Adding maps to AppBuilder applications

Author: Dave Cassel  |  Category: Software Development

Using MarkLogic’s Application Builder makes it a snap to put together an application quickly. Whenever I build an app this way, I feel like I’ve gotten 80% of what I need. This post shows how to take the next step and add a common feature: maps. To illustrate these steps, I’m going to use an [...]

Working with JavaScript in MarkLogic’s Office plugins

Author: Dave Cassel  |  Category: Software Development

MarkLogic Server (MLS) has some pretty cool plug-ins to help you work with Microsoft Office. After you configure and install the plugin, you can now have a side panel in PowerPoint populated by one of your web apps. Here’s an example of how I’ve seen this used: you’re doing some research using a MarkLogic-based search [...]

Why is it flickering?

Author: Dave Cassel  |  Category: Software Development

A friend of mine is learning JavaScript and jQuery and I recently helped her out with a problem she was having. She wanted to mouse over an image and have another <div/> appear, giving information about the image. Okay, nothing real strange there. But in her initial implementation she would mouse over the trigger image, [...]