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This post shows you how you can do client side, unobtrusive validation on your MVC form. It assumes you have already set up your Model, View and Controller, but you just need to know how to get it to validate on the client side.
dotnet Helper methods for retrieving web config app settingsThis post gives you some examples of how you can check for errors when retrieving web.config app setting values.
dev Maintain scroll position on postbackIf you want your site to maintain the current scroll position when the page reloads or when you go to another page, this post should help you. It is ideal for paging, or for sites where you don't want to submit a form using Ajax, but you still want it to stay in position.
dev Lazy loading imagesThis post gives you the code to allow your page to load faster, by using lower quality images firstly and then replacing them with the higher quality version after the page has loaded.
dev Google maps javascript API example with a styled map and custom pin iconA lot of websites use google maps to show their location, but they usually leave it with the default style. This post gives you the code I use to generate a map and shows you how to style it. It also shows you how to add a custom map pin icon.
dotnet Get a flat list of exception and inner exception error messagesDebugging errors can be difficult, especially when you need to see the errors inside the errors. This post shows you how you can get all errors as a collection of errors rather than them being hidden inside other errors. You can create an extension method like this one
dev Font Awesome Social Share Icon LinksFont Awesome gives you access to hundreds of icons, and allows you to stack them on top of eachother to create different icons. In this code example you will see I stacked the twitter icon on top of a circle and did the same for the other links.
dev jQuery copy values from one set of textboxes to anotherIf you ever wanted a simple bit of jQuery to copy values from one set of texboxes, to another set of texboxes, this is the post for you. This is useful for copying billing address details over to the shipping address. I looked everywhere for a post like this to give me the answer, so now that I solved it myself, I created the post for others who are looking for the same answer.
dotnet Sorting a list into random order using linqEvery now and again, there is a need to produce a list in a random order. I've found a very reliable way to do this using linq and the Guid class.
dotnet List ForEach MethodThe .ForEach() It is very handy for shortening your code. Lets say you want to write a method which returns a list of MailAdress objects.
dotnet Null-coalescing OperatorShorter code for using the value of a nullable object or another value if not.