Using SQLite in a Windows Phone app. Part 1(blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 1 year ago

Although the Windows Phone platform doesn't support a local database out of the box, adding support for SQLite to a Windows Phone app is actually very easy. Vici CoolStorage, an open-source data access layer and ORM, allows you to add local SQLite db access to your Windows Phone app read more...

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The difference between 1986 and 2010(www.blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 2 years, 2 months ago

Why is Apple still living in the eighties? Just a tiny example of how languages and frameworks have evolved (unless you live in Apple's parallel universe) read more...

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Vici CoolStorage: ORM on MonoTouch made simple(www.blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 2 years, 3 months ago

Introducing the first port of a .NET ORM to MonoTouch, and how it can make life as an iPhone a lot easier. read more...

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Mercurial tutorial - by Joel Spolsky(hginit.com)

submitted by powerrush(3873) 2 years, 3 months ago

Mercurial is a modern, open source, distributed version control system, and a compelling upgrade from older systems like Subversion. In this user-friendly, six-part tutorial, Joel Spolsky teaches you the key concepts. read more...

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Vici MVC finally released as part of the Vici Project(blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 2 years, 11 months ago

Vici MVC (formerly known as ProMesh.NET) has been released as part of the new Vici Project, an open-source collection of .NET libraries and frameworks. read more...

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How .NET Regular Expressions Really Work(moserware.com)

submitted by moserware(1665) 3 years, 2 months ago

A very deep dive into the source code for how .NET Regular Expressions really work read more...

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Is Nick Stakenburg Bullying His Open-Source 'Competitor'(naspinski.net)

submitted by naspinski(610) 3 years, 2 months ago

This is obviously a scare tactic used by a vendor to frighten a 'competitor' who is encroachinig on his sales. Nick (the vendor) is jarred by the fact that someone has released a comparable (better?) product that his and it is free. It behaves somewhat the same, so obviously it was copied... This is a serious issue, we can't let companies push around open-source with threats like this. read more...

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How To Guarantee That Your Software Will Suck(codethinked.com)

submitted by justin_etheredge(8539) 3 years, 5 months ago

Do you bad software and unhappy developers? Well, it isn't that hard... read more...

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Implementing a red black tree in C#(jaltiere.com)

submitted by jaltiere(885) 3 years, 5 months ago

This article talks about how to implement a red-black tree in C#. The implementation is generic, and it also implements IEnumerable<T>. read more...

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Simple time mocking for testing time-dependent code(blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 3 years, 5 months ago

We all love writing unit tests, don't we?. But what if you need to test code that relies on the date or some elapsed time? Just fake the time! read more...

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LINQ To SQL Gets Kicked to the Curb... Needs A Good Home!(codebetter.com)

submitted by colinjack(1010) 3 years, 6 months ago

Great post on why L2S needs to be supported by the community and why a L2S targeted at the community is a good idea. read more...

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Extracting URLs, not perfect but "good enough"(blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 3 years, 6 months ago

Detecting URLs in text is harder than you would expect. In fact, it can't be done with a set of hard rules, but we can get very close by using a single .NET regular expression. Purists will protest, but what's wrong with "good enough"? read more...

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What's with the BOM in Visual Studio?(blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 3 years, 8 months ago

Ever seen weird bytes in your javascript code? Having problems with javascript not working in Google Chrome? Maybe you're the victim of BOM (byte-order marks) bytes that are saved with every javascript file you create in Visual Studio.... read more...

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ProMesh.NET v2.0 RC1 is (finally) out(blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 3 years, 8 months ago

After months of writing documentation, the first release candidate of ProMesh.NET v2.0 has been released in the wild. ProMesh.NET is a powerful MVC framework for .NET 2.0 that has been around for a long time, but today it finally reached another important milestone. read more...

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ProMesh.NET v2.0 (MVC Framework) just around the corner(blog.activa.be)

submitted by activa(2340) 3 years, 9 months ago

Time for an update on the state of ProMesh.NET, the open-source MVC Web Application framework I started a few years ago. The last public release was almost 7 months ago, and a lot has been changed since then. The original plan was to create a version 1.5, but I decided against that and made it in a full 2.0 release read more...

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The Complete Reference for Any jQuery Developer(effectize.com)

submitted by Yura(995) 3 years, 9 months ago

If you ever to do something with jQuery, you should find it in this extensive list. read more...

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