SQL Server 2008 RTM available from MSDN/TechNet(blog.jemm.net)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 9 months ago

Finally it is done and ready for download for MSDN/TechNet -subscribers. read more...

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ASP.NET Themes Don’t Like IE8’s X-UA-Compatible header; Neither Do I(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 9 months ago

"I ran into an interesting issue a few months ago with IE8 support on sites which use ASP.NET Themes. I’ll talk about the issue and how to fix it. More important, though, I’ll talk about how this small example fits into the whole IE8 / X-UA-Compatible thing, and why I think the way that turned out was bad for everyone." read more...

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Clean Separation of Concerns in MVC(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 9 months ago

"One of the main areas that is cited as a benefit of using the new ASP.NET MVC Framework is that you can obtain a 'clean separation of concerns'. But the question is, what does this really mean, how achievable is it in reality, and should we really be interested in doing it?" read more...

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Read about Silverlight in XPS... with Silverlight reader!(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 9 months ago

"I've adapted David Anson's XPS Viewer for Silverlight sample to allow you to read the first 3 chapters of my Silverlight 2 book using a SIlverlight/XPS experience. As part of this sample I added some code to support the mouse wheel. As you can see it makes for a very nice document viewing experience on the web. I'm thinking of enhancing this further by adding ink and collaboration." read more...

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Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials(noupe.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 9 months ago

"CSS can powerfully open the doors to a lot of rich and unique techniques. Today we are presenting a round-up of CSS coding, creative approaches and techniques." read more...

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Building Advanced 3D Animations with Silverlight 2.0(msdn.microsoft.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 9 months ago

"I think the best way to come to grips with a new technology is to have a little fun with it. So when the Silverlight 1.1 alpha was released and I saw the exciting presentation by Tim Sneath at the IMT conference in Dublin, I decided to throw together a little educational application demonstrating how various 3D shapes (called polyhedra) can be assembled by folding a flat template. Silverlight doesn't support 3D by default, so this involved building an emulation of the DirectX® math libraries to do the 3D stuff." read more...

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Trivial Physics Simulations (...in Silverlight)(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 10 months ago

"I recently wrote a small Silverlight game for an internal competition and a friend asked me how I did the projectile trajectories. Turns out that something which looks cool in practice is one of the simplest algorithms of all time (two lines of code!)" read more...

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Phil Haack: Unit Test Boundaries (haacked.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 10 months ago

One principle to follow when writing a unit test is that a unit test should ideally not cross boundaries. read more...

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What a C# Coder Should Know Before They Write VB (msmvps.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 10 months ago

"I just had an e-mail exchange with someone looking for a VB lead in Colorado Springs. I think they are going to have trouble filling it with an existing VB expert, and it occurred to me that someone who had led a successful VB 6 -> C# project could fit the bill, if they knew some key things about VB. I told the recruiter I thought the right person with a C# background and the right (respectful) attitude could be a good fit with two weeks work." read more...

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Announcing the Microsoft Code-Name "BizTalk Services" R12 Release (vasters.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 10 months ago

"We’re thrilled to announce that the BizTalk Services “R12” Community Technology Preview (CTP) is now available for general use." read more...

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MySQL versus SQL Server (blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 10 months ago

"We were recently in a review where the ISV was using both SQL Server and MySQL. Of course working for Microsoft my first question was to ask why they had chosen to use MySQL." read more...

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Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers(sixrevisions.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 10 months ago

Cheat sheets are helpful to have around because they allow you to quickly remember code syntax and see related concepts visually. Additionally, they’re nice decorative pieces for your office. In this article, you’ll find 23 excellent, print-ready cheat sheets for HTML/HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (including MooTools and jQuery). read more...

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22 useful links for ASP.NET MVC (weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 10 months ago

A collection of useful ASP.NET MVC -related links. read more...

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Rock the iPhone with ASP.NET MVC(vvisual.org)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 11 months ago

iUI takes HTML that follows a simple set of conventions and does all the heavy lifting to enable you to easily build a version of your site that is tailored for the iPhone experience. I first started using iUI before ASP.NET MVC was publicly introduced, and I specifically remember thinking how much iUI was built for "webforms unplugged". Let's take a quick look at an example of how iUI works, and how to use it with ASP.NET MVC. read more...

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Silverlight Beta 2 and the VisualStateManager(timheuer.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 11 months ago

Remember how you may have had to create different states for your element using “MouseOver State" and then create storyboards to transition to states? There’s now a better way. Enter VisualStateManager. read more...

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Managed Extensibility Framework Preview Available(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by Jemm(9604) 3 years, 11 months ago

The MEF provides developers with a framework to easily add extensibility to their applications and with minimal impact on existing code. The application developer can define extension points according to the functionality required of an extension, while the extension developer uses those points to interact with the application. read more...

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