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Upgrading to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP3 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], February 18, 2013 Tfs2012 ALM Last week I upgraded my TFS 2012 test environment to CTP3 to try out the new features rolled out in preview as part of the Visual Studio 2012 Upgrade 2 CTP. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the ... Upgrading to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 CTP3 0 0 0 Tfs2012 ALM
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New Horizons now only 7 Au from Pluto TATWORTH, February 17, 2013 The New Horizons space craft as of 18:00 hrs yesterday is now within 7 AU of its next target - Pluto. While this is still a long way yet from Pluto, it has been for a few months, the closest spacecraft ... New Horizons now only 7 Au from Pluto 0 0 0
A Generic, IDisposable, Unit-Testable, Error-Handling WCF Service Client Steve Wilkes, February 17, 2013 ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC C# Dependency Injection (DI) WCF Programming Practices Dependency Injection (DI) ASP.NET MVC C# Programming Practices I recently reused my generic, disposable WCF service client, and made some changes to make it simpler to use and easier to unit test. The original client was used like this: using (var serviceClientWrapper ... A Generic, IDisposable, Unit-Testable, Error-Handling WCF Service Client 0 0 2 ASP.NET ASP.NET MVC C# Dependency Injection (DI) WCF Programming Practices Dependency Injection (DI) ASP.NET MVC C# Programming Practices
ASP.NET SignalR “SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'client' of undefined or null reference” error Harish Ranganathan, February 17, 2013 I was playing around with ASP.NET SignalR and while trying to use Hubs, stumbled upon this error. Much as I would know that I was doing all the wrong things, I could recognize it has something to do with ... ASP.NET SignalR “SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'client' of undefined or null reference” error 0 0 4
Designing for accessibility– a new web culture BizTalk Visionary, February 16, 2013 Let's Design for Accessibility When Solidsoft was engaged on the Tell Us Once project for the UK government one of the many key requirements was to meet all the accessibility requirements. At the time ... Designing for accessibility– a new web culture 0 0 1
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New Version AppFx.ServiceBus Michael Stephenson, February 16, 2013 Just released a new version of the AppFx.ServiceBus framework for Windows Azure Service Bus.This includes:- Performance optimisations- Scatter Gather implementation changes https://appfxservicebus.cod... ... New Version AppFx.ServiceBus 0 0 0
A few Azure scaling thoughts BizTalk Visionary, February 16, 2013 A lot of noise around cloud and in particularly Microsoft Windows Azure is the ability to scale up or down at will. This is a very important aspect of the whole cloud story but it is also something that ... A few Azure scaling thoughts 0 0 0
AzureGames Chilberto, February 16, 2013 Azure Game With a couple of colleagues, I have started a new project: AzureGames. I was inspired by the Microsoft Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games, and was started as a CodePlex site. We are currently flushing ... AzureGames 0 0 1 Azure Game
How to backup the TFS 2012 databases Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], February 16, 2013 TFS2010 Power Tools Tfs2012 Team Foundation Server Backups - You need to install the ‘Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Update xx Power Tool’ on the application-tier for Team Foundation Server. The tool can schedule backups ... How to backup the TFS 2012 databases 0 0 0 TFS2010 Power Tools Tfs2012
How to Retrieve subclass objects of type <T> from List <T> using LINQ and Generics Vamsidhar Mamillapalli, February 16, 2013 As a developer, we play more with IList<T>. With the help of Generics and using Enumerable.OfType<TResul... we can retrieve objects of type<T> from List<T> in more elegant way. Example: ... How to Retrieve subclass objects of type <T> from List <T> using LINQ and Generics 0 0 1
When a vendor you love lies… Corsair and the K90 eddraper, February 15, 2013 I’ve been a big Corsair fan for a long time. I’ve always had great luck with their RAM and other products. A couple of months ago, I was in the market for a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches. ... When a vendor you love lies… Corsair and the K90 0 0 0
EntLIb editor corrupts config files Michael Freidgeim, February 16, 2013 .Net Framework .Net Framework Testing/Debugging/Logging I've tried to use Microsoft Enterprise Library(EntLIb) editor, as it was suggested in http://weblogs.asp.net/suku... ... EntLIb editor corrupts config files 0 0 0 .Net Framework .Net Framework Testing/Debugging/Logging
Static methods not always bad for testability Michael Freidgeim, February 16, 2013 Testing/Debugging/Logging Some time ago I've posted a few links about What is testable code?Reading the links someone can feel that any static methods are bad for testability. However it is a wrong impression- static methods without ... Static methods not always bad for testability 0 0 0 Testing/Debugging/Logging
Using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics, when not all developers have Pro licenses. Michael Freidgeim, February 16, 2013 .Net Framework .Net Framework Visual Studio/TFS We have only couple of developers who are using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics and having PostSharp Pro license .However ther are much more developers , who are building our solution, but do not required ... Using PostSharp.Toolkit.Diagnostics, when not all developers have Pro licenses. 0 0 0 .Net Framework .Net Framework Visual Studio/TFS
VAB ValidationResults Extensions Michael Freidgeim, February 16, 2013 .Net Framework .Net Framework We've started to actively used Microsoft Enterprise Library Validation Enterprise Block ( VAB) and I was surprised , that a few commonly used operations are not supplied(or I haven't found them) out of ... VAB ValidationResults Extensions 0 0 0 .Net Framework .Net Framework
Using CollectionNotEmptyValidator Michael Freidgeim, February 16, 2013 .Net Framework .Net Framework We recently started to use Microsoft Enterprise Library Validation Enterprise Block (VAB) to check interfaces between modules. One of the properties to validate is array of values, that should be not empty, ... Using CollectionNotEmptyValidator 0 0 0 .Net Framework .Net Framework
tfs backup console - adminpthelper.exe has stopped working Alex Bransky, February 15, 2013 all tech stuff SQL Server I got this message from the 2012 version of the console after installing the Power Tools found here:http://visualstudiogal... problem was that ... tfs backup console - adminpthelper.exe has stopped working 0 0 0 all tech stuff SQL Server
MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification deepakpuri, February 16, 2013 Certifications Sql Server IT Professionals working in Sql Server can gain their MCSA: SQL Server 2012 certification by following this post. I passed these 3 exams in August 2012.I) Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012II) ... MCSA: Sql Server 2012 Certification 0 0 0 Certifications Sql Server
Accurate and Complete are not Enough TechnicalWriting, February 15, 2013 Suppose that you asked me to help you write a blog. How would you feel if I handed you the unabridged Oxford English Dictionary and told you that "it has every word you will ever need for your blog. It ... Accurate and Complete are not Enough 0 0 0
Do You Use SQL Doc from Red Gate? Nick Harrison, February 15, 2013 Documentation Red Gate Do you have a database? Then you should be using SQL Doc! http://www.red-gate.com/pro... SQL Doc scans the data dictionary and associated metadata to produce the documentation ... Do You Use SQL Doc from Red Gate? 0 0 0 Documentation Red Gate
Left join with Entity Framework (Method Syntax) Etienne Giust, February 15, 2013 Entity Framework Here is a problem I encountered recently trying to perform a simple SQL operation using method syntax of Entity Framework. I had 2 IEnumerable<Object> datasets (dataset1 and dataset2). I wanted to ... Left join with Entity Framework (Method Syntax) 0 0 0 Entity Framework
My Experience with free source control from Microsoft Vijaya Malla, February 15, 2013 My Thoughts What is ..? Microsoft has been very generous with all the free stuff they are giving to the developer community and among that is a free source control (tfs ). It is free for 5 developers and is a very little after ... My Experience with free source control from Microsoft 0 0 4 My Thoughts What is ..?
Error Cannot map server path because it is not rooted beneath a team project Vijaya Malla, February 15, 2013 How To What happened: I have an online TFS account (if you don’t have one please go to visual studio and subscribe, free for 5 people team). I recently bought a surface pro and started creating various test projects. ... Error Cannot map server path because it is not rooted beneath a team project 0 0 1 How To
MongoDB log rotation Nuri Halperin, February 15, 2013 MongoDB's engine can log quite a bit of useful detail. Whether high-transaction rate or verbose, the log can get quite large. While setting the log mode to append helps you retain the old / existing log, ... MongoDB log rotation 0 0 0
SCOM 2012 - The installed version of SQL Server is not supported mattjgilbert, February 15, 2013 SCOM When installing System Centre Operations Manager 2012 and you are pointing to a remote Data Warehouse (for example, one shared between distributed management groups in a central location) which is behind ... SCOM 2012 - The installed version of SQL Server is not supported 0 0 1 SCOM
C++ Pixel Perfect Collision Detection Sample (and Base Sample updated!) Michael B. McLaughlin, February 14, 2013 C++ directx One of the more popular series of samples for XNA was the collision detection series. Especially the 2D pixel perfect collision and transformed pixel perfect collision. So as my first sample, I’ve replicated ... C++ Pixel Perfect Collision Detection Sample (and Base Sample updated!) 0 0 0 C++ directx
A CTO’s experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform BizTalk Visionary, February 14, 2013 A CTO experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform from Solidsoft ... A CTO’s experience of the Windows Azure cloud platform 0 0 0
MVVM Light V4.1.27.0 in Nuget Laurent Bugnion, February 14, 2013 .NET .NET 3.5 .NET 4 .NET 4.5 MVVM Phone Silverlight Silverlight 4 Silverlight 5 Technical stuff WPF Windows 8 Windows Phone 7 "Mango" Windows Phone 7 wp7dev Windows Phone 8 Work I just pushed a new version of MVVM Light to Nuget. The new version is 4.1.27.0. The difference towards the previous version (4.1.26.1) and this one is that I am not depending on the CommonServiceLocator ... MVVM Light V4.1.27.0 in Nuget 0 0 2 .NET .NET 3.5 .NET 4 .NET 4.5 MVVM Phone Silverlight Silverlight 4 Silverlight 5 Technical stuff WPF Windows 8 Windows Phone 7 "Mango" Windows Phone 7 wp7dev Windows Phone 8 Work
When innovation becomes same old…new cover… BizTalk Visionary, February 13, 2013 One of the great joys of my job is seeing how innovative our development team can be, how innovative Microsoft are being and how innovative the world of technology is being. Now I must ‘nail my colours ... When innovation becomes same old…new cover… 0 0 0
HTML input types Scott Dorman, February 13, 2013 General Windows 8 Windows Phone As web developers and consumers, we’re all familiar with the HTML <input> tag. This is the tag that renders on the screen as an input text box. However, as developers you may not be familiar with ... HTML input types 0 0 0 General Windows 8 Windows Phone
appRequests in the 2013 MVP Summit Showcase Scott Dorman, February 13, 2013 Windows 8 Windows Phone Metro Style Apps For those of you who may not know, appRequests is the umbrella brand for WP Requests and WinStore Requests. These sites are designed to allow you to add or vote for your favorite non-Microsoft app to come ... appRequests in the 2013 MVP Summit Showcase 0 0 0 Windows 8 Windows Phone Metro Style Apps
Using RSSBus JDBC Drivers in ColdFusion dataintegration, February 13, 2013 Using RSSBus JDBC Drivers in ColdFusion 0 0 0
Analyze Salesforce data with PowerPivot dataintegration, February 13, 2013 The ODBC protocol is used by a wide variety of Business Intelligence (BI) and reporting tools to get access to data from different databases. The RSSBus ODBC Drivers bring the same power and ease of use ... Analyze Salesforce data with PowerPivot 0 0 0
DevOps – A Valentine’s Day Fairy Tale Matt Watson, February 13, 2013 devops Once upon a time two people from different sides of the tracks met and fell in love. Never before had the two people found another person who so perfectly complemented them. Society tried to keep them ... DevOps – A Valentine’s Day Fairy Tale 0 0 1 devops
Build A Custom View Engine to Create Excel Files in MVC Nick Harrison, February 13, 2013 MVC In any project you often need to export data as excel. This are several approaches that you can follow to do this. One approach, would be to setup the environment for a GridView and then bind your list ... Build A Custom View Engine to Create Excel Files in MVC 0 0 0 MVC
The Habitable World Catalogue TATWORTH, February 13, 2013 A catalogue of potentially habitable extra-solar is to be found at http://phl.upr.edu/projects... has been a radical change in the last 25 years. Previously Astronomers were ... The Habitable World Catalogue 0 0 0
APRess Deal of the Day 13/Feb/2013 - CSS3 Solutions TATWORTH, February 13, 2013 Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is CSS3 Solutions"CSS3 contains a broad set of new additions and changes to the core CSS language across a range of modules, ... APRess Deal of the Day 13/Feb/2013 - CSS3 Solutions 0 0 0
Can Vectorwise execute a query joining databases from multiple instances? Rahul Anand, February 13, 2013 Ingres Vectorwise I was looking for a feature in Ingre Vectorwise similar to ‘Linked Server’ in MS SQL Server and ‘Database Link’ in Oracle. But unfortunately it seems Ingre Vectorwise 2.5 does not offer anything similar. ... Can Vectorwise execute a query joining databases from multiple instances? 0 0 1 Ingres Vectorwise
Latest GeeksWithBlogs Features - Disqus Integration, Social Share Buttons Staff of Geeks, February 12, 2013 Site News Hey bloggers! This is just a quick update about some of the new features we’ve been releasing: New details for your most popular posts: Select the statistics icon… … to reveal total views and “hot topic” ... Latest GeeksWithBlogs Features - Disqus Integration, Social Share Buttons 0 0 0 Site News
BizTalk Automated Multi Server Deploy RobBowman, February 13, 2013 Background I’ve been working with BizTalk since 2006r1 (the one without the handy WCF adapters). Since that time I’ve tried various community offerings to improve the deployment process. In 2008 I was ... BizTalk Automated Multi Server Deploy 0 0 0
Ingres Vectorwise Client Tools Rahul Anand, February 12, 2013 Ingres Vectorwise There are different tools available to connect to the Ingres Vectorwise database server. Actian (the parent company) offers following tools: 1. DBA Tools (current version is 10.1.0) 2. Director Client ... Ingres Vectorwise Client Tools 0 0 0 Ingres Vectorwise
Speaking at Orlando Code Camp 2013 Nikita Polyakov, February 11, 2013 Code Camp season is in full swing in Florida. I will be speaking at Orlando Code Camp 2013 on March 16th 2013. Here is my session list: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM WP8: PushNotification + LiveTiles - Nikita Polyakov ... Speaking at Orlando Code Camp 2013 0 0 0
What happened to Intellisense in Microsoft SQL Management Server 2012? They broke it… Brian Biales, February 11, 2013 SQL Server Intellisense I was very happy with Intellisense in SQL Management Studio 2008, it worked great. So I was very surprised to have so many issues with it when I installed the 2012 version. First of all, it seems to take ... What happened to Intellisense in Microsoft SQL Management Server 2012? They broke it… 0 0 0 SQL Server Intellisense
Support for LINQ in JAVA Rahul Anand, February 11, 2013 Java Open Source LINQ I have been programming in C# and .NET for a decade now. I loved the concept of LINQ and Lambda Expression which brings a layer of separation between the user request to process a task and the real execution ... Support for LINQ in JAVA 0 0 0 Java Open Source LINQ
Tips of the Week 2013-2-10 Tim Robinson, February 10, 2013 PowerPoint Tip- Merge Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 IE Tip- Set more than one web page as your IE homepage XBox Tip- Clear Xbox Cache Office 2013 Tip- Change the Theme of Office 2013 Lync Tip- Share PowerPoint ... Tips of the Week 2013-2-10 0 0 0
Tips of the Week 2013-2-10 Jialiang, February 11, 2013 PowerPoint Tip- Merge Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 IE Tip- Set more than one web page as your IE homepage XBox Tip- Clear Xbox Cache Office 2013 Tip- Change the Theme of Office 2013 Lync Tip- Share PowerPoint ... Tips of the Week 2013-2-10 0 0 0
Managing Remote Sessions on Linux Rahul Anand, February 11, 2013 Linux Recently I started working with Linux and the first day itself I felt a need to let the remote session continue while I wanted to disconnect my laptop and leave for home. Searching around for such a session ... Managing Remote Sessions on Linux 0 0 2 Linux