JSON, which stands for JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight data interchange format. It provides a text-based format readable by humans and machines, making it a prevalent choice among developers for data interchange. However, due to the flexibility of JSON documents, it is easy to misinterpret JSON documents, which can result in miserable application failures. JSON schema helps us to avoid such system failures. Introduction to JSON schema JSON schema is a declarative language that allows users to annotate and validate JSON documents. JSON schema has three main goals: Validation:&nbs ..read more

The .NET team focused on delivering several major updates and improvements to the .NET Framework for version 7. These included a unified codebase, a single base class library (BCL) for all supported platforms, and native support for ARM64. The team also enhanced .NET support for Linux and continued work on performance improvements and developer productivity upgrades. One of the major themes of these updates was the emphasis on modern and cloud-native app development—the ability to build cross-platform mobile and desktop apps from the same codebase and support container-first workflows. The te ..read more

Many technologies and methodologies have made front-end development evolve over its lifetime. One of the approaches introduced was the DOM, or Document Object Model, which acts as an API for HTML or XML documents. Furthermore, there have been multiple innovations within the realm of the DOM, such as the virtual and shadow DOMs. Even though there are significant differences between these two DOMs, developers often use these terms interchangeably, which can be confusing within the context of the discussion. Therefore, this article aims to discuss the definitions of each type of DOM and highligh ..read more

The Syncfusion .NET MAUI DataGrid control displays and manipulates data in a tabular view. It was built from the ground up in .NET MAUI to achieve the best possible performance, even when loading a huge volume of data. It supports various built-in column types based on the data object bound to it. The following table shows the supported data types and their corresponding column types. Data type Column string, object DataGridTextColumn Int, float, double, decimal, and their respective nullable types DataGridNumericColumn DateTime DataGridDateColumn Bool DataGridCh ..read more

Frequency distribution categorizes and positions input data in appropriate groups. This occurs in ranges for better statistical analysis. A pivot table is a type of component that allows users to categorize and view input data like in a frequency distribution table. You can group date, number, and text fields in a pivot table into ranges. For example: We can group the birth rate around the world over the last three years, quarter by quarter (date type), into 2019 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), 2020 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), and 2021 (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4). We can divide the world population into age groups (number typ ..read more

As a mobile developer, it is essential to prioritize the creation of a simple and uncluttered user interface that enhances the overall usability of the application. One way to achieve this is by grouping the UI elements based on their purpose and function. A group box view can be helpful in this regard, as they allow developers to group related UI elements with a frame UI. In this blog, we will explore using group box views on the .NET MAUI platform to organize and simplify the UI of a mobile application. By utilizing group box views, developers can improve the usability and clarity of their ..read more

Browser extensions have become an essential part of the web development ecosystem. Thus, various browser extensions have been introduced to simplify crucial and time-consuming development tasks. For example, testing HTTP requests while developing a web application is time-consuming. But with a browser extension, you can effortlessly test HTTP requests directly from your browser and save a lot of time. So, in this article, I will discuss five Chrome extensions for handling HTTP requests to improve your development experience. 1. RestMan Source: RestMan RestMan is a great browser extension that ..read more

In this blog, we will see how to create and validate a simple login form using Redux Form and Syncfusion React UI components. Redux Form is used to store and manage the form state in React applications. It is a validation library that can easily be integrated into any React web app. It uses the Redux library to store field input values and higher-order components. The Syncfusion React UI components library is the only suite you will ever need to build an application since it contains over 80 high-performance, lightweight, modular, and responsive UI components in a single package. Prerequ ..read more

An object is the basic building block of programs in JavaScript, used in building classes and complex data, and as an integral part of object-oriented programming. I have used JavaScript daily as a full-stack software developer for the last five-odd years. Objects of JavaScript have played a vital role. In this article, I will share 10 tricks and tips you can use as a JavaScript developer to manipulate and work efficiently with JavaScript objects. 1. Creating an absolutely empty object Creating empty objects seems like nothing but using {}. However, have you noticed that object methods such a ..read more

This is a follow-up to our previous blog, Using JavaScript Gantt Chart in SharePoint Web Part for Effective Project Management: Part 1, where we explained integrating the Syncfusion JavaScript Gantt Chart in a SharePoint web part. Now, in this blog, we’ll see how to bind SharePoint list data to the JavaScript Gantt Chart and save the data changes made in the Gantt Chart back to the SharePoint list. There are only two steps to do this: Data binding: Read and bind the SharePoint list data to the JavaScript Gantt Chart. Edit operation: Update the edited data from the Gantt Chart to the Sha ..read more