HOW TO create a Contact/Feedback form without coding

Typically building a Contact or Feedback form requires some amount of server-side programming as submitted values need to be saved in a database or emailed to a specified address. There are also infrastructure costs associated with running self-hosted database software and email.Zoho Creator offers...

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Fiddling with Fiddler

I noticed the inconspicuous QuickExec box several months after using Fiddler, the HTTP debugging tool. There is more to Fiddler than what meets the eye.The QuickExec box is a thin black box just above the Fiddler status bar that lets you type commands instead of clicking on the menu options. Just type...

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The Internet is for Everyone - Vint Cerf

I came across the transcript of an interesting speech by Vint Cerf, 'the father of the Internet', on his vision & goals for the Internet. I feel the Internet is among the few wonderful inventions that has had the widest impact on the world.Excerpt from the speech:The Internet is for everyone - but...

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Book Review: Learning jQuery

I "discovered" jQuery a few months ago. jQuery is JavaScript on steroids. I've found it so useful, I've stayed hooked. The website Visual jQuery and the book Learning jQuery : Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques by Karl Swedberg (a jQuery Evangelist) &...

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Free print version of Newspapers

Most newspapers round the world have online editions as well. While you get the news, you don't get to see things like Classifieds, Seasonal Sales etc.,. Some newspapers offer a digital edition of the "print" version which can be useful if you need such info and you missed a copy. You also get to choose...

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HOW TO capture mouse pointer in a screenshot

I recently needed a screenshot of a web page WITH the mouse pointer visible. I did not find the regular Print Screen key, MS Paint, Paint.NET, Cropper, the Snipping tool in Vista to be of of any help. After a little googling, I found info dating back to 1999 that is still relevant. Hans Springer wrote...

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HOW to log Remote Desktop connection info

Remote Desktop connection is a great utility to access PCs physically away from you with ease. If you are responsible for the security of a Windows machine that can be accessed through Remote Desktop, you have to constantly keep track of the users and their permissions.To monitor activity of users connecting...

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Generate Dynamic Tooltips with ASP.NET & jQuery

Let's say you have to scan a web page to find words matching those in a Glossary (that is continuously updated to provide descriptions for keywords), highlight them and show a brief explanation of the term as a tooltip when the mouse hovers over it. I wrote an article recently that shows how to accomplish...

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Browser built-in Web Development tools

The latest versions of new browsers contain powerful Web Development tools that are a boon to web developers. IE 8 has Developer Tools (keyboard shortcut F12), Safari 3 on Windows has a feature called Web Inspector & related Developer utilities accessible from the Develop option in the Menu and...

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asp:menu fix for IE8

The asp:menu control makes building a website Menu simple. It is a powerful control that has over 75 properties which can be applied declaratively to construct complex static and dynamic menus. Despite it's ease of use, it has a few deficiencies that ASP.NET developers should be aware of. There are...

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HOW TO Find and Replace Characters Using Regular Expressions in Visual Studio

There was a question on ASP.NET Forums to find a pattern using regular expressions to match the following strings in code within Visual Studio -href="ProgramInformation.aspx?ID=TX" href="ProgramInformation.aspx?ID=NY"so that they can be replaced with the following strings -href="javascript:SetStateCode('TX')"href="javascript:SetStateCode('NY')"Most...

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100 Interview Questions & Answers For Software Developers

Sammy Larbi has provided "off-the-top-of-my-head answers" to Jurgen Appelo's list of 100 interview questions for software developers covering the following topics -ConstructionAlgorithms Data StructuresTestingRequirementsFunctional DesignTechnical DesignMaintenanceConfiguration ManagementProject Management...

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10 Performance Secrets for SQL Server Developers

Michael K. Campbell highlights 10 common performance problems to avoid in the latest edition of SQL Server Magazine:Failure to Properly Configure AWE (Address Windowing Extensions) Memory Usage by not enabling SQL Server to use more than 2GB of RAM. Failure to Normalize Failure to Use Clustered Indexes...

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HOW TO generate a Heat Map with Google Chart API

Google Chart API is a welcome addition to the list of free charting tools for ASP.NET developers, the other notable ones being Microsoft Chart controls for .NET Framework 3.5, WebChart and NPlot.The Google Chart API supports 9 types of charts (and variations within them liked Stacked Bar etc) but except...

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Get IE6 to retire

Web development gurus Steve Souders, PPK, Scott Hanselman have all been bothered about why IE 6 hasn't retired yet.IE6 is a pain. It’s slow. It doesn’t behave well. Things that work in other browsers break in IE6. Hours and hours of web developer time is spent just making things work in IE6. Why do...

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Search Engine Wars

Mike Markson, VP of Marketing for Blekko, cites instances of Google stealing the thunder off search engine players.....* This past Tuesday, Wolfram Alpha announces its structured data search product. On the same day, Google announced its new structured data product.* July 28, 2008, so called Google...

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