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Inside the Validation Infrastructure of RIA Services
Brian Noyes
writes "...I show how to use the built-in validation attributes of the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace on both the client and server side, how to use custom validation via attributes, how to invoke validation logic on.."
A Look at VS Add-in for Windows 7 Taskbar Extras
Kate Gregory
writes "...If your build results in errors or warnings, you'll also get a taskbar icon overlay when it's done letting you know about them.) And here we have handy thumbnail buttons - for build, debug, and start without debugging:..."
Code Sample Will Auto-Update Silverlight Out-of-Browser App
Markus Egger
writes "...I was surprised to learn that an app taken out of the browser does not automatically update itself when a newer version is available on the server...it turns out you can simply add a few lines of code to the app’s constructor to enable updating. Add the following code to your App class’ constructor..."
Insight About Useful Code Comments
Kate Gregory
writes "...Recently, I was shown this quote. The person who showed it...is a smart person I respect, so I'm going to leave that person un-named. The authors of the quote, Kernighan and Plauger, are legends of the field. In 1979...they wrote:..."
Run this Sample Code to Switch Templates Dynamically in Silverlight
Paul Sheriff
writes "...Silverlight has the flexibility to modify the look of your controls dynamically at runtime with just a few lines of code. Take a look at Figures 1 and 2 and you will see two different views of the same list box and data. To accomplish this, you simply need to setup two different resources of XAML code..."
Demystifying clientsettings.ini
Alexander Wechsler
writes "...Managing Windows CE based embedded devices via System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM, formerly known as SMS Server) is not as straightforward as managing WES 2009 or WES 7 devices...The differences start with the setup...A special configuration file called clientsettings.ini needs to be configured correctly...A typical ini file for a native mode installation looks like this:..."
Bug Solution to System.Core in VS2010 Projects
Steven Smith
writes "...I just ran into an odd issue with a VS2010 project. In my case it was an MVC 2 application I was upgrading from VS2008. One of the built-in controllers (ProfileController) was failing to compile because it could not resolve the Linq extension method symbols Single() and Matches(). These are located in the System.Core assembly. I checked my project references in Solution Explorer, and..."
EyeOpener! Expression Web 4 is a Gem
Markus Egger
writes "...The basic idea is that you open a URL in SuperPreview and pick the browsers you would like to see...There are side-by-side comparisons of various renderings. You can even overlay 2 renderings to see the exact differences between the different browsers...I find it much easier to verify my sites work with multiple browsers and versions using SuperPreview than going to each browser manually. Many I simply..."
LightSwitch Needs to Succeed and so do the People who Need it
Andrew Brust
writes "...I think developers should be productive quickly and then have the opportunity to learn more and do even better. In other words, the skill levels should be Good and Better, rather than Bad and Good. LightSwitch makes that possible...Version 1 won’t be perfect. Version 1 is never perfect. If things go well, Version 1 proves a point, and..."
Winning Recipe When it Comes to Application Architecture
Rockford Lhotka
writes "...application architecture, in my view, includes “horizontal” and “vertical” concepts. Horizontal concepts apply to any and all applications and are largely orthogonal to any specific application design. These concepts include guidelines around authentication, authorization, integration with operational monitoring systems...Vertical concepts cover the actual shape of applications, including..."
SCCE is in the Cloud
Alexander Wechsler
writes "...Devices are able to connect to SQL Azure instances in the cloud......Sync Framework is only supported on desktop and WES systems. No support for Windows CE or Windows Mobile/WP7. Why is this so? The Sync Framework team should..."
Where to Find the Hidden Toolbox Search in VS 2010
Brian Noyes
writes "...frustrated wading through the dozens of Silverlight controls in my toolbox trying to spot one I needed, and it occurred to me that there “ought to be an add-in to search the toolbox...You can read about it here..."
Read and Recommended - Employees First Customers Second
Venkatarangan Tnc
writes "...The book talks about the concept of a value zone, the importance of empowering the people in the value zone, how the layers of management in an organization though needed adds little to the end value that goes to a custome...Of all the concepts in the book, the idea of “Value Zone” did capture..."
BindingNavigator for WPF - Code Sample RibbonGroups
Christian Nagel
writes "...I’ve created a user interface that looks akin to the Windows Forms BindingNavigator by using the ribbon control. Of course the ribbon control allows for a much more enhanced UI, but this is another topic. The new look is shown in this screenshot..."
Code Analysis Techniques
Steven Smith
writes "...The perspective of an outside authority can often uncover design decisions that represent “low hanging fruit” and can quickly and easily be adjusted to produce a much better solution. Sometimes the hard part really is just knowing where the problem is – after that fixing it is easy. That reminds me of a story I heard somewhere a long time ago, that I’ll wrap up with:..."
Creating BindingNavigator for WPF
Christian Nagel
writes "...To get a BindingNavigator to WPF that already exists for a long time just a simple class is needed that adapts the CollectionViewSource and defines commands that navigates through the records by using the CollectionViewSource. Now all what’s needed is to define a UI that fires the commands. This is shown..."
Helping Fellow Developers Through Project Phoenix
Scott Seely
writes "...every MVP gets 3 MSDN Universal Subscriptions- 1 to use and 2 to give to worthy recipients. To pick a worthy recipient, an unemployed or underemployed developer needs to propose a software project for a non-profit agency, school, or church to be assisted by Project Phoenix...is not a ‘free lunch.’ It supports the developers’ efforts so that they can gain from the work they do. I do recommend that you visit..."
Learn About Metadata Classes and Shared Code in WCF RIA Services
Brian Noyes
writes "...I explain the role and use of metadata classes to add attributes and functionality to existing entity classes that you cannot easily modify directly, such as the properties on an Entity Framework entity...I show how you can define chunks of shared code on the server side and how they become available client side through the RIA Services code generation..."
Example Using Code Contracts in VS2010
Steven Smith
writes "...With the Code Contracts installed, you can start to use them in your code in place of things like guard clauses to ensure that a parameter is not null. The benefit of this approach is that you get a richer experience at design/development time and you can also ensure, via compilation errors, that certain things simply cannot occur in your application. Code Contracts uses..."
Women in Tech
Kimberly L Tripp
writes "...I do love the SQL community for so many reasons and this is DEFINITELY one of them. To be honest, I've never really felt singled out as a "WOMAN" in tech. I've always felt like just another person struggling to do the tech and to do it well. I've found that you must do things well to get ahead but I (luckily) haven't been in a situation where nothing but my gender stopped me from getting ahead or getting something done. To take that even further..."
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