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Technical notes, essays, and experiments from sethjuarez.com.
Upgrade to BlogEngine 1.5
Quick and easy upgrade to BlogEngine.NET 1.5 completed in just over 30 minutes. Excited about the new nested commenting feature.
Proper Syntax Highlighter
Finally fixed code presentation by implementing SyntaxHighlighter by Alex Gorbatchev. Retroactively updated all previous posts to replace cheesy highlighting with proper, professional code formatting.
JQuery MVC Form Helper
A lightweight jQuery-powered form helper for ASP.NET MVC that provides complete control over rendering, attaches AJAX submission to the onSubmit event, and eliminates postbacks. Built in under 30 minutes with minimal complexity.
Upgrade to BlogEngine 1.4
Successfully upgraded to BlogEngine.NET 1.4 with SQL Server provider. Smooth transition process taking about 40 minutes with helpful community guidance.
MVC Form Helper
Eliminate ASP 3.0-style Request.Form lookups with an elegant extension method that auto-populates entity objects from form collections. Uses reflection and generics to streamline controller code.
Ajax HTML Grid Control for ASP.NET MVC (Part 3)
Refactoring the grid control into a proper HTML Helper with fluent interface design. Demonstrates secure POST-based updates, jQuery form serialization, and proper controller integration for data persistence.
Ajax HTML Grid Control for ASP.NET MVC (Part 2)
Adding interactive editing capabilities to a custom MVC grid control using jQuery. Implements in-place row editing with edit/delete/save/cancel functionality and proper event handling.
Ajax HTML Grid Control for ASP.NET MVC (Part 1)
Building a data-bound grid control from scratch for ASP.NET MVC using extension methods and reflection. First steps toward creating a fully customizable, CSS-stylized table that works without traditional web controls.