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Monthly archive August, 2011

How to convert Binary Number to Decimal , HexaDecimal and Octal Number using C# ?

This is my second post of the series of the Number Converter for Windows Phone 7 sourcecode . In my previous post i talked about In this blog post , i Read More →

Windows Phone 7 Templates for Fireworks

pojitonov has created a cool Windows Phone 7 templates for FireWorks .  pojitonov has now uploaded the windows phone template for Fireworks in the box.net site from where the template can be downloaded .   Pojitonov, in his blog also explains how he searched for the template and provides a description Read More →

Listening to Music when Programming

Well , its been long time that i did it . Yes , its listening to the Music when i do Programming . I forgot how i missed that ... Just got to remember it when talking to a friend about listening to songs when working ... Don't know if it Read More →

Webinar – What’s New in Windows Phone 7.1 (“Mango”) by Jeff Prosise

LIDNUG ( Linked .NET Users Group ) is organising a webinar on August 30 , 2011 at 10.00 AM (PT) on the topic "What’s New in Windows Phone 7.1 (“Mango”) " . LIDNUG is the official INETA Linked.NET Group meant to be for professionals using or interested in the Microsoft .NET Read More →

Windows Phone 7.1 SDK ( Release Candidate) is now available for Download

Microsoft has released the Windows Phone 7.1 SDK ( Release Candidate ) yesterday . The Windows Phone 7.1 Software Development Kit provides the developers with the necessary tools to develop applications and games that target the Windows Phone 7.0 and Windows Phone Mango . The Windows Phone 7.1 SDK ( Release Read More →

Free Windows Phone 7 Training Resources at Microsoft Faculty Connection site

The Microsoft Faculty Connection has updated its site with the free training resources for Windows Phone 7 Development. These are Curriculum based Resources targeting the academic students but might be useful for others too to get started on Windows Phone Development. Some of these resources includes

F# enters the Top 20 Languages, Lua, and Objective-C move upwards

Every time, i write a post on the programming language ranking, i end up asking, "Do the ranking matter”? Not really, but it is a way to know that there exists more languages and sometimes helps you find out which programming language is searched more etc... TIOBE Programming Community Index is Read More →

Windows Phone Toolkit – August 2011 is now available for download

The Windows Phone Toolkit - August 2011 (7.1 SDK) was released a few days back and is now available for download from the codeplex site . The August 2011 version of the Windows Phone Toolkit the Mango version ( 7.1 ) . Some of the new components that joing the existing Read More →

My Blog is seriously attracting visitors. What’s next?

We were in a campus recruitment program today and i was happy hear a statement from my manager that there were few students who answered that they knew something about the company via my blog when my manager asked them a question something like "Do you Know about the company”? I Read More →

Webinar – Azure for Developers by Robin Shahan

LIDNUG ( Linked .Net Users Group ) is organising a webinar on August 26 , 2011 at 10 AM on the topic "Azure for Developers" . LIDNUG is an official INETA Linked.NET Group meant for professionals using or interested in the Microsoft .NET technologies . The webinar "Azure for Developers" will be Read More →

How to select a Photo from the Windows Phone Media Library using C# ?

Sometimes , the windows phone developers might be required to select the photo or image from the Windows Phone Media library in their Windows phone App . A typically example would be uploading the profile picture of the facebook profile from a facebook App etc ... The Windows Phone 7 SDK provides Read More →

Number Converter for WP7 – How to convert Decimal Number to Binary , HexaDecimal and Octal Number using C# ?

In this blog post and in the upcoming blog posts, i will share the source code of my small App for Windows Phone 7 (Number Converter for WP7). The Number Converter for WP7 has got 50+ downloads. Although it’s not a big number, but for the first App that was developed Read More →

Virtual Class – Building Applications for Windows Phone Mango Jump Start on Aug 23-24 , 2011

Microsoft's MVP Rob Miles and Andy Wigley are again hosting Windows Phone Mango Jump Start on August 23 and 24 from 8 am - 5 pm for developers looking to build Mobile Applictaions targeting Windows Phone Mango Platform . Rob Miles is a Microsoft MVP & Lecturer in University of Read More →

LINQ Equivalent of SQL’s “IN” keyword

I came across the requirement to use the "IN" equivalent of LINQ when using Entity Framework . I am sure most of the .NET Developers would also have come across a situation to use "IN" in LINQ . Here's an example  . The SQL Query looks like this
SELECT * FROM MOVIES Read More →           

Portable Class Libraries – A Primer

Wondering how to write a code that works in different targeted applications like Windows Phone, Silverlight, WPF Applications,  Microsoft .NET Framework and Xbox 360 platforms? Bill Kratochivil highlights the Portable Class Libraries: A Primer in the MSDN Magazine's Multi-Platform Development Section. Bill talks about his experiences on PCL where he invested some Read More →

My favorites in .NET

Recently, one of my friends asked me what technology within .NET i like most although he knew what the answer would be. Every software developers or programmers have some kind of preferred programming language or platform for them .There are few who like to work on anything (few exceptions). Over the past few Read More →

WinRAR in Windows Phone Metro UI Style

Looks like the Windows Phone 7 UI (Metro UI) is getting more popular especially among different communities. Default WinRAR Theme : Metro UI Theme for WinRAR

Here Read More →

10 Secret Unit Testing Tips to Become Agile‏

Typemock , a Unit Testing Company is hosting a vendor neutral webinar on the topic "10 Secret Unit Testing Tips to Become Agile‏"  on August 25 , 2011 at 14:00 UTC/GMT (10:00AM EDT) . The presenters will share few of the tips and secrets on their agile success which includes

Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit – August 2011 Update is coming soon

Looks like the new version of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit is on its way during the end of this month which supports Windows Phone 7.1 SDK ( Mango ) .

Keep your fingers crossed for Read More →

Telerik’s Special Series of Webinars on Third Party Controls

Telerik is organising a special series of webinars during this month on the following topics
  • Building a Web Application with Third-party Controls in Real Time on August 16 , 2011 at 11.00 AM ( EDT ).
  • Moving to the Client – Using jQuery Read More →
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