Every Friday, to end the work week, I'll be listing a hodgepodge of links and resources related to .NET and eCommerce that I take a look at for information, news, and inspiration. I'll also be including a roundup of all our posts this past week. Feel free to offer any feedback or comments if...
Getting Microsoft to comply with web standards is like pulling teeth sometimes, but at least IE8 is trying to become the standard bearer for, well, standards. But to Microsoft's credit, they've included CSS and Javascript in their development tools and have made it easy for developers to integrate...
A company wants its websites to be relevant and stand out amongst the glut of other companies with the same intentions. SEO is a relatively easy way to make a Google search of ".NET eCommerce blog" appear at the highest possible ranking. The content you offer ultimately wins out, but strong...
Flash rules the web, with 98 percent desktop penetration in developed markets (apparently desktop users in the heart of the Amazon jungle use SVG or something). In response, as Microsoft almost usually does , they released the Silverlight platform publicly last year to compete with the bevy of other...
One of the major new features of .NET Framework 3.5 is integration with LINQ (Language Integrated Query) , a database querying component for .NET that mimics SQL syntax. LINQ makes it easier to write up code, rather than use Visual Basic or C# for SQL; it was touted by Microsoft PR to be the "No...
Here at Mediachase, we've been busy hacking away and getting stuff out the door--including this blog (now the number one ".NET eCommerce Blog" on Google--that is, if you search for ".net ecommerce blog" ). We also launched our latest version of our .NET Calendar, AJAX Calendar...
With the recent release of our AJAX Calendar.NET component (yes, we do specialize in other stuff as well ), and the next version of the ECF using AJAX heavily in the backend, it's good to know that VS 2008 does have built-in support for ASP.NET AJAX without having to download additional extensions...