Entity Framework: Intro to Database First Design(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use the Entity Framework via its database first design concepts. When building out an application which is based off of the Entity framework you have multiple options, you can either build your model off of your existing database or build your database of your existing model. This episode will explore how you start with your existing database and build your entity model. 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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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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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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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 Fluent NHibernate for your project(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use setup and configure Fluent NHibernate for usage. We will focus on how to setup your database settings as well as how to get your Fluent NHibernate mappings registered into the system. read more...

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Learning how to use a Web Cam with Silverlight(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how you can setup and use a web camera in Silverlight. We will walk you though how to capture both the raw video as well as how to take snap shots of the video. read more...

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A deeper look into AutoMapper: Custom Type Resolvers(www.dimecasts.net)

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AutoMapper is a framework which uses a convention-based matching algorithm to match up source to destination values. In this episode we are going to learn how to use type resolvers. Type resolvers allow you to perform custom value mapping in a very simple and elegant way with very little code read more...

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Working with Partials in Spark: Part 2(www.dimecasts.net)

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We continue to take look at how to use Partials within the Spark View Engine. In this episode we will take a deeper look at partials and learn more about their _undocumented_ features. We will also be learning how partials will allow us to create clean, compartmentalized and well organized code. read more...

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Exploring Operator Overloading in C#(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how create overloaded operators for your objects. Operator overloading permits user-defined operator implementations to be specified for operations where one or both of the operands are of a user-defined class or struct type. When creating your own operators there are many different operators which can be overloaded. +, -, *, /, %, &, |, <<, >> All C# binary operators can be overloaded +, -, !, ~, ++, –, true, false All C# unary operators can be overloaded ==, !=, <, >, <= , >= All relational operators can be overloaded, but only as pairs. read more...

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Working with Partials in Spark: Part 1(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use Partials within the Spark View Engine. We will be taking a first look at partials and learn how we can setup our application to use partials as well as how to use them in your application. We will also be learning how partials will allow us to create clean, compartmentalized and well organized code. read more...

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Learning how to use Named Content Areas w/ Spark(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at the how to setup and use Named Content Areas w/ the Spark view Engine. Named Content areas allow for an easy and simple way to organize the content or structure of you website. read more...

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Exploring .Net 4 Features - Tuples(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at some of the new features which are part of .Net 4. We will be focusing this episode on Tuples. Tuples allow you to return multiple values from a method with simplicity and ease by allowing you to dynamically create a return object which is typed for your specific needs. read more...

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How to host a WCF Service inside your Windows Service(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look how to host your WCF service inside your Windows Service. In many situations hosting WCF inside of IIS may not be the best solution for you or your team. When this is the case hosting inside a windows service may be the best solution and in this episode we will take a look at how you can accomplish this. read more...

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Exploring .Net 4 Features - Named and Optional Parameters(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at some of the new features which are part of .Net 4. We will be focusing this episode on Named and Optional Parameters. Optional Parameters all you to default values for your methods which can reduce the need to for overloading methods. Named parameters allow you to specify the exact parameter by Name when calling a method read more...

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