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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....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - January 29, 2012 at 5:47 pm

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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....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - January 6, 2012 at 9:23 pm

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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....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - December 24, 2011 at 8:08 pm

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What is Claim based Authentication ?

.NET Developers or Developers in other platforms too would have worked on Authentication in their Projects . Here’s one of them thats been talked more about these days . Its called “Claim based Authentication”. What is Claim based Authentication? Claim based Authentication uses the authentication providers . The authentication providers authenticates the user when the user tries to Log in and retu Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - December 4, 2011 at 2:52 pm

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Delta Engine for iOS, Android and Windows Phone

MobileBits , one of the German game developer and MiddleWare provider has announced the release of Delta Engine . What is Delta Engine ? Delta Engine allows the Developers to develop Apps for Windows , (iOS) iPad , iPhone , Android and Windows Phone under Windows with .NET but requires a Marketplace account for other platforms . The Delta Engine is currently free for use on Windows and is written using .NET . The D Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - December 2, 2011 at 2:12 pm

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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Site Collection Productivity Hub

Microsoft has developed a SharePoint Server 2010 site collection called “Productivity Hub” that offers the training materials for the end users . Productivity Hub ? The Productivity Hub is a central place for your training efforts and includes the Microsoft’s core product training content . The Productivity Hub uses the SharePoint Server’s social networking capabilities, such as blogs and discus Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - November 28, 2011 at 10:23 pm

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Windows Embedded Compact 7 Online Training Potal

The Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Team has launched a website that helps the Developers to learn more about Windows Embedded Compact 7 called “Windows Embedded Compact 7 Online Training” . Currently , the portal includes webcasts categorized in the following Learning Tracks Compact 7 BSP and Drivers Compact 7 OS Design Compact 7 Application Development Compact 7 User Interface Development Compact Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - November 18, 2011 at 10:13 pm

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How to Install NDEPEND AddIn to Visual Studio 2010?

I just got the NDEPEND Professional License to try the NDEPEND . Installation process was really simple and below are the steps i followed / one should follow to install NDEPEND . How to Install NDEPEND ? 1. Download NDEPEND from the NDEPEND Download Page . If you have a valid license key , you can download the Professional version by enterring the key or download the trial version . 2. Just UnZip the files to a fo Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - November 11, 2011 at 8:03 pm

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Evaluating NDepend Professional

NDepend is a Visual Studio Add-In / extension that helps the developers to analyze code and achieve high quality Code . NDepend uses a number of Code Metrics and provides the data with Visual Graphs , Charts and Tree Maps . I should thank Patrick Smacchia for providing me the opportunity to try the licensed version of NDepend and share my experiences both positive and Negative I just got the NDepend Professional Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - November 8, 2011 at 8:40 pm

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Download Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Training Kit

Microsoft has released the “Visual Sudio 11 Developer Preview Training Kit” which can now be downloaded from the Microsoft DOwnload Center . “The Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview Training Kit includes hands-on labs to help you understand how to take advantage of the variety of enhancements in Visual Studio 11 and the .NET Framework 4.5, how to support and manage the entire application lifecycle Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - October 23, 2011 at 12:40 pm

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Microsoft Touch Mouse Sensor API is now available for Download

Microsoft Research has announced the release of the the Microsoft Touch Mouse Sensor API which can be downloaded the Microsoft Research site The Microsoft Touch Mouse Sensor API is available for Download for both 32-bit and 64-bit flavours . “The Microsoft Touch Mouse supports multitouch gestures via an integrated sensor. The Touch Mouse Sensor API software-development kit (SDK) is a small library intended to Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - October 21, 2011 at 10:29 pm

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IronPython 2.7.1 Beta 3 Released

Iron Python is a implementation of the Python language running under .NET Framework . Iron Python is well integrated with the .NET Framework and all the necessary .NET Libraries are easily accessible to Python programmers The Third and final version of the IronPython 2.7.1 ( Beta 3 ) was released yesterday . The Current Version includes some bug fixes for Iron Python 2.7.1 Beta 2 as well as the inclusion of the a Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - October 7, 2011 at 10:29 pm

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Download Visual Studio 11 Application Lifecycle Management Virtual Machine

Brain Keller in his blog announces the availability of the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview ALM Virtual Machine . As per Brain Keller’s Blog , the virtual machine is configured with: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Ultimate Developer Preview Microsoft Team Foundation Server 11 Developer Preview Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Mi Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - September 18, 2011 at 9:36 pm

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MSDN – Windows Developer Preview Metro style app samples

Microsoft has updated its MSDN code gallery with Windows Developer Preview Metro style app samples . The Windows Developer Preview Metro style app samples can be downloaded here The Windows Developer Preview Metro style app samples pack includes all metro style app samples and provide a easy way to download all the samples from the gallery at once . Here’s the description of the Windows Developer Preview Metr Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - September 17, 2011 at 9:03 pm

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Download Visual Studio 11 Preview

With the release of the Windows 8 Developer Preview , here comes the Visual Studio 11 Preview . Microsoft has released the Preview of Visual Studio 11 which is the next version of Visual Studio . If you are a MSDN Subscriber , you can download Visual STudio 11 Preview here . If you are not a MSDN subscriber , you might have to wait for few more days before you can download it . But wait a minute , if you downloaded Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - September 15, 2011 at 9:38 pm

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.NET Library for Google Data APIs version 1.9 Released

Google has released its .NET Library for Google Data APIs which is now available for download here This version of the Google Data APIs removes the client library for the deprecated Google Base API and fixes 20 bugs that includes Feature request: New rating system (like/dislike) made available in .NET DocListExporter Export function crashes .NET file sizes limited to 2^32 (4GB) 10GB now supported ENHANCEMENT Reque Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - September 11, 2011 at 1:07 pm

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Google APIs Client Library for .NET Beta is now available for Download

Google has released its Google API’s Client Library for .NET Beta SDK which is now which is now available for download from Code.google.com Google APIs Client Library for .NET is a generic .NET runtime client for Google Services . The library supports OAuth1.0a and OAuth2.0 authentication, and is able to generate strongly typed client libraries for Discovery-based services. This client library can be used wi Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - September 3, 2011 at 2:53 pm

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5 Compression libraries for .NET Developers

Earlier , in one of my previous posts , i blogged about SharpZipLib – Zip Compression library for .NET and wanted to explore if there are other Compression libraries for .NET Developers . Here i list few of them i came across . 1. SharpZipLib SharpZipLib is a OpenSource .NET compression library that supports Zip files using both stored and deflate compression methods . Download SharpZipLib here 2. SevenZipS Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - June 18, 2011 at 8:04 pm

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Book Review – .NET Windows Development Everyday Tips , Tricks and Optimization

A few weeks back i had got this book on “.NET Windows Development Everyday Tips , Tricks and Optimization”  written by Ablerto Poblacion and published by krasis PRESS . The Book is some where less than 250 pages and dont underestimate the content of the book with the number of pages . You will find the Quality content with good .NET tricks especially useful for the Windows Developers . The book covers Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - June 16, 2011 at 10:13 pm

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Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 is now available for download

Microsoft has released an Update to Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 ( KB2468871 ) which can now be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center . The Update to the .NET Framework 4 provides the cumulative roll up updates for the reported issues by the customers on the post .NET Framework 4 release . The update includes the fixes for around 35 issues and introduces 6 new features . This update is offered to customers Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - June 7, 2011 at 10:08 pm

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Meme IDE(Beta) for Developing Apps for Android , Windows Mobile and iPhone is released

It was just few months back that i wrote about the New IDE for Mobile App Developers ( Windows Mobile , Android , Apple iOS ) where Joe Gregory was working on it . Now the Meme IDE is released yesterday . It still a Beta still and more importantly its free . You can download Meme IDE (Beta) here . Note that you will have to register in order to download on Meme site MEME IDE enables the developers to design, deve Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - June 3, 2011 at 9:05 pm

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SharpZipLib – Zip Compression library for .NET

SharpZipLib is a OpenSource .NET compression library that supports Zip files using both stored and deflate compression methods . The SharpZipLib currently supports the following versions of .NET .NET 1.1 .NET 2.0 .NET 3.5 .NET 4.0 .NET Compact Framework 1.0 .NET Compact Framework 2.0 You can download the Assemblies here Know more about SharpZipLib here There is also an silverlight version of SharpZipLib which ca Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - May 22, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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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 follow guidelines and implement them which is important when working in Teams . Here are the list of C# Coding Guidelines docume Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - April 29, 2011 at 10:06 pm

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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 chance for the viewers to try out Armadillo and win a FREE license. Win a free license of Armadillo and start Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - April 28, 2011 at 7:52 pm

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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 developing apps for Windows Mobile , Android and Apple iOS . Now , the author has come with a follow up video that adds more detail to the application which includes signat Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - April 15, 2011 at 10:23 pm

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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 The WinForms controls include Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - April 14, 2011 at 7:33 pm

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New IDE for Mobile App Developers ( Windows Mobile , Android , Apple iOS )

Just found this interesting video when searching through IDE’s in google Hello World Hello Meme IDE from Meme Apps on Vimeo. Joe Gregory has been working on a new IDE for Windows Mobile , Android and Apple IOS  . The IDE is named as “MEME IDE” which is a IDE for mobile app developers . The beta launch of the MEME IDE is slated for April 28 , 2011 and enabled the deployment to Android , Windows M Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - April 2, 2011 at 8:40 pm

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Microsoft VC++ 2010 SP1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1 is available for download

Today , Microsoft has released the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1 which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center . The Visual Studio 2010 users who installed the Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 will notice that the x64 or IA64 compilers and the associated Visual C++ library files were removed . Microsoft , in its Visual C++ Developer Center revealed th Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - March 29, 2011 at 9:54 pm

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Armadillo for .NET Developers in Beta

Armadillo is a product from Typemock , The Unit Testing Company designed for Adaptive Bug Prevention that sets up net of automated tests and notifies the developers inside the IDE when a bug creep in . Currently Armadillo is in Beta stage and is supported for Visual C# on Visual Studio 2010 and for now doesnot support ASP.Net , Silverlight , Office plugins and SharePoint projects . You can download Armadillo from t Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - March 27, 2011 at 7:16 pm

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OpenMP in Visual Studio 2008 with N-Queens problem

In the video below , Max Domeika , Intel Software and Services Group talks about Intel parallel studio . Max Domeika in the video talks about the solution to the N- Queens problem and shows the feature called OpenMP that paralleize the Application . Wondering what is OpenMP ?? OpenMP stands for Open Multiprocessing is an Application Programming Interface supporting parallel programming .OpenMP is portable and works Read More....

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Posted by Senthil Kumar - March 20, 2011 at 4:24 pm

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