Types of ASP.NET MVC View Engines

A view engine provides Controllers with the ability to translate views into HTML. There are multiple reasons why you may choose one view engine over another. Here is a list of different types of ASP.NET MVC View Engines, the first two are available with ASP.NET MVC 3 -WebForms /ASPX – classic ASP.NET...

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Search Engine for Comics

A relevant comic strip introduced into an article or presentation can make a topic more appealing & livelier (assuming you have permission to use if it's not your own). Finding the image of a strip on the web that you remember reading in a Sunday newspaper may not be easy. Don't you wish there was...

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DuckDuckGo shows why Google may not be good for you

To show that DuckDuckGo, a search engine site winning rave reviews, doesn't "filter bubble" or track you, they have illustrated guides to demonstrate how Google may not be as saintly or good as it may appear. The facts they present are something to ponder on.On a different note, DuckDuckGo provides a...

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Print stylesheet - Best Practices

Using a Print stylesheet is a more convenient way to generate a printer-friendly page than creating such a page through server-side coding. Tim Connell has a nice CSS tip in his article on things to note while coding a stylesheet meant for printer output.At some point, you have probably found yourself...

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Mobile Web Trends - 2011

Interesting points from BuiltWith.com's Mobile Web Technology Report 2011 -The growth of the mobile web is staggering, with approximately 726 million people having access to a 3G mobile subscriptionThe viewport meta tag was originally designed by Apple to resize the layout viewport of a website, a requirement...

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Summaries of Google Webmaster Central YouTube videos

There are currently close to 400 videos on Google Webmaster Central YouTube channel featuring Matt Cutts who answers questions posted to the Webmaster Help Forum or to the Twitter handle @googlewmc. Occasionally, some Google secrets slip out in these videos. You can also pick up some tips & tricks...

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Cross-Browser Testing Tools

I've used cross-browser testing tools like Adobe BrowserLab, Browsershots & Expression Web SuperPreview but didn't know there were a dozen more.Smashing Magazine has done an exhaustive review of all available cross-browser testing tools with a nice tabular summary at the end for easy comparison....

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