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Silverlight Unit Testing and the Incorrect CLR Problem(edgeug.net)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 2 years ago

Unit Testing in Silverlight should be second nature. Beware frameworks that do not use Silverlight when running the unit tests themselves. read more...

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

submitted by dwhittakerdwhittaker(13.1k) 2 years ago

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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Silverlight DropShadowEffect and Redraw Complications(edgeug.net)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 2 years, 4 months ago

In Silverlight 3.0, effects were added to the API. These effects allowed a developer to easily add common UI effects to controls in a very simple way. However, there are performance implications that need to be looked at. read more...

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Avoid List<T>.FindAll(vistasquad.co.uk)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 3 years, 3 months ago

In .NET 3.5, the FindAll method was introduced allowing you to supply a predicate to Find items in the list. This blog posts investigates and finds out why to avoid it. read more...

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Converting Existing Web Applications for use in Azure(dotnetsolutions.ltd.uk)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 3 years, 3 months ago

Using Azure WebRoles, Visual studio will automatically create a web application for you. Most users will want to use an existing web application for deployment, however this is not support out of the box. This blog post describes how you can convert your existing web applications to support Azure. read more...

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Should I Invest in Azure?(vistasquad.co.uk)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 3 years, 3 months ago

With all the new technologies being released by Microsoft, should you spend the time in Azure? read more...

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Subtext 2.1 – A great .NET Open Source Blogging Platform(codezest.com)

submitted by daveschinkeldaveschinkel(1720) 3 years, 3 months ago

If you are looking for a free .NET based open source blogging application, Subtext may be for you or your company. It’s a mature and established blogging framework founded by MS employee Phil Haack. My site is using Subtext and I’ve been very happy with it as compared to solutions such as Telligent Community Server which are not free and are quite heavy and complicated just for running a simple blog for you or your company. Here is the rundown of its current benefits as I’ve experienced: read more...

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Creating Watermarked Textboxes in WPF(vistasquad.co.uk)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 3 years, 4 months ago

Creating a textbox with a watermark in WPF is simple! Read on to find out how. read more...

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DotNetNuke Moves to CodePlex(blog.theaccidentalgeek.com)

submitted by jwanageljwanagel(395) 3 years, 4 months ago

Find out why the DotNetNuke project moved to CodePlex from SourceForge. read more...

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Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged (vistasquad.co.uk)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 3 years, 5 months ago

Ever wanted to automatically test properties on classes and hate writing the code. With INotifyPropertyChanged, bugs can quickly come into existance because of the string based Setters and Getters. Never fear, code can help! read more...

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Building a Web Part UI(dotnetsolutions.ltd.uk)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 3 years, 5 months ago

Recently I've been spending a lot of time working on various SharePoint projects, none more challenging than the Citroën site launched earlier this year. I'm going to take the time to explain how we put together our web parts and server controls, particularly from the point of view of a WCM scenario where the complexity of our mark-up was significantly greater than that of a traditional "vanilla" intranet SharePoint due to the various accessibility guidelines we needed to adhere to as part of the project. read more...

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WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast(blog.lab49.com)

submitted by markheathmarkheath(1485) 3 years, 6 months ago

A really helpful screencast from Jason Dolinger showing how to use the M-V-VM pattern in a simple WPF application. He starts off with the code that a Windows Forms developer might use and refactors it to M-V-VM. Also includes a demonstration of how it is nicely unit testable utilising Moq and how to use the Unity IoC container. 1 hour 30 mins long. read more...

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Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged(vistasquad.co.uk)

submitted by twyfordtwyford(255) 3 years, 7 months ago

Want to test classes implementing INotifyPropertyChanged but hating all the code. Look no further read more...

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Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.(cio.com)

submitted by asteroidasteroid(445) 3 years, 7 months ago

Microsoft's development environment offers new tools for Agile development, software testing enhancements and improved support for cloud computing. Microsoft showed CIO.com a sneak peek, and the author invited developers to chime in with their feedback. read more...

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Subtext 2 supports OpenID(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by simonechsimonech(10.1k) 3 years, 9 months ago

Jon explains how OpenID works in Subtext 2 and how to configure it. read more...

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Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!(stevenharman.net)

submitted by usshermussherm(5285) 3 years, 9 months ago

Subtext 2.0 is hot off the CI Server and the new bits are packed with a metric crap-load of bug fixes, new features, and patches. read more...

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