Xamarin Designer for Android released for Visual Studio and MonoDevelop
Xamarin Designer for Android was released few days back that enables the Android developers to create some cool layouts for the Apps from Visual Studio and MonoDevelop. With the Xamarin Designer for Android available for Visual Studio, the developers can get some what experience that is closer to the C# developers expecting from the Visual Studio IDE. Want to know more about Xamarin Designer for Android, Check the Read More....Categories: General, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Android, MonoDevelop, Visual Studio, Xamarin Designer
Fix for IntelliSense feature in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 may stop working after you install Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Today , i encountered a wiered thing in my SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 where the intellisense was somehow not working in SSMS 2008 R2 . I had only SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed on my machine and had recently installed the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 on my Windows 7 System and assumed that this could have caused the issue . If you are one of those users who faced the same issue , th Read More....Categories: SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Fix, Intellisense, Management STudio, SQL Server, SSMS 2008, Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Download – White Paper for Integrating FireMonkey into Your VCL, C# and C++ Applications
If you are one of the developers who work on C# , C++ or VCL in Delphi and interesting in developing for Mac via FireMonkey , here’s a free White Paper for Integrating FireMonkey into Your VCL, C# and C++ Applications that is available for download . What is FireMonkey ? “FireMonkey is the first native CPU and GPU powered platform for rich business applications. In this paper, we will look at what is re Read More....Categories: Delphi, Others Tags: c#, FireMonkey, VCL, Whitepaper
Metro theme for jQuery Mobile
Metro styled theme is now made available jQuery Mobile by Microsoft Open Technologies . jQuery Mobile is a open source Mobile UI framework , touch optimized framework that involves HTML5 and jQuery Javascript library. Abu Obeida in the interoperability @ microsoft blog stated that “The theme enables HTML5 pages to adapt automatically to the Metro design style when rendered on Windows Phone 7.5,”. Mobil Read More....Categories: Others Tags: jQuery Mobile, Metro, theme
VisualHG – Mercurial Plugin for Visual Studio
Mercurial is a free , cross platform, distributed source control management tool for software developers . VisualHG is a source control Mercurial Plugin for Visual Studio and works with Visual Studio 2005 , Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 . VisualHG enabled the developers to quickly verify the file status and access everything within Visual Studio Environment and supports Mercurial Subrepositories . Explo Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Mercurial, Plugin, Visual Studio, VisualHG
How to find the Top 5 largest files in Windows 7 ?
I learnt something with the PowerShell today when searching for a largest file on my Windows 7 PC If you are one of the users who want to find 5 largest file in Windows 7, you could use the below code in PowerShell… You can launch PowerShell from Start -> Accessories -> Windows PowerShell folder. gci -r D:\ -ea 0 | sort Length -desc | select -f 5 The above example will search for the files in D: drive Read More....Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Workshop Video Tutorials
Below are links to the videos that lets the developers know more about Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and Claims-Based Identity . Its a series of videos titled “WIF Workshop 1…10″ . The videos were posted by Vittorio Bertocci at Channel 9 long time back but is definitely a good one to leran about Windows Identity Foundation (WIF). WIF Workshop 1: Introduction to Claims-Based Identity and WIF Read More....Categories: Security Tags: Claims-Based Identity, tutorials, video, Windows Identity Foundation
Telerik Sample Apps, Resources and Giveaways for Windows Phone Developers
The RadControls for Windows Phone is simple to use and provides rich set of functionalities to develop windows phone App easily. You can download the trial version of RadControls for Windows Phone here If you want to win a copy of the RadControls for Windows Phone , Check the GiveAway details @WindowsPhoneRocks.com Participating in the GiveAway is easy . Just Tweet the below text Telerik Sample Apps, Resources and Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Developers, giveaway, RadControls, Telerik, Windows Phone
Robotics Developer Studio 4 and Kinect Follow Me Robot
Few days back , Microsoft had released Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 4 which is now available for download from the Microsoft Robotics website. Apart from fixing number of issues in the Robotics Developer Studio 4 , the team also have updated Robotics Developer Studio 4 to work with the release version of Kinect for Windows SDK. Robotics Developer Studio 4 also adds support for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 X Read More....Download Visual Studio 11 Beta
Microsoft has announced the release of Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta which is now available for download here. Check the below links to know more about the features , capabilities and announcements Visual Studio 11 Beta Available Now! Welcome to the Beta of Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework 4.5 What’s New in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Download Visual Studio 11 Beta here Read More....Categories: General, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Beta, Download, Visual STudio 11
Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET 4.5 Beta announcements
Somasegar in his Somasegar’s WebLog announces the date for the beta release of the much anticipated Visual Studio 11 and .NET 4.5 which will be “go live” license. The date for the release in February 29, 2012. Additionally Jason Zander provides a Sneak Preview of the Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework 4.5 Beta in his blog. Get to know more about the Developers tools and the announcement from Micr Read More....Categories: Others Tags: .NET 4.5, Beta, Visual STudio 11
Windows Phone and PhoneGap Series – Article #1 to #10
PhoneGap is a open source mobile development framework that enables the developers to build Mobile Apps using JavaScript and HTML5 . Now , the PhoneGap officially supports Windows Phone and in this article , i share the links to the first few articles in the Windows Phone and PhoneGap Series @ WindowsPhoneRocks.com With the recent release of PhoneGap 1.3 that includes full Windows Phone 7 support , Windows Phone a Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: PhoneGap, Windows Phone, Windows PhoneRocks
Review – 70-516 Exam Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Preparation Kit from uCertify
Few weeks back, I had received an offer from uCertify to review their Exam Preparation Kit for the Microsoft Certification exam MCTS – 70-516 Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4. In one of my previous blog post, I shared the first look of the Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Preparation Kit from uCertify. In this blog post, I will share some further information and review of the Acc Read More....Categories: Entity Framework, General Tags: .NET Framework, MCTS, microsoft, uCertify
Joomla 2.5 with Microsoft SQL Server support
The new version of Joomla 2.5 was released this week that includes new features like extension updates and multi-database support of Microsoft SQL Server. What is Joomla? Joomla is an open source Content Management System (CMS) that enables the users to create websites or online applications. The earlier versions of Joomla were compatible only with the MySQL databases. Now, with the Joomla 2.5, we also get the supp Read More....Categories: Others Tags: Content Management System, Joomla, SQL Server, Web Platform
Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows
This was one of the software that i got to know from my brother who is doing his Masters in Mechanical Engineering . The software is called Silverfrost FTN95 and in simple terms is Fortran for Windows . Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows was earlier called as “Salford FTN95″ . Silverfrost FTN95: Fortran for Windows Silverfrost FTN95 Perconal or Express editions are free for personal and evaluation u Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Fortran, Silverfrost, windows
Visual Studio Achievements Recognition Program
Developers using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 can now highlight their skills and get recognised via the Visual Studio Achievements . The Visual Studio Achievements is a Visual Studio plug-in created by Microsoft Channel 9 Team that enabled the developers to unlock badges and compete against one another based on the code they write and the capabilities of the Visual Studio that they use. The Visual Studio achievemen Read More....Categories: Visual Studio 2010 Tags: Developers, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio Achievements
Reviewing Exam- 70-516 Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 PrepKit from uCertify
I have got a offer from uCertify to review their PrepKit and I have accepted that challenge and now I am reviewing 70-516-CSHARP: TS: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 PrepKit from uCertify. Initially it looks very simple and easy to use and learn . As soon as I am done with the full review I will post it for you all . In this blog post , i will be sharing some information about uCertify and the MCTS Read More....Categories: Entity Framework, General Tags: 70-516, PrepKit, uCertify
Using Math.Pow Method to Compute Exponents in C#
If you require to compute exponential values like finding the square of the number etc , the Math.Pow method in c# could be handy for you to try . The Math.Pow method is defined in the “System” namespace . To use the method “Math.Pow” , you should first include the namespace System using System; The Math.Pow accepts 2 parameters number to be raised to a power number that specifies a power Read More....Entity Framework 4.3.0 Beta 1 Released
Microsoft’s ADO.NET Team announces the release of Entity Framework 4.3.0 Beta 1 which includes a number of bug fixes for DbContext API and Code First . The current release is also about integrating migrations in to the Entity Framework Nuget package . Microsoft’s ADO.NET Team also announced the plans that the current release is the last pre-release version of migrations and the next release will be Enti Read More....Categories: Entity Framework Tags: ADO.NET, Entity Framework, microsoft
Ghost Installer Studio
Ghost Installer Studio is a deployment tool that allows the developers or the deployment specialists to make the skinned installations for the Applications . In simple terms , the Ghost Installer Studio includes a Mr. Skinner tool that one can use to skin the customized dialogs of the setup project and make the installation more appealing . Ghost Installer currently supports various technologies that includes Web Read More....Categories: General, Visual Studio 2010 Tags: BDE, Ghost Installer Studio, Visual Studio
Download Reactive Extensions for JavaScript (RxJS) v1.0.10621 SP1
Microsoft has released the Reactive Extensions for JavaScript (RxJS) v1.0.10621 SP1 which is now available for download from Microsoft Download Center. What is Reactive Extensions for JavaScript (RxJS) ? Reactive Extensions for JavaScript (RxJS) is a library to compose asynchronous and event-based programs using observable reactive data sequences and LINQ-style query operators. Download Reactive Extensions for Java Read More....Categories: Others Tags: Javascript, Reactive Extensions for JavaScript
Using Aggregate Function on Arrays in C#
If you have got an array of integers and you want to multiple the values inside the array and display its value without using for loop , here’s one of the ways to achieve it using the LINQ and Lambda expression . Assuming the array of integer has the following values int[] marks = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 }; You can multiply each of the values inside the integer array without using any for loop or fo Read More....Categories: C#, Entity Framework Tags: Aggregate Function, c#, LINQ
Coding4Fun Toolkit v1.5.0 released
A new version of Coding4Fun Toolkit with the version number v1.5.0 is released and is available for download from codeplex website . What is Coding4Fun Toolkit ? Coding4Fun is one of the free and popular projects that offers additional controls for Windows Phone Development . Some of these controls include About Prompt Color Picker Color Sider Input Prompt Message Prompt Password Prompt Round Button and more ̷ Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Coding4Fun Toolkit, Windows Phone
Reactive Extensions (Rx) v1.0.10621 SP1 Released
Microsoft has released the Reactive Extensions (Rx) v1.0.10621 SP1 which is available for download from Microsoft Download Center . Reactive Extensions (Rx) is a library that lets the developers to compose synchronous and event based programs using observable reactive data sequences and LINQ style operators . Reactive Extensions (Rx) v1.0.10621 SP1 Released The Reactive Extensions can target .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Read More....Categories: Others Tags:
How to order by multiple columns using Lambas and LINQ in C# ?
Today , i was required to order a list of records based on a Name and then ID . A simple one but i did spend some time on how to do it with Lambda Expression in C# . C# provides the OrderBy,OrderByDescending,ThenBy,ThenByDescending . You can use them in your lambda expression to order the records as per your requirement . Assuming your list is “Phones” and contains the following data … public clas Read More....Categories: C#, Entity Framework Tags: c#, lambda, LINQ
PhoneGap 1.3 with full Windows Phone 7 support released
The PhoneGap Team has announced the release of PhoneGap 1.3 that brings some significant progress in BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 Support for building Phone applications using HTML5 and JavaScript. Good news for the Windows Phone Developers who can now get access to the following PhoneGap API Getting Started Guide Update to the Visual Studio templates New plugins like FaceBook connect , ChildBrowser , PGSocialS Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: HTML5, PhoneGap, Windows Phone
Custom Themes for Windows Phone
Every Windows Phone users know that you cannot set the Custom Themes for Windows Phone 7 . All that you can do is change its accent color or change the Theme ( Dark or Light ) . Here’s an opportunity for the users with Developer Unlocked device to try Custom Themes for Windows Phone especially for the Start Screen . The App is called “Themes for Windows Phone” from Windowsphonehacker.com which is Read More....Categories: Windows Phone 7 Tags: Custom Themes for Windows Phone, developer, Windows Phone
Download eBook – A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control , Second Edition
Microsoft has published the book titled “Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control” , Second Edition which is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center What is Claims-Based Identity ? “Claims-based identity seeks to control the digital experience and allocate digital resources based on claims made by one party about another. A party can be a person, organization, govern Read More....Categories: Security Tags: Claims-Based Identity, Download, ebook, microsoft
