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Jonathan Wood

Description:I'm a software/website developer working out of the greater Salt Lake City area in Utah. I've developed many websites including Black Belt Coder, Insider Articles, and others.
Website:http://www.softcircuits.com
Blog:http://www.insiderarticles.com
Country:USA
Time Zone:Mountain Standard Time

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Encrypting Source Code
If your application contains sensitive data, here's a way to make it a little harder for anyone to see that data.
By Jonathan Wood • Created on Saturday, January 22, 2011
A SQL QueryBuilder Class
Use the QueryBuilder class to programmatically create SQL queries. This article also discusses the pros and cons of such an approach.
By Jonathan Wood • Updated on Friday, January 28, 2011
Creating a Sparse Matrix in .NET
A sparse matrix is a data structure that acts like a two-dimensional array but uses far less memory. It is ideal for scenarios where you are maintaining a logical grid and most cells are empty.
By Jonathan Wood • Created on Thursday, February 10, 2011
Converting Text to a URL-Friendly Slug
It is common practice these days to include a URL-friendly version of your title, often called a slug, within your URLs. Here's a simple routine to generate one.
By Jonathan Wood • Updated on Sunday, December 12, 2010
Extending LINQ with Random Operations
You can create extension methods to extend LINQ. Here's some code I came up with for extending LINQ to return random list items and shuffle lists.
By Jonathan Wood • Created on Saturday, September 22, 2012
Colorizing Source Code
Here's some C# code you can use to colorize source code (syntax highlighter) you plan to display on a web page. This code can be used to colorize source code for any programming language that you can write the rules for.
By Jonathan Wood • Updated on Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Quick and Easy Method to Remove Html Tags
Here's a short snippet of code you can use to strip out HTML tags from a block of text.
By Jonathan Wood • Created on Sunday, April 8, 2012
Calling Web Services Using AJAX
This article presents code that uses AJAX to contact the server from client-side script and get a response without refreshing the current page.
By Jonathan Wood • Created on Sunday, April 15, 2012
Generating a Element
Here's some code that generates a random machineKey element suitable for pasting into your ASP.NET web.config file.
By Jonathan Wood • Created on Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Controlling JPEG Compression
The JPG graphics format supports varying level of compression and quality. Although it isn't readily visible, the Image.Save() method allows you to control this level. Here's a sample C# method that demonstrates how.
By Jonathan Wood • Created on Friday, May 18, 2012
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