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Dark and Light Themes in a Windows Phone Application
By creating a UI that works well with both dark and light themes, your Windows Phone applications will stand out.
02/06/2012
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Windows Phone 8 Could Entice Developers
The next generation of Microsoft's smartphone could make Windows Phone apps interoperable with Windows 8 tablet apps and Windows 8 PC apps
02/03/2012
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Clean Up NuGet Dependencies With Chewie
Chewie is a domain-specific language that uses PowerShell to tame NuGet installations.
02/03/2012
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Top 10 Tips for Building a Windows Phone App
There's a right way and a wrong way to build Windows Phone applications. These 10 tips can help you do it the right way.
02/03/2012
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Talking to Customers: What a Concept
You may have become a developer so you don't have to talk to people. If you're creating a business, however, you'll need to start.
02/02/2012
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Microsoft Releases Kinect SDK and Runtime for PCs
The Kinect for Windows SDK includes drivers for Windows 7, Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Windows 8 developer preview desktop apps.
02/02/2012
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Demystifying the C# Yield-Return Mechanism
You can write cleaner, more efficient code with Yield-Return; the key is knowing the right situations for using the statement.
02/02/2012
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Making Do with Absent Foreign Keys
The absence of foreign key properties in classes adds some challenges to working in disconnected apps.
02/02/2012
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Simplify Your Projections with AutoMapper
Tired of mapping your classes from one format to another? A convention-based, open source library can help alleviate some of those coding headaches.
02/02/2012
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Creating the Perfect ASP.NET UI with Web Parts and User Controls
Web Parts and User Controls let you easily build customizable UIs with the same tools you use to create inflexible user interfaces -- and implement an MVC-like pattern in ASP.NET.
02/02/2012
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Big Data and SQL Server: Disruption or Harmony?
By responding to potential threats with thoughtfulness, and a zeal to add value, SQL and Big Data could be big business for Redmond.
02/01/2012
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DevExpress Unleashes New Controls for ASP.NET
The latest edition of the control suite for ASP.NET offers almost every kind of control that a developer would need -- with one-third of the controls supporting ASP.NET MVC.
02/01/2012
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Startups 101
"Lean Startup" is all about making sure there's a market for your product before you start writing code.
02/01/2012
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Arrested Development: VB6 Now and Forever
When Brett was hired on as a senior analyst, he wasn't surprised to learn that the older platforms were built around Visual Basic 6 (VB6), which was no longer supported by Microsoft.
02/01/2012
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2 Great JavaScript Data-Binding Libraries
JavaScript libraries help you build powerful, data-driven HTML5 apps.
02/01/2012
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Microsoft Calls on the Amazon Cloud
An open source SDK for developing Windows Phone applications that connect to Amazon Web Services reached beta earlier this month.
01/31/2012
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Building a Windows 8 Metro App, Part 2
Learn how to implement the new sharing contracts in Windows 8 to distinguish your application.
01/30/2012
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SQL Server 2012 on the Launching Pad for March
SQL Server 2012 will feature three versions, including a new category.
01/25/2012
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Mix is Nixed
Microsoft axes its Web-focused developer conference, at which major announcements used to be made.
01/24/2012
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Integrating with the .NET Framework UI Controls
With a little bit of code (along with a .NET interface and collection), you can integrate the properties on your classes with the .NET user interface controls to simplify your presentation layer.
01/23/2012
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3 Impacts from 2011, and What they Mean Moving Forward -- Part 1
Papa's Perspective on Kinect, Silverlight and Microsoft's changing relationship with developers.
01/20/2012
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Dealing with Dependencies in Test-Driven Development through Mocking
Mocking is generally an overloaded term. But at its base, it's about changing behavior -- specifically, dependency behavior.
01/19/2012