Behind: An HTML5 Adoption Strategy , gives you practical strategies for how you can adopt HTML5 technologies today without ending...

Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President, Server & Tools Business, has begun a series of blog posts that describe new features coming to ASP.NET. Posts describe new functionality and improvements – for both Web Forms and MVC - making building applications easier, faster and better. The...