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Devesh Kumar, Mar 12, 2010
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In this article we are going to learn how to develop a custom HTML navigation helper for ASP.NET MVC. The navigation helper also demonstrates the use of ASP.NET MVC AJAX. The navigation from one set of result to another is done using AJAX. I have used VS 2008 and ASP.NET MVC 1.0.
Manning Publications, Mar 10, 2010
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In this article the author explains how PSModuleInfo object for a module can be retrieved. Further, he shows how code can be injected into the module to manipulate the state of a module without having to reload it. He also explains how to directly set some metadata elements, like the module description, and some other PSModuleInfo object features.
Manning Publications, Mar 08, 2010
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This article is taken from the book Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition. The author provides an overview of the PowerShell modules, including their roles and terminology. He shows how modules allow packaging collections of PowerShell resources into shareable, reusable units. The author dives into the methods of writing Powershell scripts and converting a script into a module.
Manning Publications, Mar 03, 2010
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This article is an excerpt taken from IronPython in Action, by Michael J. Foord and Christian Muirhead and published by Manning Publications. In the article the authors discuss how to take advantage of the exciting Silverlight platform with IronPython.
Devesh Kumar, Feb 28, 2010
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Learn how to make reusable web widgets that can be used across different web applications.
Benjamin van der Veen, Feb 26, 2010
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Kayak is a lightweight HTTP server for the CLR, and the Kayak Framework is a utility for mapping HTTP requests to C# method invocations. With Kayak, you can skip the bulk, hassle, and overhead of IIS and ASP.NET. Kayak enables you to do more with less syntax, and is easy to configure to work in any way you care to dream up.
Manning Publications, Feb 23, 2010
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This article is an excerpt taken from IronPython in Action, by Michael J. Foord and Christian Muirhead and published by Manning Publications. In the article the authors discuss how to take advantage of the exciting Silverlight platform with IronPython.
Manning Publications, Feb 18, 2010
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In this article, taken from the book "The Art of Unit Testing" by Roy Osherove, we'll take a look at using state-based testing methods in our unit tests.
Manning Publications, Feb 16, 2010
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F# asynchronous workflows can be used to solve a wide range of programming problems. In this article we'll look how to use asynchronous workflows for elegantly expressing the control flow of interaction with the user. We'll also look at clear functional way for encoding drag&drop-like algorithm.
Dino Esposito, Feb 12, 2010
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This article takes a look at the beta of Unity 2.0.
Andrew Siemer, Feb 10, 2010
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In this article I will provide a quick refresher on what the command pattern is used for, how it works, and where it fits in the web development world.
Xianzhong Zhu, Feb 08, 2010
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In this second part of the series, you will learn the crucial programming skills of the solitaire game. In detail, we are going to discuss about the three mouse events, i.e. MouseLeftButtonDown, MouseMove, and MouseLeftButtonUp, related event handler programming.
Xianzhong Zhu, Feb 05, 2010
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In the two parts of this series, you will learn to write a Silverlight 3 based solitaire game like the one shipped with various Windows versions. The main purpose to write this game is to explore the mouse drag and drop related programming in Siverlight 3.
Medusa M, Feb 01, 2010
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In this article, you will learn how to create and delete Silverlight controls or XAML elements at runtime. You will also learn how to create event handlers and associate them with the dynamically created control at runtime.
Manning Publications, Jan 21, 2010
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TeamCity is a CI server that has been gaining popularity in the .NET community for the last few years. It is packed with handy futures which we will discuss in a minute and has a free version suitable for smaller teams.
Dino Esposito, Jan 18, 2010
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In this article, Dino Esposito focuses on the core part of the ASP.NET MVC framework - the controller - and shares some considerations about the ideal structure it should have as a class and its intended role.
Andrew Siemer, Jan 15, 2010
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In this article we will continue our discussion by filling out the implementation in our service class with some NBuilder code. Once we have the working service class in place we can then create a working UI (in the ASP.NET MVC project we created in the last article).
Andrew Siemer, Jan 13, 2010
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In this article we will take a look at a fairly new open source project called NBuilder (http://www.nbuilder.org and http://code.google.com/p/nbuilder/) and how it can be used to provide us with fake data out of the gate. NBuilder allows you to quickly stand up generated objects based on standard .net types in an easy fluent manner. And that is just the start!
Craig Stuntz, Jan 11, 2010
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Most programming-related crossword puzzles are generated by computer programs, and consequently lack the design and wordplay which makes New York Times-style crossword puzzles interesting. I decided that I could do better.
Hima Vejella, Jan 08, 2010
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In my previous article I explained some of the nice features related to IDE, in continuation to that I am going to explain Add Reference enhancements for developers, Windows 7 support for developers, Share Point 2010 enhancements , Office Business Application Support, Cloud Development, Document Map Margin and Visual Studio 2010 Tips
Xianzhong Zhu, Jan 06, 2010
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In this second part, we will continue to discuss the WaspKiller game development—to extend the functionalities with the server-side database support. As mentioned in the first part, we’re going to rest upon another well-known design pattern, MVVM, to achieve the extension, and at the same time, introduce Microsoft .NET RIA Services framework to smooth out the whole architecture design.
Manning Publications, Jan 04, 2010
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This article is taken from the book C# in Depth, Second Edition.
Hima Vejella, Dec 31, 2009
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In this article HimaBindu Vejella explains IDE enhancements in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0.
Xianzhong Zhu, Dec 29, 2009
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In this article, we will focus upon the development of the front end of the game using the MVP pattern; in the second part, we will discuss the database related work using the MVVM pattern.
Hima Vejella, Dec 24, 2009
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In this article HimaBindu Vejella explains IDE enhancements in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0.