Dec 24, 2009

Charles Web Proxy

Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).

http://www.charlesproxy.com/

Dec 11, 2009

Solution: Display issues with Internet Explorer 8

Problem: Internet Explorer 8 displays web pages weird, strange or incorrectly.

Solution1: Change security setting to the default level
     Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> Internet -> Default level

Solution2: Make sure browser compatibility mode is turned off
     Tools -> Developer Tools -> Browser Mode

Nov 27, 2009

Process Explorer

Process Explorer is a great tool by Micrsoft for tracking down processes that are taking up too much cpu or memory.

Oct 20, 2009

Expected identifier, string or number error message in IE

Error: "Expected identifier, string or number" error message in IE but works in firefox and safari.  

Solution: This error can be fixed by removing the extra comma at the end of the key value pairs of an anonymous function.

Oct 7, 2009

Solution: Access Forbidden Error IIS

Error: HTTP 403.9 - Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected
Internet Information Services

Solution:  Uncheck the "HTTP Keep-Alives Enabled check box under IIS -> Web Site -> Properties.