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Extending LightSwitch – Deeper Down The Rabbit Hole

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 13, 2013
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Extending LightSwitch – In my previous post Visual Studio LightSwitch – True Power Lies In Simplicity, I showed how easy and quick it was to create a fully functional, data aware Windows Form. If you haven’t read the previous post, go check it out.

In this post however, I want to take it one step further. They say that no man is an island. Well, I can tell you with confidence that no app is an island either.

Using our previous application as a foundation, let us assume that we wanted to group members together according to some sort of classification. How easy would that be? Let us create another table to group members by their level of study within the organisation. (more…)

The Daily Six Pack: August 13, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 13, 2013
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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: VMware Hyper-V Conversion Convert VMware based virtual machines and disks to Hyper-V based virtual machines and disks with our free "Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator", Faruk Celik Other Goldman Sachs sent a brilliant…

Visual Studio LightSwitch – True Power Lies In Simplicity

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 12, 2013
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Visual Studio LightSwitch – If I had to ask you to write an application that just needs to record basic member details (Name, Last Name, Telephone, Address and Image), how long do you think that will take you to do? Can you give me a ball park figure on the time it will take? What about 30 minutes?

Well Visual Studio LightSwitch is one of the most incredible technologies available to developers. If you need to create highly customizable data driven forms, Visual Studio LightSwitch is the way to go.

The Visual Studio LightSwitch community is a large one, and is made up of some really awesome people too numerous to mention. But there are a few that I do want to introduce you too. Here are your wingmen and women. Be sure to bookmark their blogs, add them to your RSS feed and follow them on social media. (more…)

The Daily Six Pack: August 12, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 12, 2013
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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Twitter Two Factor Authentication Twitter's Two-Factor Authentication System, Bruce Schneier Other Building apps with the .NET Framework 4.5.1 Preview in Visual Studio 2012, The .NET Team XAML Editor Improvements in Visual Studio 2013, Visual…

The Daily Six Pack: August 8, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 8, 2013
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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T.Dirk Strauss....Feature link: Twitter iOSTwitter for iOS and Android gets login verification, photo galleries, search improvements, and list management, Emil ProtalinskiOtherMS Office for Android Available for Download Finally, Aamir UsmanAdd Folders & Items to This PC folder in Windows 8.1, ShyamApp Studio: a…

The Daily Six Pack: August 7, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 7, 2013
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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: SQL Injection Everything you wanted to know about SQL injection (but were afraid to ask), Troy Hunt Other Build Google Chrome Extensions in Visual Studio, Mads Kristensen MSDN Magazine: August 2013, Microsoft Download Windows…

The Daily Six Pack: August 6, 2013

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 6, 2013
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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visual Studio Unit Test Generator Visual Studio Unit Test Generator is feature complete – v1 Release Candidate lands!, Willy-P. Schaub Other Visual Studio 2013 Application Lifecycle Management Virtual Machine and Hands-on-Labs / Demo Scripts, Brian…

The Daily Six Pack: August 2, 2013

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Post published:August 2, 2013
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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Visual Studio Intellisense Visual Studio Intellisense Stops Working. How to reactivate?, Kunal Chowdhury Other Interfaces vs Abstract Classes, Mayank Dubey NSA Project XKeyscore Collects Nearly Everything You Do On The Internet, John Biggs Windows 8.1…

Visual Studio 2012 Tips Series – Content Rollup

Post author:Dirk Strauss
Post published:August 1, 2013
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Visual Studio 2012 Programmer Tips were fun and very edifying to research and write about. With Visual Studio 2013 around the corner, I have decided to provide all the previous Visual Studio 2012 tips together in one place for your reading pleasure.

Visual Studio 2012 is really a different beast and I am confident that trying to master many of its features and coming to grips with its capabilities will make you a better programmer.

Seeing as these only comprise six posts, I considered making them part of one of The Daily Six Pack posts, but decided not to and provide them as an article on their own. So I hope that you enjoy the Visual Studio 2012 series below. (more…)

The Daily Six Pack: August 1, 2013

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Post published:August 1, 2013
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A COLLECTION OF LINKS FOR LOVERS OF I.T. Dirk Strauss . . . . Feature link: Code Information Indicator Styles Changing Code Information Indicator Styles in Visual Studio 2013, Abhijit Jana Other Samsung claims innocence in face of benchmark-rigging allegations, Aaron Souppouris Office Mobile for Android Phones Preview, Paul Thurrott…