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.

Category: HTML

  • JQuery – Basic DatePicker Calendar Example with Code

    The JQuery DatePicker Calendar control is easy to add to your HTML page and is very configurable as far as pre-built calendar widgets go. This is important to me since I like working with dates in the yyyy-mm-dd format rather than the more confusing mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy formats. One can hook up a  JQuery DatePicker Calendar…

  • ASP.NET GridView Paging Problem – Paging Increases the First Column Width

    A request came to my desk today about a project that is using an ASP.NET 2.0 DataGrid control to display a set of data. The DataGrid has paging enabled, but the client was complaining that the first column of the report was far too wide for the data it was displaying. I took a look…

  • showModalDialog Opens a New Window on Submit or location.href

    The ShowModalDialog function has been in use for a long time and is now part of the emerging HTML5 specification. Although there are many pro and con arguments for using using this function, the fact remains that it has been extensively used in past and it continues to serve a useful function under specific conditions.…