HTML

HTML is where a web page starts, but there's plenty to explore. Practical examples covering minification, charts, PDF rendering, and working with JavaScript.

7 January 2015

HTML5 Charts using Chart.js

See how Chart.js turned raw data into animated, responsive HTML5 canvas visualisations in this early introduction, with line and pie chart examples.

4 October 2013

A Simple HTML Minifier for ASP.NET

The original ASP.NET HTML Minifier walkthrough shows how to minify files during Visual Studio 2012 publishing, avoiding per-request processing overhead.

31 May 2012

HTML5 Asynchronous JavaScript

Compare async and defer script loading, see how execution order affects jQuery dependencies, and use browser waterfalls to inspect the performance difference.

2 December 2011

MVC and HTML5 Web Workers

Web Workers allow you to run client side scripts without interrupting the page or any other scripts that are currently running.

14 September 2011

MVC Data URI HTML Helper

Build an ASP.NET MVC helper that embeds images as Base64 data URIs to avoid separate HTTP requests, with browser fallbacks and a look at the size tradeoff.