So much has been said regarding the demise of Google Reader, that it is clear the impact will be a big one on many people. Personally, I have started looking into Feedly and NewsBlur (although NewsBlur is having some teething problems with all the sudden traffic). I like Feedly quite a…
If you are developing a Windows Phone 8 application, you will want to look at Adam Denning's post on using SQLite Database Engine. Scott Hanselman has a very amusing post on technology fails in films... "It's a Unix System... I know this". Pinal Dave brings us another bit of sage…
Have a look at the incredible ASCII Art Generator by Sean Sexton. This is surely to give any geek hours of fun! Then there are also a few sites for testing your code snippets. Perhaps EA should give that a try, because the launch of Sim City made a few…
It isn't often that I come across a blog so enjoyable such as 2,000 Things You Should Know About C# and the excellent posts by Sean Sexton. Head on over there and have a look. Joe James shows us how to hook into System Events using managed code and Markus Greuel…
Hello and welcome to a new week. Michael Crump reviews Josh Smith's book, iOS Programming for .NET Developers. So if you are a .NET dev looking to start iOS programming, this book is a great place to start. Pinal Dave explains Quoted Identifier and Ansi Null On/Off and Adam Denning shares…
Visual Studio Git Tools Updated, Keith Ward SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012 released online, Robert Bruckner C#/.NET Little Wonders: Extension Methods Demystified, James Michael Hare iOS Tips and Tricks: Associate a File Type with your App - Part 1, Stephen Zaharuk Standardize Table Aliases,…
Welcome to Friday. I included two posts of one of my favorite bloggers, James Michael Hare (or @BlkRabbitCoder on Twitter). His C# Fundamentals series is excellent and well worth reading. Then Tareq Ateik shows us how to install and activate Windows Server 2012 while Erik Bartlow gives us the low down…
Troy Hunt discusses the topic of should websites disclose their password strategy while Charles Sterling gives us a heads up on the Visual Studio Update 2 now available. Pinal Dave makes your SQL skill set more efficient in sixty seconds and Kunal Chowdhury talks about Jan van der Haegen's excellent…
Geek Champ has a great Windows 8 Dev Guide for those seeking some great Windows 8 resources. Zain Naboulsi takes us further into understanding IntelliTrace in Part VI of his series and Beth Massi brings us some more LightSwitch goodness. Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 is now available…
Today, we have some great content. Fredrik Mörk gives us a 101 on Delegates and Lambdas while Manal Rayess talks about his first LightSwitch application. Paul van Bladel also gives us some LightSwitch goodness with his take on reporting with the Web-Api. Brian Rosamilia takes a look at some C# features…