Programming Articles

As many users browse websites on their mobile phones, you might need the ability to guide the user from their current location to your location. This is easily accomplished using the browser's built-in navigator.geolocation object and Google maps. The geolocation object provides the latitude and longitude of the user's phone or desktop. You can embed a Google map on your web page and show the user their location based on that latitude and longitude. Additional API calls to Google's mapping API can give the user step-by-step directions to your location. This article shows you how to get started using these two powerful API's.

ASP.NET Whidbey adds a huge number of productivity features and enhancements. Although it's still early in the development process, Paul and Ken dig in and start playing with some of the new features, passing along what they've found.

Most of you are probably aware that the web.config file in an ASP.NET project controls the behavior of your Web site. If you make a change to one of the built-in settings in this file, ASP.NET automatically detects those changes and applies them immediately. Wouldn't it be nice if you could have your own settings in this file applied immediately as well? In this article you will learn how to do just that. You will also learn the difference between the Application object and creating your own Configuration class.