Tag Archives: jQuery

Calling an ASP.Net web service using jQuery and JSON.

Let’s say you have a webpage where you need to call a service but cannot perform a post back.  Recently I was on a client engagement where we needed to improve page performance by dynamically loading a navigation tree with a potential for several thousand links.  We implemented a solution that would load each branch [...]

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Mobile Site Development becoming as important as Desktop.

In recent years, the boom in mobile devices has caused more and more users to abandon their desktop internet browsers and opt for the ones sitting in their pocket. As a result, nearly 10% of 2011’s internet traffic was attributed to mobile device browsers. As more people are browsing the internet in this manner, it [...]

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Text input length limit with jQuery

Requirements

jQuery (tested on 1.6.2)

Introduction
Limiting the character length on a text input is one of the most commonly used patterns in web applications. In this post I’ll go over an easily re-usable implementation that is compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome using jQuery
Considerations
Setting a character length limit on text input is fairly simple to implement. [...]

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jQuery Part 3: Advanced jQuery

Introduction
Welcome to the third and final installment of the jQuery saga.  This post will cover some of the more advanced features of jQuery such as Ajax, utility functions and plugins.  Along the way I will give examples that show how to use the functionality.  I suggest that you read through the first two parts of [...]

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jQuery Part 2: More jQuery Basics

Introduction
Welcome to the second part of my overview of jQuery. This article is part of a 3 part series. If you did not read the first article, you may want to go back and read that first. This article is going to pick up where the [...]

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jQuery Part 1: jQuery Basics

Introduction
Welcome to my first blog post on the topic of jQuery. This is the first part of a three part series. This post will cover most of the basic features of jQuery. The next post will wrap up the basic [...]

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