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Using Telerik MVC Grid in CRUD Scenario - Kazi Manzur Rashid's Blog

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:02 GMT

I am proud to inform you that yesterday we released our Q3 2009 version of Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. As promised this release includes: * Grid * Menu * PanelBar * TabStrip You can find the live version and source codes in the following locations...

How to create a COM application and consume it from within VC++6.0 - .

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:15:03 GMT

In this article, we will see how to create a simple COM application in Visual Studio 2008 and how to consume it from a VB6 client application.

Localize ASP.NET MVC 2 DataAnnotations validation messages

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:30:01 GMT

Living in a country where there are there are three languages being used, almost every application you work on requires some form of localization. In an earlier blog post, I already mentioned ASP.NET MVC 2's DataAnnotations support for doing model validation. Ever since, I was wondering if it would be possible to use resource files or something to do localization of error messages. Here's how!

Introduction to the interoperation between .Net and COM: Part I

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMT

This is a brief introduction to the COM component object model.

It's Okay To Write Unit Tests

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:45:00 GMT

A few simple reasons why you should be writing unit tests.

Selective Unit Testing - Costs and Benefits

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Test Driven Development is widely regarded as a hallmark technique of professional software development, but should you really do it all the time? Steve Sanderson argues that unit tests yield significant practical business value only for certain kinds of code. This blog post suggests what might be the underlying forces that determine whether unit tests will justify the long-term expense of creating and maintaining them. These ideas are then applied to structuring an ASP.NET MVC application.

Anatomy of th Windows 7 Taskbar - Progres

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMT

This post shows how to overlay your progress bar onto the windows 7 taskbar!

hornget - apt-get for .Net OSS

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:01 GMT

Hornget provides an apt-get like service for common .Net Open Source projects. Want the latest NHibernate, Castle ActiveRecord, Rhino Commons but don't want to go through the headache of the numerous build processes and dependencies? Hornget supplies a daily a build of a number of OSS projects trunks as a downloadable Zip to ease upgrading to the latest versions

Consuming Web Services without web reference in BizTalk

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:01 GMT

This articles tells us how to consume Web Services without web reference in BizTalk.

Using jQuery validation with ASP.NET WebForms

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:45:01 GMT

A couple workarounds to allow using the jQuery validation plugin with ASP.NET WebForms' single, monolithic form element, including source.

Implementing KeyBoard Shortcuts on an ASP.NET Hyperlink Control

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:05 GMT

Popular Web apps like Gmail and Windows Live Mail feature Keyboard shortcuts, which help you save time by executing common operations using the Keyboard, without having to switch between the keyboard and mouse. Explore how to use keyboard shortcuts on Hyperlink controls using jQuery

Forms Authentication with Active Directory

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:00:01 GMT

This article and sample code explains how you can take advantage of Active Directory in Web applications for authenticate and authorize the Web site users.

Automating Azure

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:15:00 GMT

We are getting pretty close to the commercial release of the Windows Azure Platform at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in November. We recently released a set of PowerShell cmdlets that you can use to automate the management of your Windows Azure applications.  Using these cmdlets you can add or remove an existing deployment. You can also upgrade an application or part of an application.

Windows 7 Bible: Your Complete Guide to the Next Version of Windows fr

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:30:00 GMT

Shane O'Neill of CIO Magazine has compiled a great series of technical articles on Windows 7 migration, deployment and feature sets.

PDC09 - Register Today

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:45:00 GMT

Register by October 30th and receive a $300 discount! Get Windows 7 Compatible - PDC09 attendees can get a jumpstart on making sure their applications run seamlessly on Windows 7. Technical experts will be available onsite at the Windows 7 Developer Center to offer technical guidance, assist with compatibility testing, and answer questions about the Windows 7 Software Logo program. (Find out more) Attend the Developer Boot Camp - It's not too late to register for the free Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp to be held on November 16 (the day before the PDC conference). Top Windows 7 engineers will lead a full-day, technical workshop focused on optimizing application performance, reliability, and security on the Windows 7 platform. (Register via the PDC09 conference site to attend.)

IHI Shines Silverlight on Healthcare Improvement

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:00:02 GMT

This article details the application architecture of a Silverlight 3 based solution that IHI and eDefine have created for the healthcare industry called the Improvement Map. The Improvement Map is a tool that distills the best knowledge available on the key process improvements that will lead to better outcomes for patients.

ARCast.TV Special - Michael Stiefel on Software as a Service in the Cl

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:15:01 GMT

The Architecture Innovation Cafe presents Michael Stiefel on Software as a Service in the Cloud - Architecting and building a Software as a Service application requires solving a series of problems that are independent of a particular software platform. Michael discusses three areas of focus for designing and building services so that you can leverage your work into new platforms such as Windows Azure.

Innovatiovation Showcase: Managing Azure Storage

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:30:16 GMT

This is a Windows desktop application that can be used to manage Windows Azure blobs, tables and queues across multiple storage accounts.They also have a browser based version. Worth a look.

IE8 Accelerator for Searching IHI Improvement Map

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:01 GMT

The Improvement Map is a Silverlight 3 based online tool that distills the best knowledge available on the key process improvements that Hospitals can leverage to deliver better outcomes for patients. The tool makes it easy for hospitals to find, understand and adopt best practices. IHI has created an IE8 Accelerator that is associated with the Improvement Map. To try it out, install the accelerator and then visit a medial site like the CDC.Gov or WebMD.com. Simply highlight a medical term like Heart Disease or Asthma and use the Accelerator context menu to search the IHI Improvement Map application for process improvement maps associated with that term.

Mike Taulty Video Series on PRISM for Silverlight 3

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Mike Taulty has published an excellent series of screencasts illustrating some of the ideas found in "Prism" or the "Composite Application Guidance" from the Patterns and Practices team that can be used to build Silverlight applications in a way that lends itself to testability and modularity.

ARCast.TV - Mark Pollack on Architecture Refactoring

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT

While there are many qualities by which to judge an architecture, two technologies--dependency injection (DI) and aspect-oriented programming (AOP)--provide guidance on some of the most foundational. Not only do they influence how a system's components are designed and organized, they also determine how easily the system may evolve. In this episode, Mark Dunn and Mark Pollack discusses DI and AOP from an architectural point of view, showing how the principles promoted by DI and AOP translate to tangible architectural benefits such as loose coupling and a separation of business and technical concerns.

Adding IoC Support to your WCF Services

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Taking a quick look at how to setup your WCF services to use an IoC Container. When building out a set of services in WCF you still would like to follow the SOLID principles and in order to do this you may want to setup the ability to inject dependencies (via Structure Map) into your services at run time. With WCF extension points this is not only possible, but pretty easy.

SharePoint 2010 Videos Reveal Development Experience

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:45:01 GMT

If you are curious what the development experience will be in SharePoint 2010, there are now 10 modules with multiple videos per module that go through the details of using Visual Studio 2010 to customize your SharePoint solution.

Microsoft Visual Studio and Amazon EC2 integration is available

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:45:05 GMT

Free version of Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Visual Studio integration is available at http://www.ec2studio.com/. This product allows developers to interact with EC2 directly from Visual Studio. The goal of this product is to make developers work with EC2 more convenient and productive.

Developing Windows 7 Applications

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:30:00 GMT

Microsoft has put together a list of online resources to help developers get started with creating Windows 7 applications, including links to application compatibility tool, Windows SDK, managed code for Windows 7 APIs, and the training kit. See more detail here. The training kit includes many sample Windows 7 applications and presentations.