Be Honest With Product Reviews Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 As you gain attention in the technology community you will get asked to review books and products from time to time. In doing so you are going to find that not everything that you are asked to review will ... Be Honest With Product Reviews 0 0 0
Sample Pricing Comparison: Amazon AWS and Windows Azure Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 EDIT: A blog post has been published, with updated pricing information as of August 2015. Click here to access this blog post. As my journey to the cloud continues, many people have asked me whether or ... Sample Pricing Comparison: Amazon AWS and Windows Azure 0 0 4
Upgrading to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP3 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Last week I upgraded my TFS 2012 test environment to CTP3 to try out the new features rolled out in preview as part of the Visual Studio 2012 Upgrade 2 CTP. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the ... Upgrading to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP3 0 0 0
A Generic, IDisposable, Unit-Testable, Error-Handling WCF Service... Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 I recently reused my generic, disposable WCF service client, and made some changes to make it simpler to use and easier to unit test. The original client was used like this: using (var serviceClientWrapper ... A Generic, IDisposable, Unit-Testable, Error-Handling WCF Service... 0 0 5
ASP.NET SignalR “SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'client... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 I was playing around with ASP.NET SignalR and while trying to use Hubs, stumbled upon this error. Much as I would know that I was doing all the wrong things, I could recognize it has something to do with ... ASP.NET SignalR “SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'client... 0 0 62
A few Azure scaling thoughts BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 A lot of noise around cloud and in particularly Microsoft Windows Azure is the ability to scale up or down at will. This is a very important aspect of the whole cloud story but it is also something that ... A few Azure scaling thoughts 0 0 2
How to backup the TFS 2012 databases Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Team Foundation Server Backups - You need to install the ‘Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update xx Power Tool’ on the application-tier for Team Foundation Server. The tool can schedule backups ... How to backup the TFS 2012 databases 0 0 0
EntLIb editor corrupts config files Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 I've tried to use Microsoft Enterprise Library(EntLIb) editor, as it was suggested in http://weblogs.asp.net/suku... ... EntLIb editor corrupts config files 0 0 0
Static methods not always bad for testability Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Some time ago I've posted a few links about What is testable code?Reading the links someone can feel that any static methods are bad for testability. However it is a wrong impression- static methods without ... Static methods not always bad for testability 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
Using CollectionNotEmptyValidator Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We recently started to use Microsoft Enterprise Library Validation Enterprise Block (VAB) to check interfaces between modules. One of the properties to validate is array of values, that should be not empty, ... Using CollectionNotEmptyValidator 0 0 0
MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification deepakpuri, January 1, 0001 IT Professionals working in Sql Server can gain their MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification by following this post. I passed these 3 exams in August 2012.I) Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012II) ... MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification 0 0 0
C++ Pixel Perfect Collision Detection Sample (and Base Sample upd... Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 One of the more popular series of samples for XNA was the collision detection series. Especially the 2D pixel perfect collision and transformed pixel perfect collision. So as my first sample, I’ve replicated ... C++ Pixel Perfect Collision Detection Sample (and Base Sample upd... 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
InfoPath 2010 formatting rules to compare with current logged use... MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 How to use formatting rules in Info Path 2010 by advance conditioning using userName() function and substring-before() & substring-after(). Scenario: I have a List Form customized by InfoPath Designer ... InfoPath 2010 formatting rules to compare with current logged use... 0 0 3
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
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
BizTalk Automated Multi Server Deploy RobBowman, January 1, 0001 Background I’ve been working with BizTalk since 2006r1 (the one without the handy WCF adapters). Since that time I’ve tried various community offerings to improve the deployment process. In 2008 I was ... BizTalk Automated Multi Server Deploy 0 0 8
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
BizTalk: the Naming Conventions in Examples Leonid Ganeline, January 1, 0001 See the BizTalk: BizTalk Solution Naming Conventions article. In small application we do not really care about names. When the number of objects start growing, we start pay attention to the names. Experienced ... BizTalk: the Naming Conventions in Examples 0 0 2
Why You Shouldn’t Build An App In 1 Page Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I have seen a number of people boast that they have a 1 page web application design. Congratulations. Now ask yourself why you did that and what the impact that design has. There are reasons that we modularize ... Why You Shouldn’t Build An App In 1 Page 0 0 5
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
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation Iso Sha-1 Alex Moore, January 1, 0001 Since I couldn't easily find this information on Google, here's the checksum info for the Windows 8 Enterprise Edition x86 Evaluation iso from Microsoft (http://msdn.microsoft.com/... ... Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation Iso Sha-1 0 0 4
AppFx.ServiceBus – One Way Error Handling Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 In this article we will revisit the first sample about one way messaging and look at how the AppFx.ServiceBus framework implements error handling and retries. In this article we want to achieve the following: ... AppFx.ServiceBus – One Way Error Handling 0 0 64
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
Azure Deployment Error: requested resources are too large for the... charlie.mott, January 1, 0001 source: http://geekswithblogs.net/c... I am using the Windows Azure PowerShell CmdLets to perform deployments of Cloud Services. This was all working well until I started to receive the error “total ... Azure Deployment Error: requested resources are too large for the... 0 0 0
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
West Palm Beach Meeting with Wayne Filin-Matthews 1/29/2013 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 Wayne Filin-Matthews, Microsoft’s Architect Role Owner, was our special guest speaker for the West Palm Beach Developers’ Group January meeting. Wayne shared with us his vision for the future and what ... West Palm Beach Meeting with Wayne Filin-Matthews 1/29/2013 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
The Office 365 conundrum BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 At long last we have the Office 365 we deserve or do we? The concept of Office as a service is exciting and means for the average user both business and consumer access at a sensible price to the full ... The Office 365 conundrum 0 0 1
SSAS: Clearing the MDX Script for a session in SSMS Darren Gosbell, January 1, 0001 Sometimes when troubleshooting performance issues you may want to comment out the MDX Script in your cube in order to quickly isolate whether the MDX Script is a significant contributor to the issue. So ... SSAS: Clearing the MDX Script for a session in SSMS 0 0 0
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
Creating an XNA GameComponent in Windows Store Apps Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 It was unofficially announced yesterday that XNA has officially hit the end of its life. Fortunately, as mentioned in the last post, I'm working on porting everything out of XNA. However, there is stall ... Creating an XNA GameComponent in Windows Store Apps 0 0 0
Windows Store DirectX C++ Sample Base Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 I’ve been working on this on and off for over a year now (having essentially restarted entirely in the latter half of 2012). At last it is finished. I give you a Windows Store DirectX C++ Sample Base. ... Windows Store DirectX C++ Sample Base 0 0 4
SPD Workflow Doesn’t Auto Start for List Item created progr... MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 Problem Details: We have created a custom reusable workflow and added with a list on which a workflow (custom workflow) is to start automatically when the item is created. It works great when I add a new ... SPD Workflow Doesn’t Auto Start for List Item created progr... 0 0 0
TFS2012 QU2 - New Feature - Work Item Tagging Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Microsoft has just switched the flag ON and released a whole bunch of new features in CTP1 as part of the TFS 2012 QU2 release. In this blog post I’ll be talking about some practical uses of ‘Work Item ... TFS2012 QU2 - New Feature - Work Item Tagging 0 0 1
Microsoft Embedded Conference, the week after Valter Minute, January 1, 0001 Ecco il resoconto della splendida giornata trascorsa in quel di Napoli a parlare di sistemi embedded: http://dotnetcampania.org/b... ... Microsoft Embedded Conference, the week after 0 0 0
Edit multiple items as ribbon button Norgean, January 1, 0001 We wanted to add a button to the ribbon which lets the user select two or more items, and do simultaneous edits to selected columns. Creating ribbon buttons is eeeeeasy. Cksdev even has a built-in template ... Edit multiple items as ribbon button 0 0 0
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
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
Creating a Keyboard Buffer in Windows Store Apps Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 NOTE: I created a better version of this control. There are some important facts in this post that you should read first. However, check out Improved Keyboard Buffer for Windows Store Apps for a much improved ... Creating a Keyboard Buffer in Windows Store Apps 0 0 3
So, you miss the Start Button in Windows 8? Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Let me ask the question again, do you miss the Start button orb or the functionality? One of the things I have found with us IT folk is that we always want to have the new shiny thing, but we don't like ... So, you miss the Start Button in Windows 8? 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
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
SharePoint Server Training now available in Bangladesh MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 Background: SharePoint is nothing new for us as it is already Implements in the most of Large Organization in Bangladesh. Most of the Telco Providers (GP, Robi Axiata, BanglaLink etc) are already using ... SharePoint Server Training now available in Bangladesh 0 0 8
Biztalk Application Testing Life Cycle -Part 3 AbhishekLohani, January 1, 0001 In BizTalk Application Testing Life Cycle -3 – Integration Testing In BizTalk Application Testing Life Cycle -1 – we have tested the Application Functionality on the basis of Function requirement agreed ... Biztalk Application Testing Life Cycle -Part 3 0 0 2