Using Metadata in your MEF Exports(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how you can use MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) to expose metadata attributes in your exports. Having the ability to expose metadata will give you the ability to make decisions around your exports with this metadata. read more...

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Using Property/Method Exports in MEF(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how you can use MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) to export either properties or methods on an object. Having the ability to export only certian properties or methods via MEF provides you another great way to extend your application. You can now have different exports for each use case and you do not need to export the entire class, only parts of that class. read more...

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Your Software Can Learn A Lot From ATMs(www.codethinked.com)

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When it comes to ATMs, failure isn't really an option. But how do they accomplish their high reliability? And how can you leverage that in order to make your software better? read more...

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Parallel Programming w/ Task Parallel Library(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how we can simplify parallel programming by using the Task Parallel Library which is part of .Net 4.0 We will take a look at how to move your code away from for and foreach and towards Parallel.For and Parallel.Foreach. These new methods allow you to parallelize your loops w/ little effort, but with large gains. read more...

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Going Out Of Browser w/ Silverlight(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how we can use the take our in-browser silverlight application and allow it to run Out of Browser (OOB). We will take a look at how we can let silverlight perform the lifting as well as how we can provide coding to create the OOB application. read more...

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Going Lazy<T> with System.Lazy(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at the how to use the System.Lazy namespace in .Net 4.0. One of the pretty cool new nuggets inside the .Net 4.0 framework is System.Lazy and System.Lazy. What System.Lazy brings to the table is a way to create objects which may need to perform intensive operations and defer the execution of the operation until it is 100% absolutely needed. read more...

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Understanding Navigation on Windows Phone 7(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at the Windows Phone 7 Api and understanding how to navigate between pages. In this episode we are going to focus on learning about the various ways you can navigate from page to page within your application. Because WP7 is based off of Silverlight 3.x you are able to utilize all the native silverlight navigation techniques such as static routing (hard wiring the .xaml path), using routes and using the NavigationService. read more...

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Code Contracts: Validating state with Assert, Assume, ForAll, Exists(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to utilize some additional features in the Code Contracts library to validate the state of our application. We are going to focus our efforts here to learn how to use Assert and Assume to validate a given value in our code. We will also learn how to use ForAll and Exists, which can be used to validate content inside of an array or a collection. read more...

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Creating and using the Application Bar w/ Windows Phone 7(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to create the Application Bar for Windows Phone 7 When creating an application with Win Phone 7 you may need to create an application bar which contains menus or icons. In this episode we will show you how to create both global app bars as well as local app bar read more...

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Say Goodbye to NAnt and MSBuild With IronRuby(www.codethinked.com)

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Tired of writing tons of XML in order to create automated .NET builds? Well, look no further... IronRuby, Rake, and Albacore are here to rescue you! read more...

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Exploring how to use List Binding in MVC2(www.dimecasts.net)

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Exploring how create an editable Lists of data in MVC 2. We will show you how to create this list by using the enhanced binding features which are part of MVC 2. Having the ability to easily bind your model to your view will provide great flexibility and convince. read more...

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Moles: Mocking the Un-Mockable(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking at how to use Pex/Moles for .Net. Unit testing is great, but most free isolation frameworks require that your mocks implement an interface. But what do you do when the class you are trying to mock is static or sealed with no interface. If you can’t modify the class then your unit testing efforts are usually stuck. Moles, the new free isolation framework from Microsoft, supports mocking almost any CLR based class (including sealed and static classes) read more...

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Hello World, I am Win Phone 7(www.dimecasts.net)

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Take a first look at Windows Phone 7 Development. We will walk through creating a simple hello world application as well as give a quick tour of how to use the emulator. read more...

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Exploring how to use Layer Diagrams in VS2010(www.dimecasts.net)

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Explore how to use the new Layer Diagram feature which is part of Visual Studio 2010. The layer diagram feature of VS2010 is a new feature which allows you to create a map of your code (from the assembly level down to the method level) and then use that mapping later to validate your system still conforms to your architecture. read more...

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Setting Up Basic Mappings w/ Fluent NHibernate(www.dimecasts.net)

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We continue to take a look at Fluent Nhibernate. We are going to focus this episode on setting up basic mappings for NHibernate. We will focus on setting up Many-to-One (References) and One-To-Many (HasMany) references as these are the most common mappings you will need to setup. read more...

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A Visual Look At The LINQ SelectMany Operator(www.codethinked.com)

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An inside look at how SelectMany works, along with visuals to help you more easily understand it. read more...

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