July 2005

A better datagrid with Ajax and OpenRico

by Mike Levin on July 26, 2005

Ajax and rapid re-querying of the original SQL source makes new data paging and scrolling user interfaces possible to the average web developer. Some developers, such as Richard Cowin see this, and advocate keeping the client thin. I believe this is implying that we forgo a web browser’s ability to cache XML data locally, be [...]

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Programming cachelss applications

by Mike Levin on July 18, 2005

Don’t cache anything anywhere, unless it’s an Application value. This precludes the use of any sort of per-user Session persistence or even any techniques that cause the use of temporary tables on SQL servers. Interestingly, this includes anything that causes what might create what we sometimes call RecordSets and cursors — fundamental to Web development. [...]

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Contemplating Application Frameworks

by Mike Levin on July 18, 2005

I’m in framework mindset again. Every five years or so, this happens to me, and I crank out the next iteration of what I’ve come to think of as my generalized framework. There are dozens of application frameworks out there. Mine, oddly, have been based on VBScript under ASP. Most seem to be based in [...]

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Domain ? QueryString

by Mike Levin on July 12, 2005

After more than a year, I have finally begun to update www.mike-levin.com, proper. I started by just blogging into the /blog subdirectory. I had to choose between Blogger and TypePad. I actually signed up for both (SEO and the City). But TypePad requires you to host your site at their location. I could have done [...]

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