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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

2025-11-20 by Joshua Bylotas

Discover how GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio is transforming the way developers learn and build software. From accelerating coding tasks to teaching best practices, Copilot is more than an AI assistant—it’s a mentor for the next generation of programmers.

Knockout Custom Binding Handler - Hidden Input

2014-03-27 by

This function allows you to add change events to a Knockout Hidden Element

Custom Drop Down Box - Javascript

2014-03-27 by

This creates a custom dropdown box that you can style anyway you like. It is a simple experiment to see what is possible. This uses the ul and li HTML elements to create the Drop Down

Custom Modal - Javascript

2014-03-27 by

This JavaScript implementation of the modal dialog allows you to show a modal dialog using Ajax with a wait timer and pass in a save Callback so that your popup is simply a view in the project and does not require custom code for each AJAX call. The openModal Method will provide the interaction with the underlying JavaScript code.

Spell Check in a Web Service

2012-03-23 by

Have you ever needed to preform a spell check operation from a web server? Here is an implementation that uses Micorsoft Word on a web server as opposed to Word needing to be installed on the client.

Turning a Data Page into RSS - LINQ Data Source

2012-03-18 by

Taking a page that uses a linw Data Source and exposing it as an RSS feed can allow you to reach new audiences. RSS allows users to subscribe to content in other applications and view updated information. This tutorial will show you haw to use a LINQ data source and expose an RSS feed using the same page that displays the data to the normal web browser.