I am sure that most of you have heard about or have had a chance to use
Google Maps. It's a great service and I was really impressed by the
responsiveness of the application and the ease with which users could drag
and zoom maps from a Web browser. It has in many ways heralded the arrival of
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), which I am sure will revitalize Web
development in the days to come.
What makes the service even better is the availability of the Google Maps API
(Application Programming Interface) as a free Beta service. The API allows
developers to embed Google Maps in their custom applications. It also allows
them to overlay information on the map and customize the map to their needs.
As I write this article there are quite a few sites that utilize Google ... (more)
XAML, pronounced "zammel," stands for Extensible Application Markup Language,
which made its first appearance during PDC 2003, when Microsoft unveiled its
next version of Windows, known as Longhorn. XAML is a part of the new Windows
API, codenamed Avalon, which in turn is part of Longhorn. Avalon presents a
major jump in the user interface capabilities of Windows and promises ease of
use... (more)
Since the advent of Web development, Web developers have sought a way to
provide a consistent look and feel across the Web application. This pursuit
has resulted in different custom solutions. With the introduction of master
pages in ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft has finally brought the support to the
framework level and has given the developers what they have been asking for.
Master pages, as ... (more)
Use of XML has become more and more popular over the past few years. Security
is a big concern since the content of an XML file is in plain text and the
information is in a human-readable form. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
has developed standards to meet the security requirements of an XML file
conforming to common XML paradigms. In this article I will show you how to
implement pu... (more)
Ever since the advent of the Internet, Web applications have lagged behind
desktop applications in terms of interactivity and responsiveness. One of the
biggest drawbacks in the conventional Web model has been the cycle of
inactivity between the user request and the server response. Reducing this
period of inactivity has been the point of focus for any developer who wants
to improve the ... (more)
Jeevan Murkoth is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) in .NET (Early Achiever) and a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) in .NET. He currently consults for Tennessee Valley Authority and lives in Chattanooga, TN. He has an MS in Management Information Systems from Texas Tech University.
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