Continuous Integration-Automated Deployments And Release Manageme... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 A customer I am working with is interested in an ‘automated deployment and release management’ solution for their 160 applications scaling across 350 servers. There is a mix of Microsoft and Non Microsoft ... Continuous Integration-Automated Deployments And Release Manageme... 0 0 0
Speaking At The 2013 Chicago Code Camp Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 It has been a couple of years since I last spoke at the Chicago Code Camp. Not for lack of trying. Our community has so many top quality speakers and subjects the team that runs the conference has a tough ... Speaking At The 2013 Chicago Code Camp 0 0 0
MCSD: Windows Store Apps using HTML5 deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 Last October Microsoft Technical Evangelists Jeremy Foster and Michael Palermo and delivered two of the most popular Jump Starts ever produced. These accelerated courses were aimed at experienced developers ... MCSD: Windows Store Apps using HTML5 0 0 0
Topics on Steroids TechnicalWriting, January 1, 0001 Ektron product documentation puts a new twist on topic-based information, creating a streamlined, single-sourced, multi-formatted, topic-based information delivery system.Traditional topic-based documentation ... Topics on Steroids 0 0 0
The magic of touch Dennis Vroegop, January 1, 0001 Tell me something. Why do people love the iPad but fail to recognize Microsoft was the first one out there with a touch device? Why do people stand in line for an iPhone while there are other better offerings ... The magic of touch 0 0 0
Paul Preiss visiting the IASA South Florida Chapter 02/20/2012 Rainer Habermann, January 1, 0001 IASA SE Florida Chapter Event - Enterprise Architecture in TransformationDate/Time: February 20th, 2013 @ 6:00 PMLocation: Citrix-Systems - Town Center Meeting Area, 6363 NW 6th Way, Fort Lauderdale, FLSign ... Paul Preiss visiting the IASA South Florida Chapter 02/20/2012 0 0 0
Linux – Text processing commands Rahul Anand, January 1, 0001 Linux/Unix offers many text processing tools which are very powerful and can be used together to process data and extract information from files. Some of these are listed below with few commonly used examples: ... Linux – Text processing commands 0 0 0
AzureGames Chilberto, January 1, 0001 With a couple of colleagues, I have started a new project: AzureGames. I was inspired by the Microsoft Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games, and was started as a CodePlex site. We are currently flushing ... AzureGames 0 0 1
When a vendor you love lies… Corsair and the K90 eddraper, January 1, 0001 I’ve been a big Corsair fan for a long time. I’ve always had great luck with their RAM and other products. A couple of months ago, I was in the market for a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches. ... When a vendor you love lies… Corsair and the K90 0 0 0
Using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics, when not all developers have... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We have only couple of developers who are using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics and having PostSharp Pro license .However ther are much more developers , who are building our solution, but do not required ... Using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics, when not all developers have... 0 0 0
Do You Use SQL Doc from Red Gate? Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 Do you have a database? Then you should be using SQL Doc! http://www.red-gate.com/pro... SQL Doc scans the data dictionary and associated metadata to produce the documentation ... Do You Use SQL Doc from Red Gate? 0 0 0
MVVM Light V4.1.27.0 in Nuget Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I just pushed a new version of MVVM Light to Nuget. The new version is 4.1.27.0. The difference towards the previous version (4.1.26.1) and this one is that I am not depending on the CommonServiceLocator ... MVVM Light V4.1.27.0 in Nuget 0 0 0
HTML input types Scott Dorman, January 1, 0001 As web developers and consumers, we’re all familiar with the HTML <input> tag. This is the tag that renders on the screen as an input text box. However, as developers you may not be familiar with ... HTML input types 0 0 0
Using CData JDBC Drivers in ColdFusion dataintegration, January 1, 0001 Using CData JDBC Drivers in ColdFusion 0 0 0
Build A Custom View Engine to Create Excel Files in MVC Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 In any project you often need to export data as excel. This are several approaches that you can follow to do this. One approach, would be to setup the environment for a GridView and then bind your list ... Build A Custom View Engine to Create Excel Files in MVC 0 0 0
My Comprehensive Must-Read Books List About Technology Jason Olson, January 1, 0001 The other day on Twitter, some friends and I were discussing the narrative books we like that are about technology (not technical books themselves). These are books about notable figures in the technology ... My Comprehensive Must-Read Books List About Technology 0 0 1
Support for LINQ in JAVA Rahul Anand, January 1, 0001 I have been programming in C# and .NET for a decade now. I loved the concept of LINQ and Lambda Expression which brings a layer of separation between the user request to process a task and the real execution ... Support for LINQ in JAVA 0 0 4
Feature Toggles vs Feature Branches – Dylan’s $0.02 Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 There’s been some chatter lately about an old debate between Feature Branches vs Feature Toggles. I used to be firmly in the Feature Branches camp, but about a year ago (at the ALM Summit) I became convinced ... Feature Toggles vs Feature Branches – Dylan’s $0.02 0 0 8
How to get the current Build version in a Windows 8 Store Applica... Mike Benkovich, January 1, 0001 Sometimes you spend a lot of time searching online for an answer, but the truth is that it’s a lot easier just to open up the debugger, spend a few minutes, and find it yourself. In the context of today’s ... How to get the current Build version in a Windows 8 Store Applica... 0 0 1
Passed the 70-480 Exam, Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and ... JuansAndZeros, January 1, 0001 This morning I took the 70-480 Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 exam and passed with a 900. I figured since there was a free voucher for the exam I might as well try. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/le... ... Passed the 70-480 Exam, Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and ... 0 0 5
TFS Build Custom Activity : TODO Counter charlie.mott, January 1, 0001 Article Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/c... Tracking the count of TODO’s in your solution can be used for the following: Use as an additional measure of code quality. Predict estimated completion ... TFS Build Custom Activity : TODO Counter 0 0 1
Tip of the Day–Set ReadOnly for AutoGenerate Columns in Gri... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 This question was asked from the forums.asp.net and thought I’d blog about it for future reference. The question is “how do we set ReadOnly for autogenerated columns in gridview when it’s on edit mode?”. ... Tip of the Day–Set ReadOnly for AutoGenerate Columns in Gri... 0 0 0
TFS - Get List Of Software Installed On Build Agent Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Introduction It is common for your code projects to reference Microsoft or Non Microsoft SDKs, this requires that the build agents has the SDK’s installed. It is also natural that some of your projects ... TFS - Get List Of Software Installed On Build Agent 0 0 2
A Blog Feature Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 Vishal Ranjan invited me to have a short interview about myself. The details of the interview was featured in his blog here: Interview with Vincent Maverick Durano Technorati Tags: Community,General,Asp.NET ... A Blog Feature 0 0 0
Html5 is like pajamas; and native app is like an Armani suit subodhnpushpak, January 1, 0001 I was doing some introspection on the work I have been doing last year and realized that I have some really strong opinion on stuff which wasn’t there a year back. These opinion are mainly influenced by ... Html5 is like pajamas; and native app is like an Armani suit 0 0 9
TFS API - Reporting Visual Studio Solution And Project Versions Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Problem Definition I am about to take ownership of a TFS 2005 repository that has projects for BizTalk, SharePoint, SSIS, SSAS, different flavors of .NET, to complicate things, the customer is using different ... TFS API - Reporting Visual Studio Solution And Project Versions 0 0 0
TFS In the Cloud! ryanabr, January 1, 0001 Late last year Microsoft launched TFS in the cloud at https://tfs.visualstudio.com. It is free for 5 users and less. Microsoft hasn’t completely worked out the pricing yet for larger teams, but that will ... TFS In the Cloud! 0 0 0
C++ Unit Testing with GoogleTest JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Unit testing is critical for quality code – they help you: find problems early facilitate change by avoiding breakage of other functionality simplify integration via a bottom up approach document the code ... C++ Unit Testing with GoogleTest 0 0 1
Beware Singletons that Raise Events Jesse Taber, January 1, 0001 This blog post has moved:http://gruffcode.com/... ... Beware Singletons that Raise Events 0 0 2
Using async/await with WebClient in Windows Phone 8 (or: TaskComp... Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 When you share code between Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8, you can use async/await to code against asynchronous APIs, which is a nice step in the right direction. However there are Windows Phone APIs that ... Using async/await with WebClient in Windows Phone 8 (or: TaskComp... 0 0 0
MVC Forms Styling from Twitter Bootstrap Aligned, January 1, 0001 I was looking at Twitter’s Bootstrap awhile back and found that their CSS, plus some validation CSS from the MVC template, and approach to forms will work nicely for my MVC project. I didn’t want to use ... MVC Forms Styling from Twitter Bootstrap 0 0 0
Accessing a UI control’s method using MVVM Light Messenger JuansAndZeros, January 1, 0001 I have been beating my head against the desk the last day and a half trying to figure out how to access a UI controls method from an MVVM View Model. I am using the DevComponents AdvGrid control and the ... Accessing a UI control’s method using MVVM Light Messenger 0 0 0
how document.readyState work Anirudha, January 1, 0001 in javascript we can use document.readyState to know the state of page. Some state of page is “loading” :- when page is still loading and script is executed. “interactive” :- when page is finished parsing ... how document.readyState work 0 0 0
Setting HTML.CheckBoxFor Values in MVC 4 View from Json return us... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 I’m an MVC/jQuery noobie and this one really got my goat for while. The problem was handling the bit field in SQL Server which was treated as a checkbox field in MVC. Here’s how you can set a checkbox ... Setting HTML.CheckBoxFor Values in MVC 4 View from Json return us... 0 0 0
Extending DateTime adding the good stuff Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 The DateTime struct in DotNet is well thought out, but they missed a few critical things that I find myself often needing. Fortunately with extension methods, we can easily fill in the gaps . When doing ... Extending DateTime adding the good stuff 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day 23/Jan/2013 - Practical HTML5 Projects TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the Day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Practical HTML5 Projects"In Practical HTML5 Projects, previously undocumented web design techniques are revealed and explained ... APress Deal of the Day 23/Jan/2013 - Practical HTML5 Projects 0 0 0
WPF: How to Find Control Location. Ilya Verbitskiy, January 1, 0001 Hello everyone! Unfortunately I do not have enough time for blogging this winter. I hope the situation will change pretty soon, and I will find the time to write something here. Anyway. You know that WPF ... WPF: How to Find Control Location. 0 0 0
Quartz.Net scheduler exposed via a Web Service Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 I had been given a business requirement to provide a self service Website for job scheduling. Having worked with Quartz.Net, it seemed the perfect backend engine to schedule and process jobs. I decided ... Quartz.Net scheduler exposed via a Web Service 0 0 0
Building a Repository Pattern against an EF 5 EDMX Model - Part 2 JuansAndZeros, January 1, 0001 I know it has been a couple months since I first wrote part 1 of building a repository pattern with an EF model, but here we are. I am finally getting around to writing part 2. If you remember, in part ... Building a Repository Pattern against an EF 5 EDMX Model - Part 2 0 0 0
Quartz.Net Windows Service on Server Important Configuration Step... Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Are you running Quartz.Net as a windows service on a remote server and trying to connect to it from a client to schedule jobs? Then I would highly recommend reading the below listed configuration steps ... Quartz.Net Windows Service on Server Important Configuration Step... 0 0 0
A Recipe for Integrating the XNA GS Content Pipeline projects int... Michael Cummings, January 1, 0001 Overview There are several series from fellow Microsoft Evangelists on using MonoGame for your Windows 8 Store apps. I don’t want to duplicate what they have already done, so instead I’ll refer you to ... A Recipe for Integrating the XNA GS Content Pipeline projects int... 0 0 4
iOS and WP7/WP8 in SharePoint 2013 MOSSLover, January 1, 0001 As you guys know I have decided to start delving into mobile development. I bought a Macbook Air a few months back and I am now getting an HTC 8x. Here are some things that I have learned in my attempts ... iOS and WP7/WP8 in SharePoint 2013 0 0 0
Grouped Failover, a 2008R2 version of Availability groups remko, January 1, 0001 One of the new cool features in SQL 2012 is the SQL Server Availability groups. In other words being able to failover a group of databases which are logically connected. i.e. SharePoint databases. Well ... Grouped Failover, a 2008R2 version of Availability groups 0 0 0
Simple way to bind an Enum to a DropDownList in MVC Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 I have always been surprised that this was not already baked into the framework, but it turns out it is fairly easy to add. There are just a few steps. In the end, we want a drop down that will list the ... Simple way to bind an Enum to a DropDownList in MVC 0 0 12
Force shrink of transaction log after a full backup remko, January 1, 0001 After installing vCenter and connecting it to a SQL Server 2008R2 database server and making it high available with the help of database mirroring, somthing anoying started to take place. After a full ... Force shrink of transaction log after a full backup 0 0 0
ASP.NET MVC 4 pluggable application modules Cory Koski, January 1, 0001 Original article by Nilesh Hirapra, February 29th, 2012 Updated and revised by Cory Koski, January 15th, 2013 History This article is an updated version of the “ASP.NET MVC - Pluggable application modules/components/area/fea... ... ASP.NET MVC 4 pluggable application modules 0 0 56
Samsung in, Apple out Kit Ong, January 1, 0001 Having been users of both Samsung and Apple mobile devices, I can understand why Samsung can overtake Apple in the smart phone market, I am perfectly happy with my Samsung device even if it's not made ... Samsung in, Apple out 0 0 4
Reasons to Attend a Mobile App Development Workshop Lori Lalonde, January 1, 0001 Mobile app development is hot right now and the need for skilled developers is only going to increase over time. This arena requires a mind shift for most traditional desktop and web-based developers. ... Reasons to Attend a Mobile App Development Workshop 0 0 9
Dallas Day of .NET T, January 1, 0001 RIA Consulting, LLC is hosting the third annual Dallas Day of .NET at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving Texas on February 8th and 9th 2013. This year brings several highlighted speakers including ... Dallas Day of .NET 0 0 0
Easily Add a Table of Contents to Any Web Page with jQuery Nick Harrison, January 1, 0001 This snippet will add a list of links to every named anchor in your web page. Each link will have an associated click event handler to animate scrolling to that section. I hope you find this useful. First ... Easily Add a Table of Contents to Any Web Page with jQuery 0 0 0