C# and HTML5: drag and Drop elements

HTML5 API includes Drag and Drop (DnD) native functionality. The event listener methods for all the drag and drop events accept Event object which has a readonly attribute called dataTransfer. The event.dataTransfer returns DataTransfer object associated with the event This is the list of events fired during the different stages: Event Description dragstart Fires when…

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Microsoft has released a Debian Linux switch OS

Put down your coffee gently. Microsoft has today released a homegrown open-source operating system, based on Debian GNU/Linux, that runs on network switches. The software is dubbed SONiC, aka Software for Open Networking in the Cloud. It’s a toolkit of code and kernel patches to bend switch hardware to your will, so you can dictate…

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Announcing SQL Server on Linux

It’s been an incredible year for the data business at Microsoft and an incredible year for data across the industry. This Thursday at our Data Driven event in New York, we will kick off a wave of launch activities for SQL Server 2016 with general availability later this year. This is the most significant release…

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ReactJS: component Lifecycle and Rendering

These are the functions that will be, or can be, included in your specification object when you’re creating a component. Part of these specification functions are lifecycle functions, which when encountered, will show the details as to when they execute during the life of a component. Function invocation order during the initial render of a…

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