Using Logging Application Block with Windows Azure Rohit Gupta, January 1, 0001 In Windows Azure, we have the DiagnosticMonitorTraceListener which can be used for writing diagnostics to Local resource (like a local storage in the Worker or Web Role) which can then be ultimately stored ... Using Logging Application Block with Windows Azure 0 0 0
Scripting with Mono raccoon_tim, January 1, 0001 C++ is a very powerful language. Well written native C++ code can perform much better than managed languages like C# and Java due to optimizations that the managed systems are not able to perform during ... Scripting with Mono 0 0 0
Migration of MVC project to MVC 4 ? Anirudha, January 1, 0001 In this post i show you how you can migrate your existing project to MVC4 and make compitable for vnext. for visual studio 2010 you can install the MVC4 in your own system through WPI for migrating the ... Migration of MVC project to MVC 4 ? 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2011 -- #1146 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Eric Jensen, Andrea Boschin, Gill Cleeren, Rene Schulte, Colin Eberhardt(-2-), Mark Tucker(-2-), Mark Monster, Walter Ferrari, and Michael Washington(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Welcome ... Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2011 -- #1146 0 0 0
ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview announced at BUILD Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 Yesterday I wrote this post but forgot to mention about something that is very close to my heart ASP.NET MVC. ASP.NET MVC has been evolving rapidly and within 2 years, we already have had 4 major releases ... ASP.NET MVC 4 Developer Preview announced at BUILD 0 0 3
Quo vadis .net community? Michel Grootjans, January 1, 0001 Are you passionate about your job? Do you enjoy programming? Do you think you're any good at it? One of the things that make me productive as a developer are the tools and products I use. However, these ... Quo vadis .net community? 0 0 0
Housekeeping Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 Hey guys. I need to take a moment, break the fourth wall, and address the readers. First, I have another speaking engagement. I will be giving a full 2 hour workshop on XNA at the Huntsville New Technology ... Housekeeping 0 0 1
The BUILD Conference Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 What a week it has been! The BUILD Conference just concluded http://www.buildwindows.com... and there were tons of announcements. This is one of the reasons I am passionate about ... The BUILD Conference 0 0 5
Database changes between TFS 2010 and TFS 2011 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Our friends at Microsoft have done a wonderful job releasing TFS 2011 preview, there has been great amount of preview documentation and video samples released to help understand the new features. In this ... Database changes between TFS 2010 and TFS 2011 0 0 4
Review of InRule v 4.0 Business Rule Authoring system Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 I’ve worked with the BizTalk Rule Engine and various rule systems using Windows Workflow Foundation with varying degrees of success, so I was interested in seeing InRule’s solution, billed as “The Premier ... Review of InRule v 4.0 Business Rule Authoring system 0 0 1
So did you notice? (Invisible references in WinRT apps) Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Just a quick note: When you create a new WinRT application for XAML/C# in Visual Studio 11, you will notice that the References folder is empty. Read the rest of this entry » ... So did you notice? (Invisible references in WinRT apps) 0 0 0
TFS Azure: Set up Visual Studio 2010 to work with TFS Azure Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Microsoft has officially launched the TFS Azure service preview also known as TFS in the cloud. I am sure not all of us would be upgrading our base machines by installing Visual Studio 2011 which is still ... TFS Azure: Set up Visual Studio 2010 to work with TFS Azure 0 0 6
TFS Azure - KB2581206 causes VS2010 with SP1 to stop working Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 To connect and authenticate with the Team Foundation Service Preview you need to install the hotfix KB2581206. While setting up a new machine to work with TFS Azure (#TfsService) i encountered a problem ... TFS Azure - KB2581206 causes VS2010 with SP1 to stop working 0 0 2
Freetool - KAXAML WPF editor TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://www.kaxaml.com/ there is a freeware XAML editor. I suspect that it could be very useful to have a lightweight alternative to Expression/Visual Studio ... Freetool - KAXAML WPF editor 0 0 0
TFS Azure–Technical Access Preview Experience! Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 I have been part of the Azure TFS Technical Access Preview (TAP) since March 2011. TFS Azure has been previewed and officially announced as TFS Service in the 2011 Build Conference, California. The Non-Disclosure ... TFS Azure–Technical Access Preview Experience! 0 0 6
Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview released Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 The Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview was released to MSDN subscribers yesterday, and will be available in general release tomorrow (9/16). There's way too many new features to list them all here (for ... Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview released 0 0 0
Windows Azure SDK 1.5 Arrived Shaun, January 1, 0001 In the BUILD event, Microsoft had just announced the latest Windows Azure SDK 1.5, Visual Studio Tool for Windows Azure SDK 1.5, and the Windows Azure AppFabric SDK 1.5. You can find them simply from the ... Windows Azure SDK 1.5 Arrived 0 0 0
Perspective from BUILD Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 This week I’m at the Microsoft Build/Windows conference. Now I’ve been to many conferences throughout the years and this is the first conference where I literally knew nothing about including the agenda. ... Perspective from BUILD 0 0 0
Developer Previews Are Alive and Kicking! Mickey Gousset, January 1, 0001 I’ve been installing both the Windows 8 Developer Preview and the Visual Studio Ultimate 11 Developer Preview. Go check out my posts for screenshots! Windows 8 Developer Preview Installation Screenshots ... Developer Previews Are Alive and Kicking! 0 0 0
Windows 8, Metro and IE10: First impressions Charles Young, January 1, 0001 I've just installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview. These are some first impressions: Installation of the preview was quite smooth and didn't take too long. It took a few minutes to extract the files ... Windows 8, Metro and IE10: First impressions 0 0 12
Biztalk Server 2010: Pipeline component fails with "Value does no... Charles Young, January 1, 0001 Here is a small snippet of BizTalk Server wisdom which I will post for posterity. Say you are creating a custom pipeline component with custom properties. You create private fields and a public properties ... Biztalk Server 2010: Pipeline component fails with "Value does no... 0 0 0
Metro, oh no! Windows 8…. DesigningCode, January 1, 0001 So I’ve played with the developer preview of windows 8 today. I’m trying to like Metro. But, at least on the desktop, it feels wrong. In fact, its not really windows anymore. In the sense “windows” are ... Metro, oh no! Windows 8…. 0 0 3
//Build/ Day 1–How to Create a Successful Metro App with Je... D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Fantastic afternoon session by Jensen Harris on how to create a successful metro app. One of the big pushes will be the Windows 8 marketplace. Part of having a successful app is ensuring it adheres to ... //Build/ Day 1–How to Create a Successful Metro App with Je... 0 0 0
Speaking at the MCT Summit in San Francisco, Oct. 19th-21st Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 As an MCT it is always exciting when I travel to conferences because it becomes a reunion. Well, one more chance this year to make it so, but this time (unlike the last MCT Summit) I am also presenting. ... Speaking at the MCT Summit in San Francisco, Oct. 19th-21st 0 0 0
Bullet Points from Build–Day 1 and my thoughts mbcrump, January 1, 0001 I usually do a bullet points from major conference events like this one from Mix11. The purpose of this post is to get you up to speed quickly with news and links you may enjoy. Build – Day 1 Keynote Windows ... Bullet Points from Build–Day 1 and my thoughts 0 0 2
BUILD Keynote Notes | From Virtual Link Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Demostration of Windows 8 Lots of great stuff going on with Windows 7 installs Touch First, Mouse Second – Wow, that is going to be interesting Demo of a netbook from two years ago running Windows 8 using ... BUILD Keynote Notes | From Virtual Link 0 0 0
Working with Android on Windows and without Cygwin raccoon_tim, January 1, 0001 Our engine is written in almost pure C++ with some part in C# that run on Mono. The code base is huge which mans that we’re primarily looking for platforms that support C++ development. Looking at the ... Working with Android on Windows and without Cygwin 0 0 0
TFS API: Using LINQpad to query TFS Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Download Demo - LINQpad Query In this blog post I’ll be showing you how to query TFS using LINQpad. 1. Download LINQpad Those who are familiar with LINQpad know its benefits and ease of use, i would urge ... TFS API: Using LINQpad to query TFS 0 0 2
Google Feeds API shehan, January 1, 0001 I was given with a simple requirement – create an online component that has the ability to pull RSS feeds asynchronously from websites. I could have written a server control, but that would mean I would ... Google Feeds API 0 0 0
The AsyncOperationService and HttpWebRequest codingbloke, January 1, 0001 In the previous post I droned on about how to apply the AsyncOperationService to an API conforming to the .NET Asynchronous pattern. In this post I’ll be building a more real world example. Well I say ... The AsyncOperationService and HttpWebRequest 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for September 09, 2011 -- #1145 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Kunal Chowdhury, David Anson, Cheryl Simmons, Ryan Alford, Peter Kuhn, Ollie Riches, Mike Hole, Allen Lee, WindowsPhoneGeek, Mike Taulty, Sumit Dutta, Asim Sajjad, Dhananjay Kumar, and Vikram ... Silverlight Cream for September 09, 2011 -- #1145 0 0 0
Compiler Warnings -- What is the trick about them? lavanyadeepak, January 1, 0001 Be it a C# Compiler or a PHP page we all have seen errors and warnings. What is the difference between them? Error: A failing condition which prevents the compiler from proceeding further. Warning: A condition ... Compiler Warnings -- What is the trick about them? 0 0 0
Yet another Beeping P/Invoke Demo (SL5 RC) mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Introduction You might have noticed that the Silverlight 5 (Release Candidate) is out. One of the new features included in the RC is the ability to call P/Invoke. In this short demo, we will write a Silverlight ... Yet another Beeping P/Invoke Demo (SL5 RC) 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 08, 2011 -- #1144 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Ollie Riches, Tony Champion, Kunal Chowdhury, WindowsPhoneGeek, Jeremy Likness, Mike Taulty, Jesse Liberty, Sumit Dutta, Asim Sajjad, Justin Angel, and Shawn Wildermuth(-2-). Above the Fold: ... Silverlight Cream for September 08, 2011 -- #1144 0 0 0
Awesome Visual Studio Videos deadlydog, January 1, 0001 I watched an awesome Channel 9 Visual Studio Tips And Tricks video, so I thought I'd share. Some great VS gems in there. Even a few Windows 7 ones, like using Alt+D to jump to the address bar in Windows ... Awesome Visual Studio Videos 0 0 1
Leveraging MSBuild for Ruthless Productivity Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 (Warning: This is semi-advanced stuff. It’s not hard, per se, but it involves editing important project files manually, which, if done wrong, can render them useless making it so that your code won’t compile ... Leveraging MSBuild for Ruthless Productivity 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 05, 2011 -- #1143 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Washington, Tony Champion, Ollie Riches, Gill Cleeren, Koen Zwikstra(-2-), Peter Kuhn, Xianzhong Zhu, Mike Taulty, Pete Brown, Sumit Dutta(-2-), Asim Sajjad, Dhananjay Kumar(-2-), ... Silverlight Cream for September 05, 2011 -- #1143 0 0 0
99 Bottles of Beer! TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://99-bottles-of-beer.n... an old drinking song that printed out by an award-winning piece of code obfuscation cited in a Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... inspired ... 99 Bottles of Beer! 0 0 1
Visual Studio vNext Details - HTML Editor Smart Tasks and Event H... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Scott Guthrie of Microsoft has blogged about "HTML Editor Smart Tasks and Event Handler Generation (ASP.NET vNext Series)" at http://weblogs.asp.net/scot... ... Visual Studio vNext Details - HTML Editor Smart Tasks and Event H... 0 0 0
Python Tools for Visual Studio TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Python Tools for Visual Studio has now been released at http://pytools.codeplex.com... (You will also need Iron Python from http://ironpython.codeplex.... ... Python Tools for Visual Studio 0 0 0
properties-or-public-fields TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://csharperimage.jeremy... there is an interesting discussion on whether to use Prperties or to publicly expose fields. Whilst I will admit there be cases ... properties-or-public-fields 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 04, 2011 -- #1142 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Lee, Kunal Chowdhury, Peter Kuhn, XamlNinja, Ollie Riches, WindowsPhoneGeek, Jeremy Likness, Pete Brown(-2-, -3-), Dhananjay Kumar, Sumit Dutta, and Asim Sajjad. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for September 04, 2011 -- #1142 0 0 0
More Cheat-Sheets (and some for SQL Injection Attack!) TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://devcheatsheet.com/ there is a comprehensive list of cheat sheets. Of particular note are: http://devcheatsheet.com/ta... SQL Injection! http://devcheatsheet.com/ta... ReSharper ... More Cheat-Sheets (and some for SQL Injection Attack!) 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 03, 2011 -- #1141 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Tony Champion, Kevin Hoffman, Pete Brown(-2-), Mike Gold, Jeremy Likness, Xpert360, Den Delimarsky, Sumit Dutta, Asim Sajjad, Vikram Pendse, and Michael Crump. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for September 03, 2011 -- #1141 0 0 0
ASP.NET vNext Series - New Features Patrick Olurotimi Ige, January 1, 0001 As you know Visual Studio 2011 has got some great features but it seems ScottGu has got some other stuff to show See the new vNext cool features here Enjoy the videso too. Cheers ... ASP.NET vNext Series - New Features 0 0 0
Red Gate Ants Memory Profiler 7.1 – Initial thoughts and ge... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I was really excited when I heard Red Gate wanted a review of their memory profiler done. I have been a fan of Red Gate products for years… being first exposed to their products via reflector a few years ... Red Gate Ants Memory Profiler 7.1 – Initial thoughts and ge... 0 0 0
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Getting Started with the Silverlight 5 RC mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Today the release candidate of Microsoft’s Silverlight 5 was released to the public. If you want to know “What’s new in Silverlight 5” then check out this page on Silverlight.net and continue reading the ... Getting Started with the Silverlight 5 RC 0 0 1
MVVM light V3 installer for non-English systems Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 After I released the MVVM Light installer, I got a note saying that parts of the installation failed on non-English systems (in that case a German installation of Expression Blend and Visual Studio). Specifically, ... MVVM light V3 installer for non-English systems 0 0 0
Extracting a SQL CE DB from Isolated Storage in WP7 Mango. mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Introduction By now, most of you have heard that Windows Phone 7 – Mango release will support Local Databases (SQL CE) using Linq to SQL. But what you probably haven’t heard much about is how to extract ... Extracting a SQL CE DB from Isolated Storage in WP7 Mango. 0 0 1