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.

  • 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. (more…)

  • 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 similar, but you will need to handle the selection of several options rather than just one. (more…)

  • 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 technologies such as Microsoft Silverlight, then you can also quickly figure out which technologies Microsoft has decided to drop.

    Here is the link to the Microsoft Product LifeCycle Search engine