Windows 8: Old Dog, New Tricks, Important Questions andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Yesterday, at the Wall Street Journal’s “All Things D” conference, Microsoft’s President of Windows and Windows Live, Steven Sinofsky, showed the world a preview of Windows 8 (officially, that’s the code ... Windows 8: Old Dog, New Tricks, Important Questions 0 0 0
Microsoft Windows 8 : Excited or Worried? Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 I am definitely on the fence on this one. I love the look and experience of Windows 8 in the video, but I am worried about all the talk about HTML 5 and not hearing anything about the WPF/Silverlight/XNA ... Microsoft Windows 8 : Excited or Worried? 0 0 1
Even the big guys get it wrong... Elton Stoneman, January 1, 0001 Fixed now though ... Even the big guys get it wrong... 0 0 3
Assemblies Installed on Windows Azure Shaun, January 1, 0001 When we build an application that will be deployed on Windows Azure, one thing we should keep in mind is that the assemblies installed on the virtual machines on Windows Azure are very limited. It only ... Assemblies Installed on Windows Azure 0 0 0
Windows Azure MSDN How To tips in one place… Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 With thanks to Wriju for doing the work to pull these together. How to: Build a Windows Azure Application How to Configure Virtual Machine Sizes How to Configure Connection Strings How to Configure Operating ... Windows Azure MSDN How To tips in one place… 0 0 0
Setting up keyboard shortcuts to build solutions in MSBuild deadlydog, January 1, 0001 One of the greatest benefits of building your solution flies in MSBuild (vs in Visual Studio directly) is that it doesn't lock up the Visual Studio UI, which can be a huge pain if you have a large solution ... Setting up keyboard shortcuts to build solutions in MSBuild 0 0 0
Applied Design Patterns Series RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 Overview of the “AdventureWorksDesignPatterns” Project (I’ll be posting on this series here. It will be based on the presentations I’m creating for the PhillyNJ.NET user group a subgroup of PhillyDotNet) ... Applied Design Patterns Series 0 0 0
Validation of Html file Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We’ve used HtmlAgilityPack based function IsValidHtmlFragment(string html) to validate dynamically loaded Html Fragments before inserting into main page(or do not insert if it is invalid) and recently ... Validation of Html file 0 0 0
Problem with __doPostBack and second __EVENTTARGET Lukasz Kurylo, January 1, 0001 I had recently a very interesting problem. I have a single button on my page, which opens a jquery ui dialog with other page containing single textbox control. After pressing the Ok button, using web service ... Problem with __doPostBack and second __EVENTTARGET 0 0 0
Sending emails with VB6 & MAPIMessages returns Unspecified Fa... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 So, a morning of bashing my head an a new found appreciation for .Net… Today I had to do some legacy app programming in vb6… The issue we were trying to resolve was that we had an application sending emails ... Sending emails with VB6 & MAPIMessages returns Unspecified Fa... 0 0 10
Break the mechanism, that GAC-assemblies could only bind to other... Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Till yet I thought, that if you have an assembly in the GAC all referenced assemblies must also be in the GAC. So a break of this GAC-assembly resolving chain is impossible. This results in some annoying ... Break the mechanism, that GAC-assemblies could only bind to other... 0 0 0
A Developers Review of Cooler Master Storm Laptop Cooler SF-19 mbcrump, January 1, 0001 DISCLAIMER: I did not get this product for free. I’m just a guy with a debit card that has bought a product and wants to share. Last December, I decided to make the switch from using a desktop to a laptop ... A Developers Review of Cooler Master Storm Laptop Cooler SF-19 0 0 2
PDF vs Other Formats Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 There are a number of other file formats that achieve similar things as PDF. Below I have listed some of them and try to explain the differences or similarities of these alternatives. These are the comparisons ... PDF vs Other Formats 0 0 1
Bringing the .NET power and HTML5 richness together Webgui, January 1, 0001 As you probably already know Visual WebGui has recently released an HTML5 supported (beta) version of its platform. Needless to say this new .NETHTML5 version generated a lot of buzz and interest which ... Bringing the .NET power and HTML5 richness together 0 0 4
An inTro to PdF Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 PDF stands for Portable Document Format. As the name implies, it is a data format that can be used to describe documents. Adobe, the developers of PDF, market software to create, edit and visualize PDF ... An inTro to PdF 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for May 29, 2011 -- #1096 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Kunal Chowdhury, Roy Dallal, Jim Wightman, Kevin Hoffman, Levente Mihály, Peter Kuhn(-2-, -3-), René Schulte, WindowsPhoneGeek, Jesse Liberty(-2-), John Papa. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for May 29, 2011 -- #1096 0 0 0
Finally MacDailyNews iPhone App is up! Jenson, January 1, 0001 for those who knows what is MacDailyNews and those who has been following the news from MDN from their iOS devices, great news for you!Not sure whether this post has came a bit late for me to announce ... Finally MacDailyNews iPhone App is up! 0 0 0
Part 2 - Automating a Visual Studio Build with PowerShell Dittenhafer Solutions, January 1, 0001 In my prior blog post on this topic, I showed how to use the PowerShell Start-Process command to initiate the rebuild of a Visual Studio solution using MSBUILD. With today's post, I'll show how I've wrapped ... Part 2 - Automating a Visual Studio Build with PowerShell 0 0 14
The Busy Developers Guide to Mango. mbcrump, January 1, 0001 You’re a busy developer and you have read article after article of “What’s new in WP7 Mango” but you are only interested in knowing “What does this mean for me as a developer ?”. This is where I step in ... The Busy Developers Guide to Mango. 0 0 3
OReilly Deal of the Day 27/May/2011 - CLR via C# TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's OReilly Deal of the Day at http://oreilly.com/ is CLR via C# price $23.99 I am currently reading CLR via C# ISBN 978-0-7356-2704-8. Whilst quite correctly described by the publisher as a "Deep ... OReilly Deal of the Day 27/May/2011 - CLR via C# 0 0 1
Umfrage-Auswertung zum Workshop “Professionelle Softwareent... Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Als erstes möchten Jochen und ich uns bei euch Teilnehmern bedanken für das große positive Feedback zu diesem Workshop. Das waren sicher für uns alle 3 sehr spannende Stunden – für euch im technischen ... Umfrage-Auswertung zum Workshop “Professionelle Softwareent... 0 0 0
Cut the cable resources & articles James Fleming, January 1, 0001 A great article breaking down the 'actual cost' of one man's attempt to recreate his viewing habits without cable. http://hdguru.com/setting-y... Thoughtful, ... Cut the cable resources & articles 0 0 1
New BizTalk 2010 Developer Training from Microsoft Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has publically released the content from their BizTalk 2010 training course - this includes the PowerPoint decks (with instructor notes), Word docs of all the modules, 1.5 gigs of videos, and ... New BizTalk 2010 Developer Training from Microsoft 0 0 0
Http Modules in Sharepoint 2010 H@Ni, January 1, 0001 Dears, Another thing I've faced is that I had to do URL rewriting according to a client cookie.So, first thing came into my mind is writing an Http Module to do the job. Here're the steps: Create your ... Http Modules in Sharepoint 2010 0 0 0
The Geeks @bt dotGIF Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 GIF is a file format that should not really be used for prepress, it is far more suited for web design or to exchange images through e-mail or newsgroups. Unfortunately, GIF images keep popping up in pages ... The Geeks @bt dotGIF 0 0 1
The Geeks @bt dotEPS_DCS Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 DCS stands for Desktop Color Separation. It is a file format that is based on the EPS file format. In fact, you could regard DCS files as a collection of EPS files. DCS files are mainly used to exchange ... The Geeks @bt dotEPS_DCS 0 0 0
The Geeks @bt dotEPS Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 EPS or Encapsulated PostScript is a standard graphics file format for exchanging images, drawings or even layouts of complete pages. An EPS file internally contains a description of such an object or layout ... The Geeks @bt dotEPS 0 0 0
The Geeks @bt dotBMP Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 BMP is a standard file format for computers running the Windows operating system. The format was developed by Microsoft for sotoring bitmap files in a device-independent bitmap (DIB) format that will allow ... The Geeks @bt dotBMP 0 0 0
DOT GAIN Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 Dot gain is a phenomenon that causes printed material to look darker than intended. This happens because the diameter of halftone dots increases during the prepress and printing process. The optical and ... DOT GAIN 0 0 0
PAGE BLEED Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 Bleed refers to objects that extend beyond the edge of the printed page. This page tells you why bleed is needed, how much is needed and how to fix issues with bleed. For an example of the use of bleed, ... PAGE BLEED 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100-Part4 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 4 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Continuing our discussion from Part-3 we ask. What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF) ... Design Patterns 100-Part4 0 0 0
Design Patterns 100-Part3 RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 “Design Patterns 100″ is a prerequisite for .NET Developers. (Part 3 – Excerpts from July 2010 – PhillyNJ.NET Presentation) Continuing our discussion from Part-2 we ask. What are the “Gang of Four” (GoF) ... Design Patterns 100-Part3 0 0 0
Mobile IE 6 Javascript weirdness Chris G. Williams, January 1, 0001 I'm running into some bizarre behavior with JavaScript in Mobile IE 6. I have an ASP.NET MVC 3 Web App, designed primarily for Mobile IE6 (WinMo 6.5 devices) I have 2 Session variables. The first one simply ... Mobile IE 6 Javascript weirdness 0 0 3
Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 – Beta [Windows Phone 7 &... Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Today a new set of tools targeting the Windows Phone 7 “Mango” release is available. This toolset is being called Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 This by not means can be translated into the actual product ... Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 – Beta [Windows Phone 7 &... 0 0 0
.NET Reactive Extensions (Rx) Resources Kevin Grossnicklaus, January 1, 0001 Last night I gave a talk at the St. Louis .NET User Group regarding .NET Reactive Extensions (Rx) and their basic use. While Rx has been around for a number of years and I’ve seen a number of presentations ... .NET Reactive Extensions (Rx) Resources 0 0 0
Integrating Twitter with your ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor Web Applica... Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 Much has been talked about the new release of ASP.NET MVC, i.e. MVC 3 and the new Razor syntax and the ability to simplify the development. Razor uses the @ prefix for switching between code and HTML and ... Integrating Twitter with your ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor Web Applica... 0 0 11
Silverlight Cream for May 23, 2011 -- #1093 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this all submittal Issue: Colin Eberhardt, Rudi Grobler, Michael Washington(-2-, -3-, -4-), Victor Gaudioso. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "New Silverlight Video Tutorial: How to create a Rotating Banner" ... Silverlight Cream for May 23, 2011 -- #1093 0 0 0
Solutioners, Solutioners, Solutioners, Solutioners… D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’m crazy excited about the technology industry right now. We’re seeing evolution happen in real time, and at all levels. From the major platforms, we’re seeing Google’s overall story taking shape, Microsoft ... Solutioners, Solutioners, Solutioners, Solutioners… 0 0 3
Adios Fios or How I Cut the Cable James Fleming, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; ... Adios Fios or How I Cut the Cable 0 0 1
Process kills developer passion TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://radar.oreilly.com/20... there is an excellent discussion on whether Software Development has become too process orientated. Whilst not as ground-breaking ... Process kills developer passion 0 0 0
SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata Column limitation – Error ... Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 The Short Story: There is an undocumented (as of this writing) limitation to SharePoint 2010’s managed metadata columns: they only allow ~250 entries into one column, for one item. If you exceed this limit, ... SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata Column limitation – Error ... 0 0 9
XNA Notes 020 George Clingerman, January 1, 0001 Been a busy week for me, wish it was full of XNA stuff and that is why I’m busy (and that the notes are late…again) but not the case. I’m just going to have to figure out a better way of integrating the ... XNA Notes 020 0 0 11
TFS Deployer– Automate Deployments Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 TFS Deployer is installed as an agent on your the machine you would like to deploy to. TFS Deployer service listens to the build quality change notificaions generated by TFS. TFS Deployer checks the Event ... TFS Deployer– Automate Deployments 0 0 0
Automating a Visual Studio Build with PowerShell - Part 1 Dittenhafer Solutions, January 1, 0001 One of the several hats I wear at work is one of configuration manager for the internal data management application my employer uses. This app currently has 11 solutions of active code which need to be ... Automating a Visual Studio Build with PowerShell - Part 1 0 0 4
Playing with Pointers MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Ever since I began programming in c++ I have gotten confused with how pointers work. I understand why they are there and why they can be useful, but in my managed world I really don’t like touching them… ... Playing with Pointers 0 0 0
Tech Ed 2011: The Wide-Open Road, at 55 MPH andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 For Microsoft these days, great things are happening at the macro level, and yet there’s fits-and-starts progress down below. This year’s Tech Ed North America conference represented, in event-form, that ... Tech Ed 2011: The Wide-Open Road, at 55 MPH 0 0 1
jqGrid y Asp.net, un primer acercamiento Jason Ulloa, January 1, 0001 Luego de varios días de intenso trabajo, hoy he tomado un pequeño espacio de tiempo para dedicar un post al trabajo con datos en forma de tablas en asp.net Todos los que hemos trabajado desde hace bastante ... jqGrid y Asp.net, un primer acercamiento 0 0 29
Move to a new blog Pete Vidler, January 1, 0001 I had forgotten that this blog even existed and am impressed that it has remained up so long. In any case, I now have a new site located at petevidler.com, which I am occasionally updating. Oh, and I'm ... Move to a new blog 0 0 0
Summary of Computer Theory (Important Things to Know) MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Below is a summary of notes for the exam. Before these will make sense you will have to go through the study material, so this is more just a quick revision summary. Format for Declaring a Recursive Statement ... Summary of Computer Theory (Important Things to Know) 0 0 0
Teched 2011 - the year of apple Stefan Barrett, January 1, 0001 So many people have iPhones or iPads this year - in fact, i'm writing this blog on one. The fact that MS also released the tag reader on iTunes shows that they have realised this, explaining why WP7 Is ... Teched 2011 - the year of apple 0 0 0