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The future of ASP.NET SignalR

September 17, 2018 Sep 17, 2018 09/17/18
Andrew Stanton-Nurse
In ASP.NET Core 2.1, we brought SignalR into the ASP.NET Core family. Many of our users have asked what this means for the previous version of SignalR: ASP.NET SignalR. As a reminder, ASP.NET SignalR is represented by the NuGet package and runs on applications using .NET Framework and System.Web. ASP.NET Core SignalR is part of the ASP.NET ...

VSDoc for jQuery 1.4.1 Now Available

February 8, 2010 Feb 8, 2010 02/8/10
Web Development Tools Microsoft
We finished generating a new VSDoc for the latest update of jQuery.  You can download it from the jQuery Downloads page.  A refresher on how to use the file can be found here or here.  Happy coding!Jeff KingProgram ManagerVisual Studio Web Tools...

VSDoc for jQuery 1.3.2 Now Available

February 24, 2009 Feb 24, 2009 02/24/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
jQuery 1.3 was released a little over a month ago.  The 1.3 release adds exciting features such as selector performance improvements, "live events" where events can be bound to both current and future elements, and more.  Version 1.3.2 was released a few days ago and fixes some bugs include one involving selector performance in IE. I...

JScript IntelliSense FAQ

November 18, 2008 Nov 18, 2008 11/18/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
I've been reading through the 70 or so comments on our last 2 jQuery posts.  There have been a lot of great questions.  Apologies for not being able to answer them sooner (I was busy preparing for Dev Connections).  Instead of answering them inline with the comments, I'll try to paraphrase the popular issues here and answer them...

VS2008 SP1 Hotfix to Support “-vsdoc.js” IntelliSense Doc Files

November 7, 2008 Nov 7, 2008 11/7/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Last week I mentioned we would be releasing a Hotfix to accompany our new jQuery VSDoc file.  This Hotfix is now available at the MSDN Code Gallery.  Here's a direct download link for this small (2MB) patch:http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB958502/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1736I want to emphasize that this patch is ...

Rich IntelliSense for jQuery

October 28, 2008 Oct 28, 2008 10/28/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Update: A new Hotfix is availble to complement this file. A while back we updated VS2008 IntelliSense to not fail when referencing jQuery.  However, getting IntelliSense for chained calls and rich summary/parameter hints still required adding special comments to a few thousand lines of jQuery.  If you didn't have the time, you ...

Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1

May 12, 2008 May 12, 2008 05/12/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
(image) Colorization, validation, IntelliSense, and formatting comprise the core of any modern editor.  With VS 2008 SP1, we are completing the core JScript editor by introducing code formatting.  Additionally, we have promoted JScript to a dedicated node in “Tools Options” providing a clean separation from the HTML “Tools ...

Workaround: Empty Design View for User Controls

April 27, 2008 Apr 27, 2008 04/27/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
I've noticed quite a few people run into the issue "Why is design mode empty for my web user control (ASCX)?".  It's not obvious what might be causing this bug, so I thought I'd offer an explanation and a couple workarounds. Problem You have a user control that has a "link" tag to an external style sheet or a "style" tag with local ...

JScript IntelliSense: Working with Ext JS

March 12, 2008 Mar 12, 2008 03/12/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Ext is great framework for adding rich AJAX interactivity to your web application.  Unfortunately, JScript IntelliSense currently has difficulties processing the script and it's not uncommon to see this message: (image) I just wanted to let everyone know that we've investigated and fixed the issue.  This fix will be available in ...

JScript Debugging: Made easy with IE8

March 5, 2008 Mar 5, 2008 03/5/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
The feature I'm most excited about in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is ironically one you might not notice at all. Problem If you're reading this, you probably know (and are still untangling the double-negative logic of) the "Disable script debugging" option in IE.  Say you just spent 10 hours debugging script.  It's time for a break.&...