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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  • Troubleshooting Internet Explorer – Problems with Add-Ons

    If there’s one thing that’s always important to keep in mind when developing Web-based applications, then it’s the settings of the browsers running the applications. For example, Internet Explorer through its many iterations has come with a large number of quirks and settings options that vary by browser version. The number of configuration options in…

  • Classic ASP – Example of a Basic Database Connection (SQLOLEDB)

    I’m revisiting some classic ASP functionality, and in this case I’m reviewing how to set up a simple database connection to a SQL Server database. There are of course several ways to get this to work, and in this case we will use the SQLOLEDB provider. Classic ASP is Still Used and Maintained There are…

  • HTML5 – Simple Example of Using Text and an Image with the Canvas Element

    As part of my ongoing investigations into HTML5 I decided to try my hand at adding some text together with an image to an HTML5 canvas element. I wanted to create a simple navigational interface as shown in the image to the left. As you can see I set the image to overlap the text…