Microsoft Press Deal of the Day - 4/April/2012 - Accessing Data w... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 The Microsoft Press half price deal of the day at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is the training material for the MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-516) "Accessing Data with Microsoft® ... Microsoft Press Deal of the Day - 4/April/2012 - Accessing Data w... 0 0 0
Working with packed dates in SSIS Jim Giercyk, January 1, 0001 One of the challenges recently thrown my way was to read an EBCDIC flat file, decode packed dates, and insert the dates into a SQL table. For those unfamiliar with packed data, it is a way to store data ... Working with packed dates in SSIS 0 0 5
Tell Us Once–Final Phase goes live BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Yesterday the final phase of ‘Tell Us Once’ went live. This completes the 4 1/2 year journey Solidsoft started on this cross government project with the addition of full electronic distribution of data ... Tell Us Once–Final Phase goes live 0 0 0
Looking under the hood of SSRS Jim Giercyk, January 1, 0001 SSRS is a powerful tool, but there is very little available to measure it’s performance or view the SSRS execution log or catalog in detail. Here are a few simple queries that will give you insight to ... Looking under the hood of SSRS 0 0 2
Application Migration: Windows/VB6 Apps to ASP.NET HTML5 Webgui, January 1, 0001 I would like to invite you to a fascinating webinar on extending applications to HTML5 and Mobile that we are doing in collaboration with Jeffrey S. Hammond, Principal Analyst serving Application Development ... Application Migration: Windows/VB6 Apps to ASP.NET HTML5 0 0 5
The Joy Of Hex Jim Giercyk, January 1, 0001 While working on a mainframe integration project, it occurred to me that some basic computer concepts are slipping into obscurity. For example, just about anyone can tell you that a 64-bit processor is ... The Joy Of Hex 0 0 0
Dallas First Robotics Competition (FRC) 2012 T, January 1, 0001 Wow! That is all I have to say after three fun filled days in a world that fed the geek, sparked the competitor, inspired the humanitarian, encouraged the inventor, and continuously warmed the heart in ... Dallas First Robotics Competition (FRC) 2012 0 0 0
Automated SSRS deployment with the RS utility Stacy Vicknair, January 1, 0001 If you’re familiar with SSRS and development you are probably aware of the SSRS web services. The RS utility is a tool that comes with SSRS that allows for scripts to be executed against against the SSRS ... Automated SSRS deployment with the RS utility 0 0 0
MVVM and Animations in Silverlight Aligned, January 1, 0001 I wanted to spin an icon to show progress to my user while some content was downloading. I'm using MVVM (aren't you) and made a satisfactory Storyboard to spin the icon. However, it took longer than expected ... MVVM and Animations in Silverlight 0 0 3
I Clobbered a Leopard with a Window Last Night D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’ve had my 15” Mac Book Pro for a little over a year now, and its hands-down the best laptop I’ve ever owned…hardware wise. And I tried, I really really tried, to like OSX. I even bought Parallels so ... I Clobbered a Leopard with a Window Last Night 0 0 3
Parallel MSBuild FTW - Build faster in parallel deadlydog, January 1, 0001 Hey everyone, I just discovered this great post yesterday that shows how to have msbuild build projects in parallel Basically all you need to do is… Read more at http://blog.danskingdom.com... ... Parallel MSBuild FTW - Build faster in parallel 0 0 4
MapRedux - PowerShell and Big Data Dittenhafer Solutions, January 1, 0001 MapRedux – #PowerShell and #Big Data Have you been hearing about “big data”, “map reduce” and other large scale computing terms over the past couple of years and been curious to dig into more detail? Have ... MapRedux - PowerShell and Big Data 0 0 0
App_Offline.htm, taking site down for maintenance Vipin, January 1, 0001 There is much simpler and graceful way to shut down a site while doing upgrade to avoid the problem of people accessing site in the middle of a content update. Basically, if you place file with name 'app_offline.htm' ... App_Offline.htm, taking site down for maintenance 0 0 10
.NET vs Windows 8 simonc, January 1, 0001 So, day 1 of DevWeek. Lots and lots of Windows 8 and WinRT, as you would expect. The keynote had some actual content in it, fleshed out some of the details of how your apps linked into the Metro infrastructure, ... .NET vs Windows 8 0 0 17
The slowest PC I have used... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Having been in IT for 32+ years, I have worked on a variety of hardware. I suppose the slowest computer I used was an IBM 360/25 (total RAM 15K), however the slowest PC to run Visual Studio was at a particular ... The slowest PC I have used... 0 0 2
Low-Latency High-Performant Financial App Infrastructures JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Financial Apps feel the need for speed – this can come via parallelization, and via infrastructure - fast messaging and non-blocking distributed memory management. This blogpost gives an overview + examples ... Low-Latency High-Performant Financial App Infrastructures 0 0 3
Thumbs Up to Coders For Charities 2012 jkauffman, January 1, 0001 For any of those in the Kansas City area, I recommend Coders For Charities as a great once-a-year event! It’s a weekend code-a-thon in which small, quickly-assembled teams of software engineers construct ... Thumbs Up to Coders For Charities 2012 0 0 0
Inside the Concurrent Collections: ConcurrentBag simonc, January 1, 0001 Unlike the other concurrent collections, ConcurrentBag does not really have a non-concurrent analogy. As stated in the MSDN documentation, ConcurrentBag is optimised for the situation where the same thread ... Inside the Concurrent Collections: ConcurrentBag 0 0 2
Microsoft Press Deal of the Day - 26/March/2012 -Getting More Pro... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's deal of the day from Microsoft Press at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is Getting More Productive with Microsoft® Visual Studio®"Take a detailed look into Visual Studio—and learn ... Microsoft Press Deal of the Day - 26/March/2012 -Getting More Pro... 0 0 0
Requirements Management Presentation from CodepaLOUsa Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 On March 16th I had the pleasure of presenting the Requirements Management: From Vision to Mission to Success talk at the CodepaLOUsa event in Louisville, KY. Here is the presentation: Requirements Management ... Requirements Management Presentation from CodepaLOUsa 0 0 0
Windows Azure Service Bus Resequencer Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 Introduction I’ll be presenting a session at Sweden Windows Azure Group (SWAG) on Monday, as well as presenting on the Windows Azure Service Bus at various other events. I thought it would be fun to look ... Windows Azure Service Bus Resequencer 0 0 1
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 In our last post I demonstrated how to implement the datagram channel shape, and in the second and third post I described the request reply shape. In this post I will explain the last MEP in WCF, duplex, ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 0
Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... Shaun, January 1, 0001 In the previous post I demonstrated how to implement a very basic transport extension over an in memory message bus that supports request reply MEP. At the end of that post I created a console application ... Scaling-out Your Services by Message Bus based WCF Transport Exte... 0 0 0
Stop trying to be perfect Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 Yes, Bob is my uncle too. I also think the points in the Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship (manifesto.softwarecraftsma... are all great. What amazes me is that tend to confuse the term “well ... Stop trying to be perfect 0 0 1
Gettings Terms asscoiated to a Specific list item Gino Abraham, January 1, 0001 I had a fancy requirement where i had to get all tags associated to a document set in a document library. The normal tag could webpart was not working when i add it to the document set home page, so planned ... Gettings Terms asscoiated to a Specific list item 0 0 1
Why do we (really) program to interfaces? Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 One of the earliest lessons I was taught in Enterprise development was "always program against an interface". This was back in the VB6 days and I quickly learned that no code would be allowed to move to ... Why do we (really) program to interfaces? 0 0 1
The Linux powered LAN Gaming House sachinghalot, January 1, 0001 LAN parties offer the enjoyment of head to head gaming in a real-life social environment. In general, they are experiencing decline thanks to the convenience of Internet gaming, but Kenton Varda is a man ... The Linux powered LAN Gaming House 0 0 0
The World of SQL Database Deployment GGBlogger, January 1, 0001 In my early development days, I used Microsoft Access for building databases. It made things easy since I only needed to package the database with the installation package so my clients would have access ... The World of SQL Database Deployment 0 0 1
Need help with software licensing? Read on… juanlarios, January 1, 0001 Figuring out which software licensing options best suit your needs while being cost-effective can be confusing. Some businesses end up making their purchases through retail stores which means they miss ... Need help with software licensing? Read on… 0 0 0
Getting Started with Cloud Computing juanlarios, January 1, 0001 You’ve likely heard about how Office 365 and Windows Intune are great applications to get you started with Cloud Computing. Many of you emailed me asking for more info on what Cloud Computing is, including ... Getting Started with Cloud Computing 0 0 0
Notepad++ - an excellent text editor TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 When you have to work with languages away from the many languages supported by Visual Studio, then a good text editor is a required. Now almost any text editor is better than Notepad but Notepad++ is excellent.Download ... Notepad++ - an excellent text editor 0 0 0
Organizations & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 7 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Name different device categories Discuss the functions and structure of I/.O modules Describe the principles of Programmed I/O Describe the principles of Interrupt-driven I/O Describe ... Organizations & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 7 0 0 0
Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 13 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Explain the advantages of using a large number of registers Discuss the way in which compilers optimize register usage Discuss the evolution of CISC machines Describe the characteristics ... Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 13 0 0 0
Audacity 2.0 released TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Audacity 2.0 has been relesed at http://audacity.sourceforge... is an excellent tool for recording and audio editing ... Audacity 2.0 released 0 0 0
Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 6 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Discuss the physical characteristics of magnetic disks Describe how data is organized and accessed on a magnetic disk Discuss the parameters that play a role in the performance of magnetic ... Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 6 0 0 0
Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 5 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Describe the operation of a memory cell Explain the difference between DRAM and SRAM Discuss the different types of ROM Explain the concepts of a hard failure and a soft error respectively ... Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 5 0 0 0
SharePoint logging to a list Norgean, January 1, 0001 I recently worked in an environment with several servers. Locating the correct SharePoint log file for error messages, or development trace calls, is cumbersome. And once the solution hit the cloud, it ... SharePoint logging to a list 0 0 1
Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 4 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Explain the characteristics of memory systems Describe the memory hierarchy Discuss cache memory principles Discuss issues relevant to cache design Describe the cache organization of ... Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies – Chap 4 0 0 0
Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 now Free..! Ravi, January 1, 0001 Yes, now more ways to get connected to TFS 2010. Up until now, if you have to connect to TFS 2010 from other platforms - be it Linux, Mac, Solaris etc., you had to purchase a CAL (Client Access License) ... Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 now Free..! 0 0 0
Development Best Practices for SharePoint 2010 Kit Ong, January 1, 0001 Useful advice for SP2010 developmentMaster List of SharePoint 2010 Custom Development Best Practiceshttp://nikspatel.w... ... Development Best Practices for SharePoint 2010 0 0 7
Data warehouse design principle, a very good post to always steer... Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 Whenever I start doubting my design of Data Mart or Cube, I always come back to this article and read it again. It helps me keep my design simple.http://dwbi1.wordpre... ... Data warehouse design principle, a very good post to always steer... 0 0 0
Every developer should consider productivity addins Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 If you're like a lot of people I've known, worked with, and been, you have a history of either installing Visual Studio (or getting a computer from IT with Visual Studio already installed), selecting a ... Every developer should consider productivity addins 0 0 0
ORA-12154:TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified Saqib Ullah, January 1, 0001 The following exception is very common type of exception for .net developer and oracle user. ORA-12154:TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified Especially when you are using Oracle Data Provider ... ORA-12154:TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified 0 0 12
Direct3D 11 Programming in a Nutshell JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Programming Direct3D requires understanding of where different types of resources are bound to the shader pipeline. The shader pipeline consists of configurable fixed function stages (Input Shader, Tessellator, ... Direct3D 11 Programming in a Nutshell 0 0 2
Android–Setting up a Kindle Fire emulator Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 Developing for the Kindle Fire is pretty much the same as developing for any other Android device (aside from Amazon’s long review process…). Amazon’s developer FAQ lists most everything you need to know, ... Android–Setting up a Kindle Fire emulator 0 0 0
Solving SharePoint 2010 Setup Errors Manually Agha Usman Ahmed, January 1, 0001 If you are installing SharePoint 2010 on a new box you might see the Setup Errors notification from the installer. In my case, I am using Windows Server 2008 R2, but I have seen the similar Error on Windows ... Solving SharePoint 2010 Setup Errors Manually 0 0 2
Updated Impressions of Visual Studio 11 Beta Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 I will begin this in the traditional, blunt fashion that you've come to expect from me. I am an idiot. There. I said it. I'm not a proud man. I can admit when I invoke my inner moron. Now, ask you, why ... Updated Impressions of Visual Studio 11 Beta 0 0 0
Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies - Chap 9 MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Learning Outcomes Explain how integers can be represented in a computer Use assembly language to perform arithmetic and logical operations on integers on a Pentium Use assembly language to perform bit ... Organization & Architecture UNISA Studies - Chap 9 0 0 0
OneNote or Evernote? TStewartDev, January 1, 0001 For the past couple of years or so, I’ve been using both OneNote and Evernote to collect random pieces of information I need to remember: todo lists, random thoughts, recipes, photos of things like the ... OneNote or Evernote? 0 0 0
O Reilly Deal of the Day 12/Mar/2012 - Developer's Guide to Colle... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's 50% off Deal of the Day from O'Reilly is Developer's Guide to Collections in Microsoft® .NET "Put .NET collections to work—and manage issues with GUI data binding, threading, data querying, and ... O Reilly Deal of the Day 12/Mar/2012 - Developer's Guide to Colle... 0 0 0