A simple code snippet that allows tool-tips to be displayed on HTML controls when the mouse hovers over them or when the control is clicked (e.g. touched on a mobile device). Useful in scenarios where you want a simple, modern, tool-tip without the weight of a 3rd party library.
The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is Microsoft’s latest addition to the SharePoint development family. It is custom web-part and page extensions programming model aimed at replacing the over-used (and potentially dangerous) Script Editor Web Part (SEWP) and Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) in SharePoint Online (SPO) and recent versions of on-premise SharePoint too.
React JS is one of the latest in a long line of JavaScript Frameworks that are flooding the web development arena. It’s got a lot going for it, so let’s see what makes it worth learning yet another JavaScript framework for!
Many ASP.NET 2 projects will have utilised the AJAX Control Toolkit for more dynamic behaviours and the performance gains of partial page refreshes. A common issue with having used that toolkit when upgrading an ASP.NET 2 project to ASP.NET MVC is how to replicate the controls it offered without adding a lot of additional work to the upgrade project.
This article provides an introduction to AngularJS, how to get started, and the programming structure to follow. Update: It is worth noting this was written for AngularJS, and the framework has moved on and the newer version is called simply ‘Angular’, and maintained independently. (This article is being retained for historical reasons.)
This article aims to introduce using Bootstrap in scenarios where an IDE (like Visual Studio) hasn’t set up a complete starting point for you, or where you want to control exactly what your page layout will be. This is as much my own aid memoir as it is an article in its own right to help others.
WordPress works acceptably out-of-the-box but you may want to customise it to meet your needs. For example, you may want to use your company branding or alter the layout so your blog is more in-keeping with your commercial website.