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Visual Studio 2015 Front-end Tooling - Gulp and Grunt

Visual Studio 2015 Front-end Tooling - Gulp and Grunt

In our second post, we present two new JavaScript tools introduced in Visual Studio 2015: Grunt and Gulp. Today, we show you what they are and how to use them for client-side tasks.

Visual Studio 2015 Front-end Tooling - LESS and SASS

Visual Studio 2015 Front-end Tooling - LESS and SASS

In the first post of this series, I show my readers how to setup LESS or SASS in Visual Studio to make your CSS easier to maintain.

Visual Studio 2015 Front-end Tooling Series - Introduction

Visual Studio 2015 Front-end Tooling Series - Introduction

With the new ASP.NET web tooling, Visual Studio contains a number of front-end tools to make life a little easier at design-time. In this series, I show how each one can increase your development process.

Google Amp: Replacing Embedded Content

Google Amp: Replacing Embedded Content

The struggle continues with making the site Google Amp-compliant. Today, I fix another issue on my site: embedded content.

Have Confidence in Your Skills By Ruling Out External Resources

Have Confidence in Your Skills By Ruling Out External Resources

An experience like this can really shake a programmer's confidence level. Today, I share a couple of experiences that proved external resources were the cause.

Creating a Responsive WebGrid in ASP.NET MVC

Creating a Responsive WebGrid in ASP.NET MVC

WebGrids are fantastic when coding for a desktop layout, but what do you do when you need it mobile? Today, I analyze the WebGrid and use CSS to make the WebGrid bend to our will and make it more responsive on a mobile device.

Create A/B Tests with ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0 TagHelpers

Create A/B Tests with ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0 TagHelpers

A/B Tests are critical for marketing to determine the best approach for proven call-to-actions. In this post, I show a creative way to build a tag-based A/B test using TagHelpers.

5 Factors to Consider When Converting a WebForms App to ASP.NET MVC Core

5 Factors to Consider When Converting a WebForms App to ASP.NET MVC Core

For those interested in moving their legacy WebForms application to ASP.NET MVC, today, I provide a list of factors to consider before starting your conversion.

My Top Browser Extensions: What's in your browser?

My Top Browser Extensions: What's in your browser?

The browser is such an important tool for everyone, including web designers and developers. Today, I cover my most used Google Chrome extensions.

What Makes Programming Enticing?

What Makes Programming Enticing?

Looking back, I can't believe I've been so lucky in my career finding my passion. Today, I dig a little to find out why I found programming to be so enticing.