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Lessons learned from the AWS outage from the Azure Perspective(developusing.net)

submitted by dburtondburton(115) 1 year ago

What the Azure developer should learn from the Amazon outage read more...

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Screencast: Using SpecFlow and WebAii(developusing.net)

submitted by dburtondburton(115) 1 year, 1 month ago

With TDD you have learned to create tests that ensure that you build the system right. Take a look at a specification language that can help ensure that you build the right system. read more...

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Introducing ActionLinq(houseofbilz.com)

submitted by BrianGenisioBrianGenisio(1000) 1 year, 4 months ago

I am excited to release a pet project of mine that I have been developing for a few months. ActionLinq is a complete LINQ-to-Objects implementation for ActionScript 3.0. Including the same deferred execution behavior as LINQ, ActionLinq is a functional query library designed to process and manipulate data in ActionScript 3.0. It is especially useful for processing data received from web services and manipulating it to fit into the view. read more...

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Dotnetkicks Homepage Updates(blog.dotnetkicks.com)

submitted by sdormansdorman(1415) 1 year, 6 months ago

Almost a year ago, DotNetKicks underwent some considerable changes including a new overall look to the site. Today, we again launched several new features. read more...

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Windows Phone 7 RTM charting using the Silverlight Control Toolkit(silverlighthack.com)

submitted by bartczernickibartczernicki(503) 1 year, 7 months ago

This article will show you the steps to surface charting data visualizations using the Silverlight Control Toolkit on the Windows Phone 7. I will also cover the reasoning behind these steps and the gotchas/errors you may encounter. Source code is included with a sample Windows Phone 7 project. read more...

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It’s not a Baby Boom, It’s a Microsoft Product Boom!(www.ironshay.com)

submitted by shayfriedmanshayfriedman(1411) 1 year, 7 months ago

The last few months were a bit hectic if you stayed tuned to announcements coming from Microsoft regarding new products. 10 new releases in 6 months! This posts provides a short introduction to each new release along with links for further reading. read more...

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Day #6: Application Bar(bit.ly)

submitted by sadukiesadukie(505) 1 year, 7 months ago

Learn how to work with those circled icons at the bottom of a Windows Phone 7 application. read more...

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Day #5: System Theming(bit.ly)

submitted by sadukiesadukie(505) 1 year, 7 months ago

A great tutorial on how to work with system themes in a Windows Phone 7 application. read more...

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How to workaround Visual Studio 2010 Publish Web Site via FTP Bug(www.apijunkie.com)

submitted by APIJunkieAPIJunkie(539) 1 year, 7 months ago

VS 2010 Publish Web via FTP worked well the first couple of times until we started receiving errors on the staging server. read more...

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Day #4: Device Orientation on Windows Phone 7(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburgjblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

A great tutorial on how to manage device orientation in a Windows Phone 7 application. read more...

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Day #3: The Back Button Paradigm in Windows Phone 7(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburgjblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

A great discussion about overriding the back button on Windows Phone 7, and how and when you should do it. read more...

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How to Generate machineKey for your web.config in .NET : The CodeGain(www.codegain.com)

submitted by codegaincodegain(2794) 1 year, 7 months ago

We were implementing Single Sign-On for our enterprise ASP.NET applications, I have been asked: How can we generate our own machine keys in our asp.net web.config read more...

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Ten Caching mistakes that break your app(omaralzabir.com)

submitted by oazabiroazabir(1805) 1 year, 7 months ago

Caching frequently used objects, that are expensive to fetch from the source, makes application perform faster under high load. It helps scale an application under concurrent requests. But some hard to notice mistakes can lead the application to suffer under high load, let alone making it perform better, especially when you are using distributed caching where there’s separate cache server or cache application that stores the items. Moreover, code that works fine using in-memory cache can fail when the cache is made out-of-process. Here I will show you some common distributed caching mistakes that will help you make better decision when to cache and when not to cache. read more...

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Day #2: Page Navigation In Windows Phone(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburgjblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

In Day #2 of the 31 Days of Windows Phone, Jeff Blankenburg gives a deep overview of how to leverage the NavigationService in the WP7 operating system. read more...

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31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #1: Project Template(www.jeffblankenburg.com)

submitted by sadukiesadukie(505) 1 year, 7 months ago

Check out the 1st day of Jeff Blankenburg's "31 Days of Windows Phone", where Jeff takes us through the layout of a new Windows Phone 7 project. read more...

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Day #1: The Windows Phone Project Template(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburgjblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

Jeff Blankenburg has started another "31 Days" blog series, this time covering Windows Phone development with Silverlight. This post for the first day covers the default project template, and what each piece of it is used for. read more...

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