Simplify calling ASP.NET AJAX services from jQuery
As jQuery’s popularity in the .NET community has risen over the past year, one recurring theme I’ve seen is the desire to refactor away the details of using it to call ASP.NET AJAX services. Whether...
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Get early access to ASP.NET AJAX in Action, Second Edition
If you’ve been reading long, you might remember that I’ve been a fan of ASP.NET AJAX in Action since the original was published. By avoiding heavy reliance on drag ‘n drop methodologies, the Manning...
View ArticleUpdated: See how I used Firebug to learn jQuery
It was great to see all the positive responses to the screencast I recently recorded with Craig Shoemaker on how to use Firebug’s console to learn jQuery. That being my first screencast, I really...
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Using jQuery validation with ASP.NET WebForms
You’ve probably noticed that Jörn Zaefferer’s jQuery validation plugin has been gaining momentum in the ASP.NET community lately. Between Microsoft’s implied endorsement via ASP.NET MVC 2.0...
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Emulate ASP.NET validation groups with jQuery validation
In my most recent post, I demonstrated a workaround to allow using the jQuery validation plugin with WebForms pages. The basic idea was to trigger validation only on submissions that occurred within a...
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Mastering jQuery now available at TekPub
If you haven’t been following the progress of Rob Conery and James Avery’s new venture, TekPub, you’ve been missing out on some great instructional videos. I especially like that they trend slightly...
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How you can force the Ajax Script Loader to use jQuery 1.4
If you’ve already begun using Microsoft’s new Ajax Script Loader with a CDN-hosted version of jQuery, today’s release of jQuery 1.4 may have left you wondering how to upgrade. Personally, I didn’t want...
View ArticleASMX and JSON – Common mistakes and misconceptions
While we were recording episode 5 of Mastering jQuery, I found myself running down a lengthy list of misconceptions and potential pitfalls when it comes to using ASMX services for AJAX callbacks. After...
View ArticleASMX ScriptService mistake: Installation and configuration
Continuing my series of posts about ASMX services and JSON, in this post I’m going to cover two common mistakes that plague the process of getting a project’s first ASMX ScriptService working:...
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ASMX ScriptService mistake – Invalid JSON primitive
One group of searches that consistently brings traffic here is variations on the error: Invalid JSON primitive. Unfortunately, the post that Google sends that traffic to doesn’t address the issue until...
View ArticleUnderstanding jQuery’s impact on Microsoft and ASP.NET
It hasn’t been easy keeping up with the twists and turns that Microsoft’s client-side frameworks and libraries have taken in the past couple years. Even today, I still hear from a surprising number of...
View ArticlejQuery 1.5′s AJAX rewrite and ASP.NET services: All is well
jQuery 1.5′s complete overhaul of the AJAX API has led to several people contacting me recently, understandably nervous about how the rewrite will impact working with ASMX ScriptServices and ASPX page...
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Use ASP.NET’s HttpHandler to bridge the cross-domain gap
When you’re developing client-side applications, a problem you’ll almost inevitably have to deal with is how to work with services that reside outside your website’s domain. Though many modern APIs do...
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ASP.NET page methods are only as secure as you make them
One of the most persistent misconceptions about ASP.NET’s page methods is the notion that they have some intrinsic protection against requests that don’t originate from the page where they’re defined....
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Using CORS to access ASP.NET services across domains
Work on client-side applications long enough and it’s just about inevitable that you’ll eventually want to make an AJAX request that breaches the browser’s XMLHttpRequest security restrictions....
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