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JavaScript Learning Series
This is my first blog post on my home domain http://rajeshpillai.tekacademy.com/ and in this series of posts I will explore various facets of JavaScript language that will help us become better...
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O'Reilly Deal on Pocket References 17/April/2012
Until April 18, 2012 at 11:59pm PT, at http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/pocket-references.do O'Reilly are offering some 71 pocket references / guides at $4.99 per E-book.
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How to use CAML Query to retrieve and display SharePoint Data in Windows...
In this post I’m going to demonstrate how to use Collaborative Application Markup Language(CAML) to retrieve and display SharePoint Data in Windows Forms Application. 1. Open Visual Studio 2010 and...
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A simple pattern to separate Business Logic from Data Access.
Whether we like it or not, unlike conventional engineering structures like bridges and buildings, software will always be engineered and built to be changed at some future point. It is the nature of...
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Getting the SCOM Object Model in XML with PowerShell - Using the Correct Target
I recently needed to retrieve the object model from Operations Manager 2012. I needed this information so that I could pass the "target" collection back to the developers for proper targeting when...
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Free tool to format your SQL code
There are a number of free T-SQL prettifiers out there, covering both code layout and syntax highlighting, but Format SQL is different in that it leverages the engine that powers SQL Prompt, the...
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How can you tell if your SharePoint server is Farmed or Standalone?
Check the registry"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\14.0\WSS"There will be an entry for "ServerRole" which will tell you the installation typeStand Alone...
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DevTeach Vancouver approaching fast !
Just a friendly reminder for people in the Vancouver area that DevTeach Vancouver is just a few weeks away ! Registration is open and I can't help but promoting a full day of TFS 2010 workshop given...
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Slides and source code for my past talks this year
I had the chance to be invited to talk at various conferences this year already, and I promised to post the slides and source code, so here it is! MVVM Applied: From Silverlight to Windows Phone to...
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APress Deal of the Day 18/Apr/2012 - Design Driven Testing
Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430229438 is Design Driven Testing.This is a book that all J*** developers should read from cover to cover. I look forward to C# and...
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Using NHibernate with SQL Azure Federations
To use SQL Azure Federations with NHibernate we need to insure that we reuse the connection that was used for executing the USE Federation command. Secondly we need to insure that we don’t enlist the...
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"The Cloud" brings radical changes to our programming approach
Have you heard about this new Cloud stuff? It's a new programming model that is going to radically change the way that we approach programming. Among some of the key changes to recommended...
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Case-insensitive Contains extension for list of strings
I wanted to have case-insensitive Contains method for list of strings.Overload Enumerable.Contains<TSource> Method (IEnumerable<TSource>, TSource, IEqualityComparer<TSource>) expects...
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BizTalk ESB Exception Management
Working for a customer recently on BizTalk ESB Exception management, ran into issue when creating a generic orchestration for handling exceptions. This generic orchestration will be used by all other...
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25 New Features of SharePoint 2010
1. New Claims-Based Authentication ModelSharePoint Foundation 2010 incorporates a new authentication model that works with any corporate identity system, including Active Directory Domain Services,...
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APress Deal of the Day - 19/Apr/2012 - Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform
Today's $10 Deal from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430225492 is Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform"Over the years that author Andrew Troelsen has spent working with the common language runtime...
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T-SQL usage: prefer Table Type over CTE (Common Table Expression)
I came to the CTE world late (the same time I learned MERGE), but I've been using it here and there. I love Table Type; the introduction of that changed the way we write our .NET app and BizTalk app,...
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Microsoft Press Deal of the Day - 19/Apr/2012 - CLR via C#, 3rd Edition
Today's Microsoft Deal of the Day at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780735627048.do is CLR via C# price $23.99 I have read CLR via C# ISBN 978-0-7356-2704-8. Whilst it is quite correctly described by...
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SharePoint 2010 – Office 365
Office 365 is a cloud service from Microsoft. Part of the service it provides is cloud-based version (Microsoft hosted platform) of SharePoint 2010. The benefit you get is that you don't have to worry...
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Changing SharePoint with - CSS3, HTML5 and jQuery
This post covers how to squeeze the most out of the platform we all love - SharePoint 2010 and push the boundaries to the max in-order to get acceptance and success. SharePoint, is a terribly-complex...
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