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Agile is a Sham(williamedwardscoder.tumblr.com)

submitted by pwhe23pwhe23(972) 1 month, 26 days ago

Agile is a Sham. Thats SCRUM and TDD and all the rest; it is all those new ways of managing development projects and being super-productive and modern and buzzword-compliant; all the sprints, scrums, playing cards crass commercial nonsense. read more...

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31 Days of Mango(www.jeffblankenburg.com)

submitted by jblankenburgjblankenburg(1264) 6 months, 23 days ago

A great new series on Windows Phone development, specifically focused on Mango (7.5). Jeff Blankenburg will be writing a new article for 31 straight days. read more...

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The "Kinect Effect": Kinect gets a commercial program(channel9.msdn.com)

submitted by rcashrcash(4149) 6 months, 25 days ago

Today Microsoft announced that the Kinect for Windows commercial program will launch early next year. read more...

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Conventional Software Development with Jeremy D. Miller(deepfriedbytes.com)

submitted by cwoodruffcwoodruff(780) 1 year ago

In this episode, Keith and Woody sit down with Jeremy D. Miller to discuss the importance of importance of conventional programming and how it can save time and improve the qualities of your development projects. Jeremy gives the guys a lot of examples and we chat about many open source projects for .NET developers. 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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Cross-Training in Silverlight & Flex – Platform Overview(houseofbilz.com)

submitted by BrianGenisioBrianGenisio(1000) 1 year, 7 months ago

This is the second article in which I will compare the technical details between Silverlight and Flex. Before I jump into the nitty-gritty of the two, I thought I would give a general overview of the platforms that are Silverlight and Flex/Flash/Air. Understand these terms and the tools up front will make it much easier to cross-train on the two technologies. 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 #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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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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