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Web Application Project vs Web Site in Visual Studio

Web Application Project vs Web Site
http://vishaljoshi.blogspot.com/2009/08/web-application-project-vs-web-site.html

Converting a Web Site Project to a Web Application Project
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdevtools/archive/2009/10/29/converting-a-web-site-project-to-a-web-application-project.aspx

Web Deployment Projects

Visual Studio 2010 Web Deployment Projects RTW – Available Now (5/26/2010)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdevtools/archive/2010/05/26/visual-studio-2010-web-deployment-projects-rtw-available-now.aspx

ScottGu: VS 2005 Web Deployment Projects
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/11/06/429723.aspx

MSDN Magazine: Web Deployment Projects
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163448.aspx

Download Center: Visual Studio® 2010 Web Deployment Projects - RTW
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24509


Web Deploy (aka Web Deployment Tool aka MSDeploy)

(Only works with Web Application projects, not Web Site projects)

Video: Web Deployment Made Awesome: If You're Using XCopy, You're Doing It Wrong
http://channel9.msdn.com/events/MIX/MIX10/FT14

Web Deployment Made Awesome: If You're Using XCopy, You're Doing It Wrong
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WebDeploymentMadeAwesomeIfYoureUsingXCopyYoureDoingItWrong.aspx

Overview Post for Web Deployment in VS 2010 (9/22/2009)
http://vishaljoshi.blogspot.com/2009/09/overview-post-for-web-deployment-in-vs.html

ScottGu: VS 2010 Web Deployment
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/29/vs-2010-web-deployment.aspx

Analyze your Web Server Data and be empowered with LogParser and Log Parser Lizard GUI - Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - 9/4/2011
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnalyzeYourWebServerDataAndBeEmpoweredWithLogParserAndLogParserLizardGUI.aspx

Parsing my IIS Log Files with LogParser 2.2 to learn more about Blogs stats from NewsGator and NewsGatorOnline  - Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - 1/21/2005
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ParsingMyIISLogFilesWithLogParser22ToLearnMoreAboutBlogsStatsFromNewsGatorAndNewsGatorOnline.aspx

Log Parser 2.2 - Microsoft Download Center
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=24659

Log Parser Lizard GUI
http://www.lizard-labs.net/log_parser_lizard.aspx

Log Parser Plus Web Site - Queries to help you analyze logs
http://logparserplus.com/

Log Parser Plus Utility - version 0.3 released - James Skemp's StrivingLife - 9/7/2009
http://strivinglife.com/words/post/Log-Parser-Plus-version-03-released.aspx

The benefits of using a file for Log Parser SQL queries - James Skemp's StrivingLife - 9/26/2010
http://strivinglife.com/words/post/The-benefits-of-using-a-file-for-Log-Parser-SQL-queries.aspx

A brief overview of IIS 6.0 and the W3C extended log format - James Skemp's StrivingLife - 11/3/2007
http://strivinglife.com/words/post/A-brief-overview-of-IIS-60-and-the-W3C-extended-log-format.aspx

W3C extended log format fields and IIS 6.0 - James Skemp's StrivingLife - 11/6/2007
http://strivinglife.com/words/post/W3C-extended-log-format-fields-and-IIS-60.aspx

Log Parser script: Percent of status codes across all hits/requests - James Skemp's StrivingLife - 10/1/2007
http://strivinglife.com/words/post/Log-Parser-script-Percent-of-status-codes-across-all-hitsrequests.aspx

It's been a long and winding road to objects and classes in JavaScript for me. Below are some of the articles that helped me on the journey.

• Inheritance Revisited on Mozilla Developer Network (revision from 6/26/2011)
• What's the best way to define a class in javascript on Stackoverflow
• Object Oriented Programming in JavaScript
• How to Write Maintainable OO JavaScript Code
• Functional vs. Object-Oriented JavaScript Development
• Prototypes and Inheritance in JavaScript
• Constructors considered mildly confusing
• Objects, event handlers and "this" in javascript
• JavaScript Namespacing
• JavaScript, 5 ways to call a function
• Closures are not complicated
• Introduction to the JavaScript Module Design Pattern

During a phone interview recently I was asked what practices (layout, accessibility, etc.) I used during web design. So here's a quick write-up of what easily came to mind. It's not exhaustive nor in any particular order.

1. Tables are for tables. Don't use tables to format your content. Only use them if you actually need to display data in a tabular format.
2. Use appropriate header tags progressively at the appropriate levels. The title/text that describes what's on the current page should be in an H1 tag. Sections below that should use H2 for their titles, etc. Don't use an H4 tag if you don't have an H1, H2 and H3 above it.
3. Use appropriate tags for the content. Use header tags for headings, use P tags for paragraphs (not DIVs!), use OL and UL for lists, etc. Don't try to use DIVs or SPANs with goofy formatting for everything.
4. Make sure your content looks orderly and readable even if there's no CSS. Text only readers will ignore most if not all of your CSS.
5. Make sure links are visually obvious. Underlining is the standard cue for links. Don't take that away from your users.

I just found these great indexes for the W3C HTML and CSS documentation. It uses a frameset with a list of all HTML elements or CSS properties in a frame on the left and the current W3C docs on the right. Very nice. I found them on Paul Parks’ website.

HTML Index: http://www.parkscomputing.com/html4/

CSS Index: http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/references/css2ref.html