Jeff Cogswell

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Using jQuery in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 by Jeff Cogswell Object Name IntelliSense knows you’re inside a JavaScript code block and offers suggestions as you type. Understanding Document IntelliSense knows that “document” is an available object name. At this point, you can press the period key. Available Members After typing the period, […]

jQuery is an open-source JavaScript library that simplifies the coding and manipulation of HTML elements on a Web page. Without jQuery, developers can still access all the elements in the Document Object Model, but jQuery makes it much quicker and easier. jQuery initially was created in early 2006, and has become popular with Web developers. […]

Microsoft’s newest version of its Robotics Studio is a whole set of tools designed to help developers write code that controls robots. The Robotics Studio 2008 offering, launched in mid-November, includes an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for visually and graphically producing your code. Developers can also use the tools in conjunction with Visual Studio to […]

One of the biggest problems I’ve run into when developing for mobile devices is data storage. Two problems come up. First, I’ll often be synchronizing with a server using a SQL database. Second, I’ll want to use relational databases in my mobile app itself while most devices today don’t natively support SQL. (The Android platform […]

eWEEK Labs Walk-through: SQL Anywhere Version 11 eWEEK Labs Walk-through: SQL Anywhere Version 11by Jeff Cogswell No Title When you develop for the Windows Mobile version of SQL Anywhere, you can use Visual Studio and its familiar design tools. This image shows the form as it looks inside the designer, complete with a Windows Mobile […]

In the computing world, the hardware is often a step or two ahead of the software. The simple reason is that once the hardware is released, it takes time before software developers start creating applications for the new hardware. Such is the case with BlackBerry. However, the latest versions of the Blackberry devices-including the Storm-now […]

Developing on Amazon EC2 Using RightScale No Title RightScale has several preconfigured templates that developers can use for their projects. No Title Each template includes a full description, along with startup scripts and other configuration options. No Title Once my server was running, RightScale provided me with DNS (Domain Name System) and other information about […]

Software development is always easier when you have tools to assist you, such as integrated development environments and code libraries. However, now that programming has reached the level of the so-called cloud, the need for tools to help in development has grown even more. Programming for the cloud requires maintaining, not just the software, but […]

In the past couple of years, we’ve been hearing the term “cloud computing” a great deal. However, from my experience working with people across various industries, many are still unsure what exactly the term means.Recently, Amazon entered the space with its own version of cloud computing. In this article, I’ll show exactly what Amazon is […]

Google’s Android is a complete mobile operating system. While the technology is meant to challenge other mobile OSes-including Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and Apple’s iPhone-it also promises to be a key development platform. For developers, that means using Java and Eclipse, and understanding the fundamental mobile architecture of Android. Here is an overview of the architecture. […]