For one of my recent projects I had to use Flickr as an image repository, so this code just shows how I was able to do that with the help of the fantastic Flickrnet.dll library. You can download the latest Flickrnet library here: http://flickrnet.codeplex.com/. You can also download the article’s full working Flickr demo code. [...]
Category: ASP.NET MVC
March 30 / 2010
Update textbox with ASP.NET, MVC, jQuery
This post arrives to you today from the awesome Hotel Dunn Inn in beautiful San Jose, Costa Rica! Best. Beds. Ever. It was time to clear the brain and work on some pet projects, and of course code. In this sample we will look at updating values in textboxes, and then notifying the user of [...]
March 05 / 2010
Check username availability with jQuery, ASP.NET MVC, C#
This post shows how to add dynamic username availability lookup to an ASP.NET MVC view, using jQuery and C#. There are three parts to the solution: the html form, jQuery function, and the controller. Html form This part is pretty simple: a textbox for the username field with an onchange event, a div to hold [...]
February 22 / 2010
Latitude and Longitude Lookup with jQuery, C#, ASP.NET MVC
I recently had a requirement for a mapping application that required me to pass in longitude and latitude coordinates. It wasn’t realistic to have the user look those values up, so I had to figure out a way to automatically lookup the coordinates given a zip code. There are tons of pay services (some of [...]
February 18 / 2010
Advanced Auto-Complete with jQuery, MVC, and thumbnail pictures
This post extends an earlier post I wrote for a basic auto complete/auto suggest textbox. In this version, we are going to return a list of our favorite social media websites, by adding a new method to the prior post’s controller which allows thumbnail pictures to appear in the auto-suggest list. New MVC Controller Method [...]
February 11 / 2010
