A Fresh Start to Spine.js for ASP.NET MVC with MeetSpine.js- Part 1

In the past, JavaScript has been looked down on as buggy and on a use only when you can't do without basis. When I was in college, I had an ASP.NET WebForms teacher tell us that we shouldn't even use JavaScript because it would soon be dead. That statement couldn't be further from the truth. With the introduction of jQuery and other libraries, JavaScript is no longer the ugly duckling of the programming world.

JavaScript has even entered the MVC world with the introduction of frameworks such as Backbone.js and Spine.js. The problem with these frameworks is that there tends to be a huge learning curve for those use to "traditional" JavaScript.

What I've been doing (Including the animated graph plugin)

I just wanted to share with you all what I've been working on.

Take a quick jump over to Laptop Mag, click on a review and you'll be able to see what I've been up to over the last couple of months.

The image galleries, both large and small, and the animate graph are jQuery plugins that I wrote for the company I work at. I hope to release a more generic version of both plugins to the public in the coming weeks so stay tuned and I'll have those plugins ready for you.

Apple Fans Hate Over iPad 2 Loss

I recently read an article on Laptop Magazine's website that made me laugh a little (lenovo thinkpad tablet wins 2011 tablet world series). Apple's iconic iPad 2 lost to a lesser tablet, the ASUS Eee Pad Slider, in a user poll. The fact that the iPad lost out to the Eee Pad isn't what's funny, the comments from the peanut gallery are what really got me.

jQuery Animated Graph using jCarousel - Part 3

Let's get down to business, creating the plugin. I'm going to assume that you have at least looked over jQuery's Plugins/Authoring documentation at this point. If you haven't, you should probably stop here and take the time to read it over.

Here's the plugin overview without any of the logic that we will be using:

My Daily Reads

Finding websites with decent amounts of new information can sometimes be a very hard thing. I have often found myself in search of someplace new to feed my hunger for more information about technology, movies, cars, etc. Here is a short collection of some of the websites I find myself visiting the most often:

jQuery Animated Graph using jCarousel - Part 2

Last time we took a brief overview what was going to be needed to get the slider up and off the ground. This week, I want to go over the JSON response in more detail and also get some of the styling on the page.

jQuery Animated Graph using jCarousel - Part 1

This is a brief tutorial on how to use of jCarousel to make an animated horizontal graph.

Let's begin by stating what we are trying to accomplish with this plugin:

1. Read a JSON data source
2. Build an image slider using jCarousel
3. Generate dynamic graphical data base on the JSON data
4. Animate the data