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http://jquery-with-asp.net/2012/02/ajax-file-upload-with-asp-net-using-valums-script/

ASP.NET applications can be easily integrated with ajax file upload scripts. Valums' ajax upload script is easily customizable and extendable

http://marekblotny.com/guide-to-digital-marketing-world-for-software-technologists/

This post demystifies digital marketing term for software technologists. It breaks down digital marketing world into small pieces.

http://jquery-with-asp.net/2011/08/jquery-ui-selectable-with-asp-net/

Long lists of checkboxes or multiselect list are not very pleasant to use. jQuery Selectable plugin offers viable alternative. In this post you can check how to get it working with ASP.NET

http://marekblotny.com/2011/07/how-detailed-the-requirements-should-be/

If you ask developers how detailed the requirements should be, they will tell you that they want to know exactly what clients want to get. And this is good! Vague, high level, general requirements are not going to work for them. However clients have slightly different approach to this matter ...

http://jquery-with-asp.net/2011/07/jquery-ui-datepicker-with-asp-net/

In this article you will find step by step guide how to integrate jQuery UI Datepicker with ASP.NET

http://www.dzone.com/links/button_click_event_via_ajax_with_jquery.html

In this post you will see how easy you can call some ASP.NET server side method using jQuery via Ajax. There are number of scenarios in which this trick can be useful but for me the most appealing one are asynchronous autosaves. You have seen it in number of places for sure – basically whenever you give user an option to enter long piece of content, it’s a good practice to implement autosave,...

http://www.dzone.com/links/jquery_ui_autocomplete_with_aspnet.html

jQuery UI provides a few very nice and very useful widgets which you can really easily integrate with your application. In this post I will show you how to use Autocomplete widget to implement predictive search.

http://jquery-with-asp.net/2011/03/easy-client-side-repeater-with-jtemplates-part-2/

In the first part of that article it was showed how to use jTemplates plugin to build client side repeater. In this part author shows how to make that work with data from ASP.NET WebService

http://jquery-with-asp.net/2011/03/easy-client-side-repeater-with-jtemplates/

Post shows how easy you can implement client side repeater. There are a few jQuery plugins which you can use for it. However I recommend to use jTemplates. With jTemplates you can easily define a client side template.

http://www.dzone.com/links/about_conscious_and_unconscious_assumptions.html

Article about hidden assumptions which people make usually unconsciously.

http://jquery-with-asp.net/2010/09/modules-and-ajax-updates-every-x-seconds/

Post showing how you can easy achieve AJAX asynchronous updates with jQuery. Typical scenarios where such functionality is handy are all sorts of modules which you would like to update without reloading entire page like: the latest tweeter updates, the latest comments or currently logged in users...

http://www.dzone.com/links/lessons_learnt_each_application_should_be_shipped.html

http://www.dzone.com/links/three_simple_ways_to_verify_if_team_is_selforgani.html

Agile methodologies are tailored for cross-functional and self-organizing teams. In this post you will find 3 simple ways to verify if your team is self-organizing.

http://marekblotny.com/2010/08/does-daily-scrum-has-to-have-so-rigid-structure/

I see daily stand-up meetings ("daily scrums") as a one of the most beneficial practices in SCRUM repertory. Theory says that during the daily scrum each team member should answer three well-known questions.What I find strange is that theory doesn't leave much room for any discussion during the daily scrums. Discussions should take place during the follow-up meetings, immediately after the...

http://marekblotny.com/2010/08/what-do-you-do-when-urgent-things-are-resolved/

Every day we are facing some deadlines. We have to deal with them as a matter of priority. Big question which I have is what next? What will you do next when all urgent things are done, the pressure is gone and you still have a bit of time? You should focus on things which can have significant impact on your effectiveness and work quality.Effective people know how to distinguish tasks which are...

http://jquery-with-asp.net/2010/08/how-to-empower-asp-net-repeater-with-jquery/

Simple example how to use strong sides of ASP.NET Repeater and strong sides jQuery to write less code.

http://marekblotny.com/2010/08/estimates-versus-commitment/

If you are a member of development team, sooner or later someone will ask you to estimate something. It can be something small like a bug or task but it can be also something bigger like entire project. Regardless what that is, try to figure out what kind of answer you are expected to give. I don’t mean here that you should be trying to give the “right” estimate. I’m thinking about something...

http://marekblotny.com/2010/08/is-it-easy-to-be-a-developer-in-agile-team/

Conventionally role of developers in a project was fairly narrow. Project Manager was assigning tasks to developers; they were working on it and when done whole process was repeated for another task. Usually developers where left alone with their task, not bothered by the outer world. Now, consider how different expectations are for developers in agile teams. Agile methodologies are tailored...

http://jquery-with-asp.net/2010/08/how-to-use-basic-jquery-filters-with-html-list-part-2/

jQuery basic selectors and filters explained in a simple way with examples.

http://marekblotny.com/2010/07/senior-developer-versus-junior-developer/

What does it take to advance from junior to senior developer? The most obvious answer is experience. But is it only that? Or maybe number of years of experience is completely irrelevant?

http://marekblotny.com/2010/07/are-ex-developers-good-project-managers/

Sooner or later developers have to start thinking about their career path. They are facing a question like 'I have been programming for x year ... now what?'. As I see it there are three potential career paths for developers. One of them is well known path from development to project management. Quite often you can hear that developers are not good project managers. But they have one big...

http://marekblotny.blogspot.com/2009/03/fluent-nhibernate-and-inheritance.html

Article presents how to use table per class hierarchy inheritance mapping strategy with Fluent NHibernate.