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July, 2010

Cross-domain JsonP using Asp.net MVC and jQuery

So there are a couple great walkthroughs out there that talk about using jquery jsonp in cross-domain scenarios.  They talk a lot about the requesting and server side, but not so much about how to use the callback. So to clarify, I’ll step through what I did to make this work including providing my implementation for a new ActionResult called JsonPResult for MVC.

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MVC2 on Mono – Tips and Tricks for Windows Developers

So lately, I’ve been pretty wrapped up with kids and family so I haven’t had much time to post anything new.  However, I did start a new project, which I’ll detail out more as I go. It’s been quite the experience so far since I decided to build this one from the ground up using MySql and Linux/Mono.  I’ve never designed apps like that before. For one, I’ve had to learn a new set of design tools for MySql as opposed to my comfortable Sql Management Studio. And I’ve also had to very incrementally test different programming technologies and methods that were questionably supported in Linux/Mono.  The beauty of this is that no matter what I do to make it work for Mono, the app will always work on Windows, and there’s little development time lost if I have to fall back to its native platform.

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