by Chris Johnson @ www.Kolaberate.com April 20, 2014 There are many reasons to upgrade your existing ‘legacy’ applications. One of the main reasons would be performance. Are your pages just taking too long to load? Is every form submit taking more than a few seconds to respond? Users will usually get frustrated at this, especially…
By Chris Johnson @ www.kolaberate.com This article is about finally breaking dependence on a Version of Microsoft ASP.NET MVC, and moving towards an open sourced based MVC framework such as Angular JS. I have to admit that I was asking a lot of questions about why we need to break away from using ASP.NET as…
By Chris Johnson @ https://www.kolaberate.com This article is essentially part 2 of my last award winning article on ‘Hiring a Great programmer’. This time I want to delve into the non-technical side of hiring a developer, (or for almost any position that is critical to your organization’s success.) Though most managers understand the importance of…
By Chris Johnson @ kolaberate.com Hiring a Great Programmer Soft Skills: Hiring the right programmer for your organization is probably one of the most important tasks you may have been assigned to do. It should never be taken lightly and only the most experienced developers with the best communication skills on the team should…
1. Microsoft Azure Account Of course, you need an Azure account to get started. You can sign up for free at azure.com. You’ll receive $200 USD credit, which should probably last a few months depending on how many apps you are running. You’ll need to be familiar with Azure, and also be able to navigate…
This was a fun project that came about because of a lack of foresight in the design process. I had argued with the Business Analyst that this project would take a substantial amount of time to complete, and that it may be easier to have a simpler control, such as 2 list controls, or one…
I initially used the upload control for a basic upload only control on a form. And, that’s exactly what it is meant for. However, I wanted it to work in a kind of ‘Batch Mode’. What I mean by that is to only upload the files to the browser itself, and not automatically post the…
Implementing an AutoComplete Control on ASP.NET Core using Telerik I was looking for an “autocomplete” solution that would allow the user to type any value in for a username search, and not have the web application bring back so much data that it slows down the app. So, the solution I had initially worked with…
I have been working with ASP.NET core for a while now and always missed the direct IIS support in Visual Studio. Having to remember to spin up the project to start IIS express is a bit of a nuisance. When developing software, we want the actual debugging and run processes to be as automated as…