Pragmatic JavaScript (DevConnections 2011)

Pragmatic JavaScript,jQuery, RIA, SignalR and More with ASP.NET v.Next Jon Galloway Microsoft http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway

Tip 1: If you’re using Ajax ControlToolkit, get the newest releases

Ajax Control Toolkit Releases Date Comment10/2/2011 Associated with Release: September 2011 Release.10/2/2011 Changed Calendar to use UTC time9/11/2011 Added Twitter control and sample page9/11/2011 Fixed regression with Calendar navigation images not appearing8/31/2011 Updated ReadMe and version info8/31/2011 Added Gravatar control and sample page8/31/2011 Fixed CodePlex issue 26770 concerning time zones8/31/2011 Implemented CodePlex feature request 15487 concerning highlighting todays date8/31/2011 Implemented feature 8109 concerning Calendar date ranges8/11/2011 Test and Fix for TabContainer scroll position in Chrome8/2/2011 Associated with Release: July 2011 Release.8/2/2011 Fixed Accordion Designer Issue8/2/2011 Fixed issue in Chinese resource file for Calendar today string8/2/2011 Added HtmlEditorExtender and SanitizerProviders6/15/2011 Fixed issue #26933 ToolkitScriptManager generating invalid HTML56/15/2011 Adding Package bat files to automate release5/8/2011 Associated with Release: May 2011 Release.

Automated testing (QUnit)

Demo• Installing ACT with NuGet

Tip 2: Get to know jQuery1.DOM abstraction2.Selector engine3.Plugin ecosystem4.Leverage CDN’s5.Included in Microsoft templates

JavaScript is hard…var myvar = my value;(function() { alert(myvar); var myvar = local value;})();

JavaScript is hard…Let’s go shopping?• No• But, JavaScript can be hard• Unnecessary custom code is a liability

Tip 3: Install and Update jQuery viaNuGet• Demo jQuery Plugins, too

Tip 4: Know how to find and usejQuery plugins• NuGet• http://plugins.jquery.com• jQueryUI• Demo Datepicker

Tip 5: Use jQuery UI via UnobtrusiveWire-up• Demo unobtrusive.jquery.ui

Tip 6: Write your own jQuery plugins• Demo jQuery Snippets

Tip 7: Take advantage of VisualStudio’s JavaScript support

Tip 8: Get ready for Visual Studio 11JavaScript features• http://bit.ly/vs11javascript• Implicit and customizable references

Tip 9: Use the Visual Studio 2010JScript Editor Extensionshttp://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com• Brace Matching• Outlining / Code Folding• Current Word Highlighting• IntelliSense Doc-Comments <para> support

Tip 10: Use ASP.NET 4ScriptManager features

Tip 12: Use RIA/JS for WCF services

Tip 13: Use SignalR for long-pollingThe old way: Polling

Tip 13: Use SignalR for long-pollingThe new way: long-polling

Tip 14: Server-side JavaScript withiisnode and Node.js• Demo (WebMatrix)

Tip 15: Adventurous? Keep an eyeon CoffeeScript

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