One of the Best sites I’ve ever seen

Posted in: Web Design by Steve on June 21, 2006

I was taking a break from programming tonight and doing my regular “Stumbling” around the net (using the Firefox extension, Stumbler, from Stumbleupon.com). I came across this website that absolutely blew me away. It’s all done using a custom AJAX framework and has a great layout. What really struck me was the ease of how to navigate the site. It really doesn’t look like a website at all. There’s a sidebar, a tabbed interface and no postbacks.

There’s also a great icon library search that’s available to search for icons based on keywords. I was trying to build something like this for a client and didn’t get to finish it due to time constraints. It looks great and I hope that he comes out with the framework on how to build this.

Seeing the light of day?

Posted in: General by Steve on June 20, 2006

After pushing the project back (a month), I can see the end of the project in sight.. I’ve run into a few roadblocks along the way, but I have gotten through them with minimal damage. The client wasn’t too happy, but I think they’ll be very happy with what they get. I hope it pays off.

After this is completed, I can begin to concentrate on getting my MCPD (Microsoft Certified Professional Developer, Web Applications). It will be a nice change of pace from the 100 hour work weeks and being able to spend some time with my wife.

I haven’t been able to use this blog like I thought I would because I haven’t had any time to put my thoughts and anything useful up here. I will begin to do so in the coming months. I have lots of new code that I’ve used and a lot of use out of the telerik controls that I will put up here.

So until I get another break in the coding pits of hell, hasta.

telerik R.A.D. Controls – Use Wisely

Posted in: Programming by Steve on June 12, 2006

Since I purchased the r.a.d. control suite from telerik about 2 months ago, I have been trying to implement them in my current project. One of the controls that I’ve added a lot has been the CallbackLinkButton. What this allows me to do is to update data without having to Postback to the server and refreshing the page in order to store the data. I haven’t really used it for more than that, but there is a lot that the AJAX based controls can do.

Once I am finished with the project, I will post some examples of how I used it here.