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Getting Started With SQLite In Windows Store / WinRT Apps

In this blog post I will expand the blog post by Tim Heuer  to include information on how to include and access a pre-populated SQLite database file, maybe...

0 replies - 3772 views - 08/22/12 by Erik Ejlskov Jensen in Articles

WinJS: Unpacking Promises

N.B. If you don’t know anything about WinJS, take a moment to peruse this primer. Also, the context of this post is the p&p Hilo project. Derick Bailey...

0 replies - 2390 views - 08/21/12 by Christopher Bennage in Articles

Visual Studio 2012 Schema Comparison

Having recently been playing with the newly released Visual Studio 2012, one of the really nice features that I’ve seen is the Database Schema Comparison...

0 replies - 6563 views - 08/20/12 by Nick Haslam in Articles

Windows 8 Unleashed Events in SoCal

Windows 8 Unleashed (via email)Full Day of Hands On Programming, B.Y.O. Laptop! Windows 8 is is the single biggest opportunity for developers EVER! Come to a...

0 replies - 2054 views - 08/20/12 by Greg Duncan in Articles

RTM SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit Now Available

Microsoft Downloads - SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit Quick details Version: 1.0 Date published: 7/16/2012 Language: English ...

0 replies - 2433 views - 07/19/12 by Greg Duncan in Articles

Fluent Interfaces in C# – Extension Methods

For those of you who haven't read the previous post. This post is the 2nd of many where I explain how to use C# and a bag of tricks to create fluent...

1 replies - 2817 views - 07/17/12 by Dror Helper in Articles

One Team Project

I have talked often of the idea of a Project of Projects in Team Foundation Server and with the new feature in Visual Studio 2012 Team Foundation Server I ...

0 replies - 2091 views - 07/15/12 by Martin Hinshelwood in Articles

Minor Update for Visual Studio 2012 RC Released

Setup & Install by Heath Stewart - New Revision of the July 2012 Update for Visual Studio 2012 RC We have released a new revision of the July 2012...

0 replies - 1912 views - 07/15/12 by Greg Duncan in Articles

Digging WPF Data Binding With the "WPF DataBinding References & Tutorials" Wiki

TechNet Wiki Articles - WPF DataBinding References & Tutorials Windows Presentation Foundation has a completely redesigned system for binding data...

0 replies - 1697 views - 07/14/12 by Greg Duncan in Articles

IQueryable Read Model Extension Methods

The normalized data model of the database is often not suitable for reading and displaying data. A separate read model used to represent all the data needed to...

0 replies - 1758 views - 07/14/12 by Anders Abel in Articles

Separating the Read Model

A typical architecture of a .NET web application is to use EF Code First for data access and MVC to render the web pages. The data model in the database is...

0 replies - 1827 views - 07/10/12 by Anders Abel in Articles

MythBusters: Arrays Versus Collections

The myths I want to tackle are: Arrays are not collections Arrays are faster than collections These are two statements I have heard recently and I disagree...

0 replies - 2620 views - 07/07/12 by Robert Maclean in Articles

7 Programmer Recruiting Mistakes

We’ve all met them. The programmers that can’t program. They can hardly write anything that compiles on their own. Producing quality quality code is...

4 replies - 24749 views - 06/25/12 by Anders Abel in Articles

When Should I Use An ORM?

I think like everyone, I go through the same journey whenever I find out about a new technology.. Huh? –> This is really cool –> I use it everywhere...

4 replies - 13665 views - 06/25/12 by Mike Hadlow in Articles

ASP.NET MVC 4: Where Have All The Global.asax Routes Gone?

I ran into this a few days back and had been meaning to blog about it, so here it finally is while it’s still interesting information. In ASP.NET MVC...

0 replies - 4181 views - 06/24/12 by Jon Davis in Articles