TechEd for Novices, 2012 Edition Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 In 2007, Microsoft created a "Tips for the Newbie" page for TechEd (which is apparently no longer available) and I created a follow-on post called Tech·Ed for Novices. I created a similar post in 2008 ... TechEd for Novices, 2012 Edition 0 0 1
WinForms and MVP: Making a testable application lennykean, January 1, 0001 With modern frameworks available that were built with loose coupling and separation of concerns in mind, working in WinForms may seem like a testability wasteland. But there are times when the options ... WinForms and MVP: Making a testable application 0 0 6
Query Performance Logging with MiniProfiler mknapp, January 1, 0001 I have started to experiment with MiniProfiler to log our query performance. We currently use a mix of pure SQL and Entity Framework, since we need Fulltext search some pure SQL is unavoidable. Depending ... Query Performance Logging with MiniProfiler 0 0 0
BizTalk Amazon S3 Adapter Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 A few days ago I read an article by Richard Seroter comparing the different cloud storage options and comparing Windows Azure and Amazon S3. I commented on his blog about how Id like to see companies use ... BizTalk Amazon S3 Adapter 0 0 5
Nivo Slider In SharePoint 2010!?! juanlarios, January 1, 0001 A little while ago I was part of architecting and leading a project and one of my very talented ex-coworker was in charge of doing most of the branding. He incorporated the Nivo Slider as part of the rotating ... Nivo Slider In SharePoint 2010!?! 0 0 7
Cloudstore BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Cloudstore – A marketplace for Government Microsoft Marketplace and the Everything Apple's App Store have revolutionised how we all buy and use software. It's now the best way to 'buy bits'. So why shouldn't ... Cloudstore 0 0 1
Impressions, slides and code from TechDays Belgium and Netherland... Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Update: Posted the video of “MVVM Applied” below. This week I was “on tour” in Belgium and Netherlands and presented 3 times: Read the rest of this entry » ... Impressions, slides and code from TechDays Belgium and Netherland... 0 0 0
Solving the ObservableCollection bug on Windows 8 Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 If you tried to build applications for Windows 8 with XAML/C#, you may have noticed an annoying issue: If you have a list controls (for example a GridView) and you bind the ItemsSource property to a property ... Solving the ObservableCollection bug on Windows 8 0 0 0
Design Patterns for Model Mohammad Ashraful Alam, January 1, 0001 What is Model? A model can be considered as a container that facilitates presentation view, behavior and/or persisting data to/from data source (i.e. database etc). Besides the data container elements, ... Design Patterns for Model 0 0 0
Unit Test Assembly Copying Oddity in Team Foundation Build jkauffman, January 1, 0001 The key charactersYou may very well run into the same issue I did if you are using the following technologies:Team Foundation Server (TFS) with Team Foundation Build (TFB) - in my case, 2010Visual Studio ... Unit Test Assembly Copying Oddity in Team Foundation Build 0 0 1
The Enemy of My Friend Writes Bad MVC Controller Actions (Microso... Doug Lampe, January 1, 0001 Recommendation: Don't use the same action names for get and (Ajax) post.I am always amazed at how bad Microsoft's code examples are. Code generated using the default templates in Visual Studio is not much ... The Enemy of My Friend Writes Bad MVC Controller Actions (Microso... 0 0 6
How to check/uncheck all checkbox with Jquery hmloo, January 1, 0001 There are a lot of solutions for this, but I found most them did not handle the case where user checked or unchecked all of the child checkboxes and it must automatically checked or unchecked the parent ... How to check/uncheck all checkbox with Jquery 0 0 0
Screenshots of my #mvvm demo at #techdaysbe Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Today I gave a talk in TechDays in Belgium about MVVM in Silverlight 5, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8. This was the first time I gave that particular talk, and in addition keep in mind this is a developer ... Screenshots of my #mvvm demo at #techdaysbe 0 0 0
O' Reilly 50% Deals to Feb/22 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 O'Reilly are offering a series of 50% off of PDFs of HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... Web Services http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... ... O' Reilly 50% Deals to Feb/22 0 0 0
Wijmo v2 - New UI toolkit for HTML5 development Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Good news to all Web devs, ComponentOne has released Wijmo v2. A complete kit of 40+ jQuery UI widgets including everything you'll need to build rich HTML5 applications in a cinch. If you know jQuery, ... Wijmo v2 - New UI toolkit for HTML5 development 0 0 0
Add SM (Service Mark) symbol for radeditor hmloo, January 1, 0001 Use blow javascript to add a command for radeditor RadEditorCommandList["Inser... = function (commandName, editor, oTool) { editor.PasteHtml('<sup&g... }; ... Add SM (Service Mark) symbol for radeditor 0 0 0
Introducing easy-to-use Web Scraper : WebHarvy Sreejith S, January 1, 0001 Check out WebHarvy Web Scraper to see how easy it is to scrape online data to an XML, CSV or TSV file. WebHarvy Web Scraper also allows you to export the extracted data to an SQL database. You may watch ... Introducing easy-to-use Web Scraper : WebHarvy 0 0 0
Linq Challenge in C++ Tom Hines, January 1, 0001 I really love the LINQ language extension in dot net programming and I’m really glad it was added to a language I love (C#). My background, however, has a lot of C++ in it and I still do some coding in ... Linq Challenge in C++ 0 0 1
Traditional breadcrumb in SharePoint Leonard Mwangi, January 1, 0001 There has been this notion that breadcrumbs disappeared in SharePoint 2010 but that’s entirely not true. Microsoft replaced the traditional breadcrumbs with the folder in the ribbon. Most of the time, ... Traditional breadcrumb in SharePoint 0 0 0
A Simple implementation of the Decorator Design Pattern using C# amaniar, January 1, 0001 The main motivation before the decorator pattern is to be able to add data and behavior to objects dynamically without relying on inheritance. A decorator usually conforms to the interface of the component ... A Simple implementation of the Decorator Design Pattern using C# 0 0 1
BizTalk and RabbitMQ Leonid Ganeline, January 1, 0001 The same article in the TechNet. If you are working with queues in BizTalk Server, the most possible it is the MSMQ (in my experience). MSMQ is an old man of the Microsoft technology stack. It was created ... BizTalk and RabbitMQ 0 0 14
See the rare Transit of Venus TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 I saw the previous transit of Venus in 2004 and I am looking forward to one this year on 5/6 June. Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration ... See the rare Transit of Venus 0 0 0
A Simple implementation of the Proxy Design Pattern using C# amaniar, January 1, 0001 A proxy is an object that can be used to control creation and access of a more complex object thereby deferring the cost of creating it until the time its needed. Below is a simple implementation of the ... A Simple implementation of the Proxy Design Pattern using C# 0 0 1
Problem: DropDownList Always Posts Blank Value in ASP.Net MVC 2 Doug Lampe, January 1, 0001 Consider the following code:<%= Html.DropDownList("State", new SelectList(new string[] { "","AK","AL","AR","AS","AZ"... "IL","IN","KS","KY","LA","M... ... Problem: DropDownList Always Posts Blank Value in ASP.Net MVC 2 0 0 0
Mocking ITable<T> Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 I have to do some mocking of an ITable to be able to test some of my code, as you may imagine this is the point where we’re crossing the data boundary… Now, ITable is a total bugger to mock, I’ve tried ... Mocking ITable<T> 0 0 1
Using Entity Framework to Query Dynamic Types David Barrett, January 1, 0001 I ran across a unique scenario recently, and I’m not sure if I should be proud of the solution, or appalled at the Frankenstein result. Either way, I thought I’d post about it to possibly help others in ... Using Entity Framework to Query Dynamic Types 0 0 3
Transition to Exchange 2007 from exchange 2003 marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 In the lifespan of an organisation it’s messaging environment be transitioned to a newer version several times. Whilst this is not a complicated thing to do it does require some level of planning and thought. ... Transition to Exchange 2007 from exchange 2003 0 0 2
Mac type grid view control for asp.net/java web applications AnkitAgrawal, January 1, 0001 Mac type grid view control for asp.net/java web applications For one of my project, I made a very dynamic grid which is totally HTML based and very fast while rendering data from server. Features: 1. No ... Mac type grid view control for asp.net/java web applications 0 0 1
Resharper Nightly Builds and Stylecop TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 The latest stylecop checks the ReSharper build number. In case you have to put on a more recent nightly build (as I am in the process of doing), here is the URL:http://confluence.jetbr... ... Resharper Nightly Builds and Stylecop 0 0 0
Stylecop 4.7.8.0 released TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Stylecop 4.7.8.0 has been released at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... version is now compatible with R# 5.1 (5.1.3000.12), R# 6.0 (6.0.2202.688), R# 6.1 (6.1.37.86) and R# 6.1.1 (6.1.42.60) ... Stylecop 4.7.8.0 released 0 0 0
Android Development with Eclipse TomStickel, January 1, 0001 Install EclipseThen install the android pluginhttp://developer.andr... Basic Hello Worldhttp://developer.andro... KSoap2 for ... Android Development with Eclipse 0 0 0
Structure and MVC3 and DI (Dependency Injection) Links to save TomStickel, January 1, 0001 http://hellspawndev.blogspo... http://forums.asp.net/t/172... http://www.thecodinghumanis... ... Structure and MVC3 and DI (Dependency Injection) Links to save 0 0 0
Archive Links of Things to Read / Research / look it... TomStickel, January 1, 0001 http://www.hanselman.com/bl... ... Archive Links of Things to Read / Research / look it... 0 0 1
Testing WCF Web Services TomStickel, January 1, 0001 Recently someone was showing me WCFStorm for testing WCF services, which is very simple to use.However, SOAPUI certainly has a lot of power.I needed to add an image to send to a service and noticed that ... Testing WCF Web Services 0 0 0
SchemaSpy - An incredible free tool to use for peeking at various... TomStickel, January 1, 0001 Back in 2009 I was tasked with automating database dictionaries and schemas outputs for the CI (Continuous Integration) Server called Hudson ( which is probably now owned by Oracle and will become a name ... SchemaSpy - An incredible free tool to use for peeking at various... 0 0 1
Book Review–HTML5 Cookbook Lori Lalonde, January 1, 0001 HTML5 Cookbook, by Christopher Schmitt and Kyle Simpson, provides an overview of HTML5 along with problem/solution scenarios which will allow developers to hit the ground running using HTML5. It also includes ... Book Review–HTML5 Cookbook 0 0 1
XAML Oddities – Inline C# code in a XAML file (aka UTCC app... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Something I came across that I never knew was possible was that you can put c# code inline in a XAML file in a WPF app (I assume this would work in Silverlight as well). Not that you would ever want to ... XAML Oddities – Inline C# code in a XAML file (aka UTCC app... 0 0 1
Using ProudMonkey ConfirmBox Control in GridView Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 There are times that we need to prompt the users when doing certain actions on the page. One practical example is to confirm the user when deleting a certain record just like what I have demonstrated awhile ... Using ProudMonkey ConfirmBox Control in GridView 0 0 0
ASP.NET MVC 3 Walkthroughs & Books Rodney Vinyard, January 1, 0001 ASP.NET MVC 3 Walkthroughs & Books 1. Intro to ASP.NET MVC 3 - Rick Anderson http://www.asp.net/mvc/tuto... 2. Building an MVC ... ASP.NET MVC 3 Walkthroughs & Books 0 0 0
3 Reasons to Attend Prairie Dev Con–West D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 We’re well under 2 months to Prairie Dev Con – West in Calgary, and it appears some of you need an extra push to register. So why attend? Well, there’s the three days and over 80 sessions spanning software ... 3 Reasons to Attend Prairie Dev Con–West 0 0 0
DMARC – A new anti-spam effort that looks promising Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 While doing my usual rounds of reading the news I came across an interesting post in the New York Times Bits blog: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.c... ... DMARC – A new anti-spam effort that looks promising 0 0 1
Log4Net basics with a Console Application (c#) MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 If you are looking for a great introductory article on Log4Net, I would recommend reading the Log4Net tutorial by Tim Corey. Tim goes through quite a bit, I just want to cover the very bare minimum for ... Log4Net basics with a Console Application (c#) 0 0 14
I am animated virus ? Anirudha, January 1, 0001 I am writing my last post Firefox 7 Released when Mozilla release Firefox 7 now they have 9 soon they have 12. Now I am show you a little problem with word processor we use daily. let’s take a look at ... I am animated virus ? 0 0 0
Determine the Security Account that IIS Uses to Run My Web Site ChrisD, January 1, 0001 It's important to understand the account that IIS is running under when you need to make changes to the security settings. If, for example, your Web application writes to files or to a database, you'll ... Determine the Security Account that IIS Uses to Run My Web Site 0 0 0
O' Reilly Deal of the Day 25/Jan/2012 - HTML5 Cookbook TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's deal of the Day from O'Reilly at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is the HTML5 Cookbook."With scores of practical recipes you can use in your projects right away, this cookbook ... O' Reilly Deal of the Day 25/Jan/2012 - HTML5 Cookbook 0 0 0
Bug fix: WPF4 project template for #MVVMLight V3 Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Ironically, my last release of MVVM Light V3 was about fixing bugs in templates and making them better. In the process however, seems that I introduced a regression bug in the WPF4 project templates. Yep ... Bug fix: WPF4 project template for #MVVMLight V3 0 0 0
Installing PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0 on Windows Server 2008 with SQL Se... Vishal, January 1, 0001 Step 9: Completing the Database Setup: This step is a very critical step and should performed with very much attention. Below mentioned steps are the ones which I thought were required for the environment ... Installing PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0 on Windows Server 2008 with SQL Se... 0 0 20
Sopa to be revived and put in action in Ireland? marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 Remember SOPA? The proposition that could have turned law if the internet had not revolted against it? Well, Ireland might be getting it's own version of this law, only this time it won't be discussed ... Sopa to be revived and put in action in Ireland? 0 0 2
Powershell Emailing Strings as attachments Mike Koerner, January 1, 0001 I was working on a project to send a html attachment in a powershell script. I have the HTML string so all I want to do is create an attachment from the string. Here's the code: $SMTPserver = "mail.company.com"$from ... Powershell Emailing Strings as attachments 0 0 1
Making Windows Azure Drive Letter Persistent Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 Windows Azure Fieldnote Summary Windows Azure Drives [1] provide a means to represent a file based (disk drive) persistent storage option for the various role types within Windows Azure Compute. Each of ... Making Windows Azure Drive Letter Persistent 0 0 0