Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

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  • Regular Expression to get the Last Instance of a Word

    The question of the day is how to use a regular expression to select the last instance of a word in a string of text. Finding the first instance is quite straightforward, but finding the last isn’t as intuitive.

  • Pure JavaScript Basic Select List Handling

    It’s always a good idea to keep a reference for the basics of handling various form elements. Here is my attempt to explain some of the general functions for dealing with drop-down lists in pure JavaScript. Note that I am talking about a simple single-selection drop-down list. The syntax for multiple-selection drop down lists is…

  • Check your Product on the Microsoft Product Lifecycle Search

    If you are wondering how long Microsoft is planning to support a particular technology, then take a look at their product lifecycle search engine. It will tell you both the mainstream support end dates as well as the extended end dates. If you take a closer look at the support dates for some of the…