April, 2011 | Ginktage

757 days ago

13 useful Coding Guidelines documents for C# Developers

I was recently reading a book "Encodo C# Handbook" that includes the guidelines on naming for C# etc ... There are quite a few coding standard documents available and here i list few of thems which i came across . Although you might find many documents , the key here is to Read More →

Prevent Software Bugs and Win a Free Armadillo License

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758 days ago

Prevent Software Bugs and Win a Free Armadillo License

Armadillo is an adaptive bug prevention system that allows .NET developers to prevent bugs as they code. Armadillo prevents bugs from creeping into your code, without any extra work required from you. Armadillo gives you confidence in your code, and shows you where the next bug can be hiding. Here's a Read More →

.NET 265

759 days ago

Strange Visual Studio 2010 Error …

Recently when i tried to install the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK , i got an error thats looked a bit strange . The Error that i received was

"Setup has found an error before Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK or one of its optional components could be installed . Read More →

General 113

761 days ago

Why Hello World is the first program that most programmers write ?

How do you start your first program ? or Have you seen a presenter during the User group meetings or webinar's show you how to get started with a particular language / technology by writing a "Hello World" program ?. I am too one of those programmers who started Read More →

.NET 265

763 days ago

BigInteger in C# 4.0

When talking to one of my friend today , he mentioned about the BigInteger data type in Java . I was wondering what this datatype equivalent be in C# and ended up to see this datatype in C# too . This is available in C# 4.0 . The BigInteger represents a large Read More →

.NET 265

764 days ago

Exam 70-599 – Designing and Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications to be available from July 14 ,2011

In one of my earlier posts , i mentioned that MCTS Exam – ( 70-599 ) – Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications is in the process , It looks like the approximate date when the exam will be published is mentioned in Microsoft Learning portal
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.NET 265

766 days ago

Using the CameraCaptureTask in Windows Phone 7

The CameraCaptureTask allows the Windows Phone 7 App to launch the Camera Application . This will be useful when the user wants to take a photo from the App and then do something useful with the Photo like saving the photo that was taken etc . This blog post discusses Read More →

Events 159

767 days ago

GIDS – Day 1 Experience

Well, its time to share the day 1 experience of the Great Indian Developer Summit 2011 . This is the 4th Edition of the Summit and just for the info, i have been part of the event Read More →

.NET 265

767 days ago

What do Developers need from Windows Phone 7 and its API ?

Are you a Windows Phone 7 Developer ? or Are you planning to kicck start the Windows Phone 7 Development ? What are the features that you are expecting from the Windows Phone 7 SDK for building great Silverlight and XNA Windows Phone 7 Apps ? Here's a Customer feedback site for Read More →

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770 days ago

Do you want to be a Windows Phone 7 Developer Hero ?

Do you want to be a Windows Phone 7 Developer Hero ? Here's an opportunity for WP7 Developers The Windows Phone 7 Team will select and spotlight a selected group of talented Windows Phone 7 Developers by promoting the Developers and giving them a chance to show off their hardwork and Read More →

.NET 265

771 days ago

Meme IDE Follow up for Windows Mobile , Android and iPhone

In one of my previous posts i blogged about the New IDE for Mobile App Developers ( Windows Mobile , Android , Apple iOS ) where Joe Gregory showed a demo of a Hello world program with the Meme IDE - a new IDE for Mobile App Developers for Read More →

.NET 265

772 days ago

Free Controls from DevExpress

DevExpress is offering over 60 DevExpress controls free of charge without royalties or distribution costs . This includes the free controls for WinForms , ASP.NET and Silverlight .The following DevExpress products are included .

WinForms Controls - the XtraEditors Library

ASP.NET Controls - the ASPxperience Suite

Silverlight Controls - AgDataGrid and AgMenu Suites

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.NET 265

773 days ago

Launching a Web Browser from Windows Phone 7 App

The WebBrowserTask allows an Windows Phone 7 App to launch the web browser . This class is defined in Microsoft.Phone.Tasks namespace .
Using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks;
The WebBrowserTask includes a property "URL" that gets or sets the URL that should be navigated to when the web browser is launched.
private void button1_Click(object Read More →

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774 days ago

String vs string in c#

How do you create a string variable in c# ? String ? string ? Confused with the above text . Well its just that we use either the keyword string or we use String . Is both String and string same in C# ? string is just an alias name for the class System.String Read More →

.NET 265

775 days ago

Twist in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace (Zune) in India

Well , just a few weeks back , i wrote about the Windows Phone Marketplace(Zune) launch in India Although it wasn't officially launched in India , i could get the Marketplace working in Zune without any trick Read More →

.NET 265

776 days ago

Display IL code in Visual Studio 2010

Here's a simple tip on how to display the IL code by running ildasm.exe inside Visual Studio 2010 . The IL code will be displayed in the output window of Visual Studio 2010 . To view the IL in Visual Studio , you must include the ildasm.exe to the tools Read More →

.NET 265

778 days ago

How to Save a Email Address in Windows Phone 7 using C# ?

Saving a Email Address is as similar as that of Saving a Phone Number in Windows Phone 7 . If you used the SavePhoneNumberTask to save the phone number , then we have SaveEmailAddressTask to save the Email Address . The SaveEmailAddressTask has the property Email which enables the user Read More →

.NET 265

779 days ago

Novell ‘s .Net App Development on Android using Microsoft’s Visual Studio and Mono

Yesterday , Novell had released Mono for Android which is one of the first solution for developing Microsoft's .NET Application for Android platform using Microsoft Visual Studio . Mono is a open source .NET implementation project and with the Mono for Android to its existing Mono development tools , Novell is Read More →

.NET 265

780 days ago

How to send email in Windows Phone 7 using c# ?

In one of my previous post , i wrote about how one can send SMS in Windows Phone 7 using c# . This blog post focusses on sending a email in windows phone 7 using c# Similar to sending SMS , sending email can be achieved with the EmailComposeTask
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Delphi 36

781 days ago

Delphi 64-bit Compiler Preview and Beta Announcement

Embarcedero has officially announced the sneak preview of its Delphi 64-bit compiler . Today David of Embarcadero shows the demo of the first public preview video of Delphi 64 bit which can be previewed here You can signup for Read More →

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