Nick Riggs, Web Developer

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31 July 2010

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Getting the id and name Attribute Generated by Typed Html Helpers

Posted in ASP.NET July 15, 2010

ASP.NET MVC typed html helpers generate helpful ready-to-bind markup for us. Learn how to detect what the resulting id and name attribute will be for use in your view code

Client Side Model-Aware Validation

Posted in ASP.NET, Foolproof, JavaScript June 18, 2010

In a previous post, we built a model-aware validator using Foolproof for ASP.NET MVC. Now, it’s time to create the client side version because posting back sucks.

Render Your Model With Client Side jQuery Templates Instead of ASP.NET MVC Partial Views

Posted in ASP.NET, JavaScript May 25, 2010

Stop writing render code in multiple places in your ASP.NET MVC ajax applications. Learn how to push your model to the browser and use jQuery to bind it to templates.

Build Model-Aware Custom Validation Attributes in ASP.NET MVC 2

Posted in ASP.NET, Foolproof April 12, 2010

Using Foolproof’s ModelAwareValidationAttribute class, you can create custom model-aware data annotations to solve any complex validation scenario

Foolproof Provides Contingent Data Annotation Validation for ASP.NET MVC 2

Posted in ASP.NET, Foolproof March 22, 2010

“MVC Foolproof Validation” is my first open source project to help bridge the gap in ASP.NET MVC Data Annotations when dealing with contingent or dependent scenarios

Entity Framwork's Include Function Produces Inner Joins Instead of Outer Joins

Posted in Data Access February 15, 2010

Entity Framework’s Include function usually produces OUTER JOINs. I ran into an scenario where INNER JOINs were being produced that filtered out needed records. The solution is in the direction of the EF expression

Rendering and Binding Drop Down Lists using ASP.NET MVC 2 EditorFor

Posted in ASP.NET December 31, 2009

Use ASP.NET MVC’s EditorFor to render a drop down list from a view model. Then use a custom model binder to bind the selection back to the view model

A Simple ForEach Loop Solution for JavaScript

Posted in JavaScript September 15, 2009

Create “foreach” functionality in JavaScript using an Array prototype function

Post Complex JavaScript Objects to ASP.NET MVC Controllers

Posted in ASP.NET, JavaScript August 21, 2009

Use the plug-in postify.js to handle posting complex JavaScript objects to ASP.NET MVC controllers using the default model binder

Simple AJAX Polling Plugin for jQuery

Posted in ASP.NET, JavaScript August 10, 2009

Implement a simple jQuery plugin that simplifies AJAX-based polling in your web applications