Emad Ibrahim

Testing Web Apps With Selenium, Explorer and .NET

Here are the steps to run your Selenium tests against Internet Explorer. Create the tests Install Selenium IDE from http://seleniumhq.org Record your tests in Firefox using the Selenium IDE Click File > Create New Test Click the record button and create your test Click the record button to stop the test Save your test Click Options > Format > C# to get [...]

Themes and ASP.NET MVC

I wanted to easily add theme support to yonkly, so that others can install it and modify its look and feel as they please.  I also wanted it to be as easy as installing a theme in wordpress. I created a themes folder under the content folder Then I referenced my css file in the master [...]

The Best JavaScript Library

I am in the process of creating a new web application using asp.net mvc and I am trying to choose the best JavaScript library to use.  I am pretty much sure that I am going to go with jQuery but nonetheless I wanted to review the libraries out there.  One reason is that I am [...]

Ruby on Rails Crumbs – Part 1

If you have been following along, I blogged previously about my experience trying Ruby on Rails as a .net developer (here and here).  I quickly realized how different things are and that I desperately need some help, so I got myself the beta PDF version of Agile Web Development with Rails and Rails Recipes.  Both [...]

Ajax with ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview 2

This is the updated version of the Nikhil’s excellent example on how to use Ajax with ASP.net MVC. I commented all the changes made in the code and prefixed them with //emad. So just search for //emad and you will see all the changes I made… Here is a quick list of the changes [...]