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  1. Convert .asmx file to WCF .svc file to create simple API web service

    by on October 19th, 2009 at 10:50 PM
    1) Introduction

    This is part of a series of blogs. The others are:-
    2) A simple .asmx file and calling a function
    3) Converting a .asmx file to WCF .svc file


    I had some time on my hands recently and for one reason or another starting looking into web services and WCF. It was about a week ago and I can’t remember the exact reason why I started, but I thought I’d detail the pitfalls, hair pulling, shouting and swearing moments into a blog to help ...
  2. Preventing Form Submit with button element in Firefox

    by on March 11th, 2009 at 10:17 AM
    I had an issue in Firefox where I wanted a <button> element to fire a Javascript function onclick.

    However, I found in Firefox that the button also performed a submit on the form, which I didn't want.

    After a little investigation I discovered that the default type for a button element is submit. Apparently a bug in IE prevents it from firing.

    So, how to fix?

    Add a type="button" property to your <button> element
    ...

    Updated March 11th, 2009 at 10:19 AM by richyrich

    Categories
    Programming & Scripting , HTML/XHTML , Web Design , JavaScript
  3. There Is No Magic: JavaScript Tutorial, Part II

    by on November 29th, 2008 at 05:32 PM
    Getting Technical With JavaScript

    In this part we'll discuss ALF: Arrays, Loops and Functions, elements that are the heart of any programming language.

    >>First part of tutorial

    I wish to thank Don for making this tutorial use the best language possible - I could not achieve this without you, Don!

    Arrays
    First, a quick reminder for those who forgot:
    • An array is a collection of items.
    • Each item in an array can be anything. (even
    ...

    Updated November 29th, 2008 at 06:01 PM by Shadow Wizard

    Categories
    JavaScript
  4. There Is No Magic: JavaScript Tutorial, Part I

    by on November 11th, 2008 at 05:32 PM
    Introduction to JavaScript

    What? Why? How?

    What is it?
    JavaScript is client side scripting language.
    This one sentence contains three phrases that need further explanation:
    1. Client side: this means code that is under the responsibility of the browser (to differ from Server Side language such as PHP which is under the responsibility of the server)

      Client side code is under the responsibility of the browser and this means the code is executed on
    ...

    Updated November 29th, 2008 at 06:03 PM by Shadow Wizard (added link to second part)

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    JavaScript
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