I am proud to announce that I and a couple other guys are starting User Group that revolves around User Experience (or UX) in the MS tools eco-system. The other guys are Shawn Cady, Perry Panagopoulos, and Bill Reiss (MVP) [Bill always gets his MVP props]. I could give you all their backgrounds, but...

Ok, so I have been building some stuff with Orcas' JavaScript editor (in beta 1) and I'm sorry to say I'm going back to Aptana Javascript IDE for now. I have read much of the info on it and from working with it it is nearly there, but either the way I'm writing my code doesn't get...

[I just did a quick search on the net to see if anyone has published anything on this (and no one has), so here we go.] One of the problems with Javascript that is commonly complained about is type safety; I know having dynamic types is also a feature, but what happens when you want to make sure that...

[I'm starting the buzz as early as I can...] I am in the process of putting together a free fullday training in Tampa called "A Day of Ajax" with Joe Healy (my Blog Daddy), Jim Zimmerman , and Jon Goodyear (and ASPSOFT ). The presenter list has not been finalized yet (please, Joe, please get that special...

I don't know what the proper place is to put this, but after playing with Orcas' Javascript editor I would like to suggest a few things. BTW, I am finding myself regularly using Aptana for JavaScript editing and can't wait to get back to a single unified editor, so I really want Orcas to...

[oops I forgot the link I think] So I tried to submit some of my controls to the AjaxControlToolbox, but was turned down... Basically when I asked if they wanted my horizontal splitter, I was asked if it complied with some composite control someone had requested (since it didn't and I didn't...

I spoke at CodeCamp Orlando on Troubleshooting Client Script apps with MS Ajax. I wanted to publish my slides and project, so attached to this post is a zip file containing both. The project is mainly Javascript and the aspx file. I have actually built my own source browser so if you hit the web site...

Ok, so I complained first and asked questions later... I'm eating crow right now. Why? Because Scott Guthrie is the Man! Scott basically predicted my problem (which is a known issue)... and now I have intellisense goodness. I didn't mean to seem to be a naysayer... I just know that these CTPs are not...

[Minor update here... I was having an issue with the Javascript editor in the Orcas CTP (March 2007). Scott Guthrie referred me to the solution in the comments... so I had to post a retraction here . This is a typical post of mine where I tried hard, then blogged, and then found that there is a solution...

First of all (in case you don't know about it), Aptana is a great Javascript IDE for building client script libraries. It comes stock with a number of popular Javascript libraries (like Dojo, Prototype, Scriptaculous, YUI, etc.), so you can easily create a start working with the library of your choice...