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Developers will always look to customize everything, and keyboards aren't out of bounds. Here's how to customize the iOS keyboard that pops up in your mobile apps to address any shortcomings.
05/18/2016
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Data retrieval and updates are very different activities so the CQRS pattern says that the smart thing to do is treat them differently. Here's a variety of solutions for the retrieval side in an ASP.NET MVC application.
05/17/2016
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When working with TypeScript it's not unusual to need a class that matches an already existing server-side class written in C#. Here's one way to get from C# to TypeScript by doing what you normally do.
05/16/2016
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Now that you know how to communicate with the Band apps, here's another twist. Let's get interactive.
05/12/2016
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You can't make a complicated problem simple. But, by leveraging the right tools in your language (and the Visitor pattern) you can ensure that your code doesn't get as complicated as your problem.
05/09/2016
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You might want to think of the out and ref keywords as documentation about what you intend to do to a parameter inside one of your methods. The compiler then ensures that's what you really do with that parameter and notifies developers using your method about your intentions.
05/05/2016
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New to this type of analysis? It's a classic statistics technique that is still useful. Here's a technique for doing a one-way ANOVA using R.
05/04/2016
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For those developers having to create localized applications (or deal with other I18N issues), the .NET Framework 4.5 can make your life marginally easier.
05/03/2016
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Leveraging the right combination of object-oriented tools can keep your code simple, even as the problems you solve get more complicated.
05/03/2016
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By Greg Shackles
Add pressure-based interactions in your apps in just a few minutes.
04/27/2016
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The JSX tool lets you describe your page as a set of custom elements that you define in TypeScript classes. Those elements then add to the page whatever text or code makes sense to you.
04/25/2016
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You're just one click away from using Windows Explorer with the files in your project or the individual file in your editor window.
04/21/2016
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In-Depth
By Arnaldo Pérez Castaño
What you can do with most programming languages can be accomplished in F#'s functional programming paradigm. Here's how to handle some simple operations, which might look familiar to you already.
04/20/2016
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The ConcurrentDictionary provides the most efficient (and safest) way to shared named values between asynchronous processes with several powerful methods. But the best advice might be to avoid ever needing them.
04/20/2016
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Using the Stream objects correctly can speed up your I/O, protect your files and simplify your code.
04/15/2016
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By Jason Roberts
In part 2, Jason will map the business-readable tests we created last time to test automation code.
04/13/2016
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The three most common open source technologies for writing data science programs are Python, SciLab, and R. Here's how to write program-defined functions in R.
04/12/2016
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You've got data on your server that you need in your page. Here are all the solutions you require, including one that will make your application more scalable.
04/08/2016
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You don’t have to live with Visual Studio’s hierarchy of project templates -- you can create a custom area with the templates you actually use.
04/07/2016
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By Jason Roberts
SpecFlow 2 makes sure developers deliver what businesses say they want. In this first of a two-part series, Jason looks at how to automate the process of communication through business-readable tests.
04/06/2016
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You've stopped at a breakpoint deep in your code. Here's how to get back out at some higher level without stepping through all of the levels you're buried in.
04/01/2016
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There are lots of enhancements waiting for you in TypeScript 1.8, including features that make it easier to move your project to TypeScript, that protect you from errors and that give you even better control over data types.
03/28/2016
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When you need to share a list of specific information between asynchronous processes, you probably need the ConcurrentDictionary. Except, of course, when you don't.
03/18/2016
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You have a method that contains a LINQ query. If you use the right interface, other developers can piggyback on your method with their LINQ queries without losing efficiency.
03/16/2016
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Here's a nifty tool that can help you get to the heart of issues in your mobile apps that aren't easy to track down.
03/16/2016