Archive For December 2012
SignalR And Knockout In ASP.NET Web Pages Using WebMatrix
calendar_today 27 December 2012 20:17
SignalR is a library that simplifies the creation and management of persistent connections between web servers and clients. This facilitates the development of applications that can display updates to data held on the server in real-time. Chat applications are the most obvious beneficiaries of this technology, but line-of-business applications that need to report availability to users can benefit too. Here, I look at extending the canonical SignalR chat example to incorporate a "who's typing" feature, and I also extend my previous Knockout example to use SignalR.
Exporting The Razor WebGrid To PDF Using iTextSharp
calendar_today 20 December 2012 13:31
This article looks at how you can provide your users with the ability to export the contents of a Razor Web Pages WebGrid to a PDF file using the popular free PDF library, iTextSharp.
Exporting The Razor WebGrid To Excel
calendar_today 17 December 2012 20:17
This article looks at how you can provide your users with the ability to export the contents of a Razor Web Pages WebGrid to an Excel file.
Enhancing The WebGrid With Sort Arrows
calendar_today 14 December 2012 19:24
The Web Pages WebGrid offers sorting capability out of the box. However, it's not always obvious to the user on which column the grid data is being sorted at any one time, nor the direction in which it is being sorted. The convention is to provide arrows in the column header to act as a clear visual cue. This article looks at a three ways in which you can enhance your grids with sorting arrows.
