TechEd 2012 - last day Stefan Barrett, January 1, 0001 Miss when TechEd was 5 days long!, it's Thursday already and we are on the last day. The snacks haven't appeared, but more developer sessions have. Having access to online schedule is very important, since ... TechEd 2012 - last day 0 0 0
Windows Azure Evolution – TFS Integration (WAWS Part 2) Shaun, January 1, 0001 So this is the fourth blog post about the new features of Windows Azure and the second part of Windows Azure Web Sites. But this is not just focus on the WAWS since the function I’m going to introduce ... Windows Azure Evolution – TFS Integration (WAWS Part 2) 0 0 0
TechEd 2012: Office, SharePoint And More Office Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I haven’t spent any time looking at Office 365 up to this point. I met Donovan Follette on the flight down from Chicago. I also got to spend some time discussing the product offerings with him at the TechExpo ... TechEd 2012: Office, SharePoint And More Office 0 0 0
TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Morning TFS Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 My morning sessions for day three were dominated by Team Foundation Server. This has been a hot topic for our clients lately, so this topic really stuck a chord. The speaker for the first session was from ... TechEd 2012: Day 3 – Morning TFS 0 0 0
The Agile Engineering Rules of Test Code Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; ... The Agile Engineering Rules of Test Code 0 0 0
Backpacks and Booth Paint: TechEd 2012 The Un-T Guy, January 1, 0001 Arriving in the parking lot of the Orange County Convention Center, I immediately knew I was in the right place. As far as the eye could see, the acres of asphalt were awash in backpacks, quirky (to be ... Backpacks and Booth Paint: TechEd 2012 0 0 0
O'Reilly deal of the Week on Early Release Books to 19/June/2012 ... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 O'Reilly are offering a 50% off deal on early release e-books at http://http://shop.oreilly.... Early Release ebooks, you get entire books in their earliest form ... O'Reilly deal of the Week on Early Release Books to 19/June/2012 ... 0 0 0
Meet Windows Azure Sweden & SWAG Sommeravslutning Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 The Meet Windows Azure event last week saw some great announcements about the current and future developments on the Windows Azure platform. Microsoft Sweden will be hosting an event at their offices that ... Meet Windows Azure Sweden & SWAG Sommeravslutning 0 0 0
Two Copies of Pete Brown's "Silverlight 5 In Action" to Give Away... Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Yes... you read that correctly... I have two copies of Pete Brown's excellent book "Silverlight 5 In Action" to give away... if you're not familiar with Pete's book, here is a short synopsis for a large ... Two Copies of Pete Brown's "Silverlight 5 In Action" to Give Away... 0 0 0
TechEd 2012: Windows 8 And Metro Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 Windows 8 is here (or at least very close) and that was the main feature of this morning’s key note. Antoine LeBlond started off by apologizing to the IT professionals since he planned on showing code. ... TechEd 2012: Windows 8 And Metro 0 0 0
Something in the world of Firewall Hosted SSL VPN's AreYouSerious, January 1, 0001 I run a Physical firewall at my residence. Call me paranoid, but I appreciate the added security. I have been working to get the VPN to work properly, but had until today not managed this. I worked with ... Something in the world of Firewall Hosted SSL VPN's 0 0 0
Windows Azure Evolution - Web Sites (aka Antares) Part 1 Shaun, January 1, 0001 This is the 3rd post of my Windows Azure Evolution series, focus on the new features and enhancement which was alone with the Windows Azure Platform Upgrade June 2012, announced at the MEET Windows Azure ... Windows Azure Evolution - Web Sites (aka Antares) Part 1 0 0 7
How to generate SPMetal for a specific list (OOTB: like tasks or ... KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 SPMetal is used to make use of LINQ on a list in SharePoint 2010. By default when you generate SPMetal on a site you will get a code generated file for most of the lists and probably more. Here is a MSDN ... How to generate SPMetal for a specific list (OOTB: like tasks or ... 0 0 1
OAuth with RestSharp in Windows Phone midoBB, January 1, 0001 Nearly every major API provider uses OAuth for the user authentication and while it is easy to understand the concept, using it in a Windows Phone app isn’t pretty straightforward. So for this quick tutorial ... OAuth with RestSharp in Windows Phone 0 0 7
Restoring windows path on Windows 7 Renso, January 1, 0001 Issue:You changed the windows path and made a mistake and now want to reset it.Solution:In short, you can't. If you restore to the system default, you will loose any paths that were appended when you or ... Restoring windows path on Windows 7 0 0 0
APress deal of the day 11/Jun/2012 - Pro Expression Blend 4 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 deal of the day from APress is Pro Expression Blend 4"Pro Expression Blend 4 will take you well beyond the basics and provide you with a detailed examination of key Blend topics, giving you ... APress deal of the day 11/Jun/2012 - Pro Expression Blend 4 0 0 0
Using Microsoft benefits to kickstart your own development douglasscott, January 1, 0001 Working for a big company I enjoy all the Microsoft tools I can consume. I also have the infrastructure to support my development and team communication.I recently helped form a small consulting team that ... Using Microsoft benefits to kickstart your own development 0 0 1
The True Cost of a Solution D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I had a Twitter chat recently with someone suggesting Oracle and SQL Server were losing out to OSS (Open Source Software) in the enterprise due to their issues with scaling or being too generic (one size ... The True Cost of a Solution 0 0 8
Venus at the Edge TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 APOD (the Astronomy Picture Of the Day website) has published an excellent image yesterday taken by the Hinode space telescope. This picture is superb as it shows from the 9 o'clock to the 12 o'clock position ... Venus at the Edge 0 0 0
Tales from the Coal Face - Speeding up a C# compilation TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At one place, I was faced with a C# solution which when XML documentation was turned on, the compilation time increased from 45 seconds to over 8 minutes. This slowdown was unacceptable, however some digging ... Tales from the Coal Face - Speeding up a C# compilation 0 0 0
C# tip: do not use “is” type, if you will need cast “as” later Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We have a debate with one of my collegues, is it agood style to check, if the object of particular style, and then cast as this type. The perfect answer of Jon Skeet and answers in Cast then check or check ... C# tip: do not use “is” type, if you will need cast “as” later 0 0 3
Code review recommendations and Code Smells Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 Some time ago Twitter told that I am similar to Boris Lipschitz . Indeed he is also .Net programmer from Russia living in Australia. I‘ve read his list of Code Review points and found them quite comprehensive. ... Code review recommendations and Code Smells 0 0 1
Blogging After The Blog Boom Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I have been blogging on Geeks With Blogs since 2005 and on other blogging sites before that. In this age of Twitter, Facebook and G+ it feels like we are in the post-blog age and yet here I continue. There ... Blogging After The Blog Boom 0 0 0
Windows Azure Evolution – Welcome to VS2012 Shaun, January 1, 0001 When the Microsoft released the first preview version of Windows 8 and Visual Studio, many people in the community were asking if the windows azure tool is available to it. The answer was “NO”. Microsoft ... Windows Azure Evolution – Welcome to VS2012 0 0 0
Windows Azure Evolution – Preview Developer Portal Shaun, January 1, 0001 With the MEET Windows Azure event on 7th June, there are many new features and updates in windows azure platform. In the coming several posts I will try to cover some of them. And in the first post here ... Windows Azure Evolution – Preview Developer Portal 0 0 0
Top ten things that don't make sense in The Walking Dead iamjames, January 1, 0001 For those of you that don't know, The Walking Dead is a popular American TV show on AMC about a group of people trying to survive in a zombie-filled world.Here's the top ten eleven things that don't make ... Top ten things that don't make sense in The Walking Dead 0 0 0
Windows Azure v1.7 Spring Release Today–New Management Dash... ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 Today, Microsoft will be publicly releasing a new version of Azure for public consumption. The web conference, at http://www.meetwindowsazure... will be airing at 1 PM PST. They have already released ... Windows Azure v1.7 Spring Release Today–New Management Dash... 0 0 0
KCDC Attendee or What I learned over my summer vacation tom, January 1, 0001 This summer I went to a the Kansas City Developers Conference (April 27 and 28th, 2012). It was fun and I learned a lot. I have been 3 times before and this is my first time blogging on it so here goes. ... KCDC Attendee or What I learned over my summer vacation 0 0 0
If you have a LinkedIn account, change your password. - URGENT! TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://mashable.com/2012/06... there is a very disturbing report that some 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords have been leaked.To change your password, see http://mashable.com/2012/06... ... If you have a LinkedIn account, change your password. - URGENT! 0 0 0
Excel to SQL import error shehan, January 1, 0001 Running the import wizard on my Windows 7 (64 bit) machine, to create a table by importing an Excel file, gave me the following error: the 'microsoft.ace.oledb.12.0' provider is not registered on the local ... Excel to SQL import error 0 0 1
Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Tips and Tricks-Part 2: Key Short... ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 Ask anyone that knows me, and they will confirm that I hate the mouse. This isn’t because I deny affection to objects that don’t look like their mammalian-named self, but rather for a much more simple ... Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Tips and Tricks-Part 2: Key Short... 0 0 0
Migrating Core Data to new UIManagedDocument in iOS 5 samerpaul, January 1, 0001 I have an app that has been on the store since iOS 3.1, so there is a large install base out there that still uses Core Data loaded up in my AppDelegate. In the most recent set of updates, I raised the ... Migrating Core Data to new UIManagedDocument in iOS 5 0 0 0
Fixing some Visual Studio 2012 RC install issues terje, January 1, 0001 Updated: June 7th 2012: Cause for the issues found! Unsupported scenario having TFS 11 Beta side-by-side. Uninstall TFS 11 Beta before or even after install of VS 2012 RC. The Visual Studio RC has shown ... Fixing some Visual Studio 2012 RC install issues 0 0 4
Windows 8 Location Services ryanabr, January 1, 0001 I spent the afternoon with the Geolocator object in the WinRT and Widows 8 platform. I have also been working with doing Windows Phone 7 development, and first had to wrap my head around the fact that ... Windows 8 Location Services 0 0 0
Speaker Notes... wulfers, January 1, 0001 At a .Net User Group meeting this week, I experienced two poorly prepared speakers floundering through presentations…. As a Lead Technologist at the company I work for, I have experience training technical ... Speaker Notes... 0 0 0
Review–Build Android and iOS apps in Visual Studio with Nom... Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 Nomad is a Visual Studio extension that allows you build apps for both Android and iOS platforms in Visual Studio using HTML5. There is no need to switch between .Net, Java and Objective-C to target different ... Review–Build Android and iOS apps in Visual Studio with Nom... 0 0 1
Stackify featured in the KC Business Journal Matt Watson, January 1, 0001 Very excited to be in the KC Business Journal today. Stackify is focused on giving limited production access to developers to help them do application troubleshooting. We about ready to launch our product ... Stackify featured in the KC Business Journal 0 0 1
APress Deal of the Day - 1/June/2012 - Introducing Visual C# 2010 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the Day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Introducing Visual C# 2010."If you're new to C# programming, this book is the ideal way to get started. Respected author ... APress Deal of the Day - 1/June/2012 - Introducing Visual C# 2010 0 0 0
SQL Injection – Beyond the Basics - A good article TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 At http://www.sqlmag.com/conte... there is an excellent article on the measures needed to defeat SQL Injection ... SQL Injection – Beyond the Basics - A good article 0 0 0
PostSharp, Obfuscation, and IL simonc, January 1, 0001 Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a relatively new programming paradigm. Originating at Xerox PARC in 1994, the paradigm was first made available for general-purpose development as an extension to Java ... PostSharp, Obfuscation, and IL 0 0 2
Workflow 4.5 is Awesome, cant wait for 5.0! JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 About 2 years ago I wrote a blog post describing what I would like to see in Workflow vnext: http://geekswithblogs.net/J... At the time WF 4.0 ... Workflow 4.5 is Awesome, cant wait for 5.0! 0 0 2
Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Tips and Tricks–Part 1: Ext... ToStringTheory, January 1, 0001 I don’t know about you, but when it comes to development, I prefer my environment to be as free of clutter as possible. It may surprise you to know that I have tried ReSharper, and did not like it, for ... Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Tips and Tricks–Part 1: Ext... 0 0 0
A BYOD World in Mobile Enterprise Brings the Need to Adapt Webgui, January 1, 0001 Yesterday brought a lot of news coverage that Cisco has stopped funding and planning its Cius enterprise-grade tablet. Citing “market transitions” in which an increasing number of people bring their own ... A BYOD World in Mobile Enterprise Brings the Need to Adapt 0 0 0
Sync custom AD properties to SharePoint Profile KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 Here are some step-by-step instructions regarding configuring SharePoint to sync with custom AD attributes:Add the custom attribute in Active DirectoryThis part will have to be your doing; here is some ... Sync custom AD properties to SharePoint Profile 0 0 0
How to find Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.dll and some ot... KunaalKapoor, January 1, 0001 You may be wondering where to find Microsoft.SharePoint.Applic... , if you are creating a new SharePoint application page? But don’t worry, it resides in _app_bin folder of your SharePoint site’s ... How to find Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.dll and some ot... 0 0 1
My Tech Ed North America Preview - Content Edition Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 As I promised in my last post, I feel the need to give you a rundown on all the technical content I am looking forward to checking out at Tech Ed this year. We shall start with the content I know I'll ... My Tech Ed North America Preview - Content Edition 0 0 0
SSMS Slow To Save Bunch, January 1, 0001 When using SSMS 2008 I found it to be really slow when trying to save a file, even a small one with just some simple SELECT statements on it. The symptoms were the flashing save disk icons in the lower ... SSMS Slow To Save 0 0 0
IsNullOrEmpty generic method for Array to avoid Re-Sharper warnin... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 I’ve used the following extension method in many places. public static bool IsNullOrEmpty(this Object[] myArr) { return (myArr == null || myArr.Length == 0); }Recently I’ve noticed that Resharper shows ... IsNullOrEmpty generic method for Array to avoid Re-Sharper warnin... 0 0 0
DDDSouthWest 4.0 26th May 2012 - Async 20/20 presentation Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 As I wasn’t voted in with my nominated sessions I presented a 20/20 talk on the new async functionality coming with the .Net Framework. This was based on the PechaKucha presentation format, where you have ... DDDSouthWest 4.0 26th May 2012 - Async 20/20 presentation 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day 28/May/2012 - Pro SQL Server 2008 Analysis... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services"Pro SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services will show you how to pull data together and ... APress Deal of the Day 28/May/2012 - Pro SQL Server 2008 Analysis... 0 0 0