Reading Binary Data with the File API and JavaScript

As part of a series of articles I am discussing some of the challenges I faced when trying to build a HTML5 and JavaScript free online icons editor.

Building a Pure HTML5 and JavaScript Icons Editor

I've just released my first web based project. It's a pure HTML5 and JavaScript icons editor which I thought, coming from a Windows background, would be a good way for me to learn some of the capabilities and limitations of these technologies. So with that in mind, I decided I would not allow myself any server side code and once the initial page had been loaded every feature had to be implemented without any further calls back to the server.

C# WebBrowser Control Proxy Authentication

Setting a proxy server for the WebBrowser control is not a straight forward affair. There are plenty of resources out there on the web that will show you how to do this. However, what is lacking is any solutions that show how to authenticate a proxy server, at least any solutions that would work for me. So in this post I am not only going to show you how to set a proxy for the WebBrowser control, I will also share with you the only solution I know of that successfully authenticates with a proxy.

Building a Colour Picker With HTML5, JavaScript and JQuery

I have recently been teaching myself HTML5 and JavaScript and had an idea for a project in which I would need to use a colour picker. After a little research I soon discovered the new HTML5 input types, one of which is a colour picker. Great! One problem though, although it does work very well in Chrome, it is not supported in Firefox 22 or IE10.

C# Dynamic Types

With C# 4.0 we saw the introduction of dynamic types. Objects declared as dynamic are assumed to support any property and method and are therefore not checked by the compiler when you build your solution. If you declare an object as dynamic and attempt to use a property or method not supported by that object a run-time exception will be generated.

Pluralize/Singularize Words with the .NET Framework

You may sometimes come across the need to pluralize or singularize words automatically within your applications. As the English language is a fairly complicated one this is not as straight forward as adding or removing an "S" on the end of a word. There are various different implementation out there that perform with a varying degree of success.

Custom Change Tracking Using The Entity Framework

Change tracking is a common feature I find I need to implement in my applications. I like to warn users about the potential loss of data if they cancel without saving changes, and when saving those changes I like to update only those fields in the database that have changed as it's inefficient to update every field.