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tech-ed 2012
So, am not going to tech-ed this year.I didn't get much benefit from going last year, but I did meet a lot of nice folks.I am working on my first official Silverlight project, and it's going ok.I...
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Code style Tip: Case insensitive string comparison
Goodif (String.Compare(myString, ALL_TEXT, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0) { return true;...
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ReplaceBetweenTags function with delegate to describe transformation
I've created a function that allow to replace content between XML tags with data, that depend on original content within tag, in particular to MAsk credit card number.The function uses MidBetween...
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Select tool to minimize JavaScript and CSS size
There are multiple ways and techniques how to combine and minify JS and CSS files.The good number of links can be found in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/882937/asp-net-script-and-css-compression...
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Windows Azure Service Bus Scatter-Gather Implementation
One of the more challenging enterprise integration patterns that developers may wish to implement is the Scatter-Gather pattern. In this article I will show the basic implementation of a scatter-gather...
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Obfuscation is not a panacea
So, you want to obfuscate your .NET application. My question to you is: Why? What are your aims when your obfuscate your application? To protect your IP & algorithms? Prevent crackers from breaking...
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Forums to post questions at for various ASP.NET/Windows related system.
At http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2012/04/16/faq-on-the-correct-forum-to-post-at.aspx, I have published a list of forums.This is the list that I originally compiled for the ASP.NET forum,...
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Announcing Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework Sample Browser v5 - A Big...
Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework this morning is releasing a brand new version for its Sample Browser, which introduces a big search expansion to over 3500 quality code samples, the new Favorite...
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Comment from Software Process Blog
From: Scott F ----------------------------------------------------A great team is NOT one that picks up Agile and runs with it. It is a team that delivers high quality solutions. Full Stop.More...
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Installing NAnt to drive database continuous integration
Before we start thinking about database continuous integration, described in an earlier blog post, we need to pick a build tool in which we define the commands for our build process. NAnt is a .NET...
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SharePoint Saturday New York City Back in Black
Just like Men In Black we’re back again for another year of SharePoint Saturday New York City. Speakers, sponsors, and volunteer submissions are open at: http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/ny. If you...
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Where I’ve Been…
So if you’ve noticed I have not really been blogging for a while. The reason being is a new focus on my personal life. You all know things were jumbled and turned around last year. I am just trying...
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How to build a database from source control
If your organization has continuous integration in place, it will most likely contain a build step in which your latest application source code gets pulled from source control, compiled, and optionally...
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Agile Principles -- Continuous Delivery
Probably the most important principle in all of agile development reads like this... Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. I like...
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People Need To Be Reminded How Valuable You Are
Here’s an interesting experiment to try. Write down all the projects, initiatives, operations, and successes that you were part of at work over the last year. Once you have your list, go to a few...
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Coded UI Test Builder Visual Cues Offset
Wow it's been a long time since I posted anything in here..... Today I'll be very brief because the subject is quite easy to cover but can be quite puzzling when it happens to you... These days at...
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The Why of Scrum -- The Standup
A wise man once told me that most developers dont care about the why, they only care about the how. That is especially true around process and agile development. Developers want to know "how" to do...
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Baton Rouge SQL Saturday and Tech Day – August 4th 2012 – Call...
For the past two years SQL Saturday and Tech Day in Baton Rouge has offered tracks across the Microsoft stack to its attendees. This event is one of the largest SQL Saturdays and attracted 400...
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Windows Phone 7 Game Development
Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430233060 is Windows Phone 7 Game Development"Learn to develop fun and sophisticated games for the Windows Phone 7 platform using C#...
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SQL Server - index usage/utilization stats
Goal:Find out what indexes are being used, if at all, and if the stats on seeks, scans and lookups on the indexes:index-seek (preferred)index-scan (worst)index-lookupSolution:Run this scrip against...
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