Chris Love's Official ASP.NET Blog

Publish to Directly To Azure Web Sites With WebMatrix

Chris Love — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:39:12 GMT

WebMatrix is one of my favorite development tools because it really allows me to focus on what I love to do most, build modern web clients. It is a free Web IDE available from Microsoft and today they released version 3 for general availability . There...(read more)

17000 Tweets in 365 Days - Not Too Many To Be Annoying

Chris Love — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:29:00 GMT

What the heck was I thinking? Why did I do it? What did I learn? How did I do it? These are all things I have asked myself and others have asked me over the past year. It sounds like an odd labor to undertake and such an odd number. But yes I did 17,000...(read more)

Introducing ToolbarJS - A HTML5 JavaScript Library to Implement the Windows Phone AppBar Functionality

Chris Love — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:03:57 GMT

Back in February I released deeptissuejs , a HTML5, JavaScript touch gesture library. In January I release panoramajs a HTML5, JavaScript library to implement the basic Windows Phone panorama control experience. This month I am excited to release another...(read more)

HTML5 and CSS3 Zebra Striping - Look Ma No JavaScript

Chris Love — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:36:45 GMT

It was 5 maybe 6 years ago when I first started learning jQuery. One of the first things I did was order the jQuery In Action book . If you have read that book you should remember one of the first examples given, zebra striping a table. To me this example...(read more)

Listen to Me Talk to Carl & Richard about the Surface Pro, Mobile Development and More

Chris Love — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:53:00 GMT

A few weeks ago I got to sit down and chat with the DotNetRocks guys about a variety of topics. The initial premise for the interview was to talk about the Surface and why I love it so much. I think we got into some great tangents right from the start!...(read more)

Why Its Time to Sunset jQuery

Chris Love — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:15:08 GMT

I owe so much to John Resig and the jQuery team for creating such a wonderful framework. I have staked most of my recent career on jQuery the way I staked my career on ASP.NET back in 2001. I have built many applications using jQuery over the past five...(read more)

The Good and Bad For MtGox.com - Helping it Scale With Web Performance Optimization

Chris Love — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:30:58 GMT

BitCoin seems to be latest rage with wild value fluctuations. The past few days have seen a very wild roller coaster for the online currency. Most of the world's BitCoins are exchanged at MtGox.com , which has had some issues either with a denial of service...(read more)

HTML5 Is Ready For the Big Time, Are You?

Chris Love — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:11:00 GMT

Much has been said and 'debated' in recent years about the viability of HTML5. It should be obvious where I stand if you read my Blog or talk to me in person. HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript are certainly ready and have been for a while. The big problem, as...(read more)

Use a DataList element for an HTML5 Auto Complete Experience

Chris Love — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:11:39 GMT

Guided user input is almost always a good idea when architecting a data entry experience. You want to help the user avoid potential mistakes. With on screen, mobile keyboards you want to reduce the keystrokes required to enter data and at the same time...(read more)

Why I Think Microsoft Should Buy Barnes & Noble

Chris Love — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:54:00 GMT

One of the topics discussed recently on Windows Weekly was Barnes and Noble's financial issues . During the discussion Mary Jo Foley mentioned the idea of Microsoft buying the retail chain. She mentioned it would give them, a sizable retail presence....(read more)

More Than A Week With The Surface Pro - Very Happy

Chris Love — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:02:00 GMT

Valentine's morning I gave myself a gift I had been wanting for quite some time, a 128GB Surface Pro . Acquiring my Surface may have been the most cumbersome task I have ever done to purchase a product, and I got a dozen Furby's when they were...(read more)

Deeptissue.js A Gesture Library For the Modern Web

Chris Love — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:13:00 GMT

Today I am announcing Deeptissue.js , a library to make life easier for developers in the modern world. The inspiration for this library is rooted in my selfish need to have something that would bridge the gap between the WebKit Touch API , Internet Explorer's...(read more)

A Subtle CSS Rotation to Delight Users

Chris Love — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:37:20 GMT

By now you should know that I am constantly on the lookout for cool and bad features implemented by web sites all the time. Last week I was reading some posts on Christian Hielman's blog . As I passed my mouse over the navigation on the right I noticed...(read more)

Get A $100 Coupon for Buying a New Touch Laptop

Chris Love — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:02:00 GMT

Ok, so you were not able to get a Surface or maybe the Surface is not really for you. Good News! You can get a $100 coupon to the Microsoft Store when you order a new Touch Laptop for $699 or more . The promotion runs through Monday February 18th. Unfortunately...(read more)

It's Finally Here!!!! Order Your Microsoft Surface Pro Today!!!!

Chris Love — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:00:48 GMT

Finally, today we can finally order the Microsoft Surface Pro . This is going to be my new machine, no doubt about it. I was supposed to get a new laptop this time last year, but let's just say that turned out bad. The silver lining is I can now get what...(read more)