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Last time, I created the app. This time, I take care of a few annoying but important issues with it, especially in the area of the user's experience with application connectivity.
12/01/2016
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By Jason Roberts
A .NET port of the Ruby library allows for experimental testing of code that's gone to production.
11/30/2016
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When you're testing an ASP.NET MVC controller (or, really, any class at all) you want to make sure the code that fails is the code you're testing. Moq provides a simple way to isolate the code you're testing and lets you generate test cases.
11/29/2016
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Code Focused
Pile on the exceptions, and .NET will have your back with the tools it provides at your disposal.
11/28/2016
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You might need multiple keystrokes to move your cursor from wherever it is back to the editor window...but it's the same key every time (and you don't have to touch your mouse).
11/18/2016
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Sometimes you want child objects retrieved with the parent object, and sometimes you don't. What you NEVER want is to retrieve child objects accidentally. Here's Peter's advice on how to get the best performance when loading child objects.
11/17/2016
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In-Depth
By Lafe Low
In this Q&A, highly regarded developer and educator Scott Allen shares his thoughts on coding with C#.
11/15/2016
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Code Focused
The alternative to that simple error-handling combo is the Try...Catch, but it's not as simple as wrapping up your code with it.
11/15/2016
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Script bundling speeds up your application by reducing the time it takes to download all of your JavaScript code. But you'll need another object to get your files added to the page in the order you want.
11/14/2016
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The R language simplifies the creation of neural network classifiers with an add-on that lays all the groundwork.
11/10/2016
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In test-driven development, you have to decide how you'll divide your test methods between your test classes. The best solution is the one that requires the least effort on your part and implements the Single Responsibility Principle for tests.
11/09/2016
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There are two attributes you can put on your entity class properties: one is a convenience, the other is essential, and both are required when the primary key for a table consists of two columns.
11/07/2016
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With Apple's update to its phone OS, we look at the support that Xamarin has for it by building a simple speech app.
11/07/2016
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Peter shows how to browse a set of objects in an IndexedDB ObjectStore and, along the way, finishes up his TypeScript/IndexedDB utilities for storing and retrieving large amounts of data on the client.
11/02/2016
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By Jason Roberts
Here's how to use SpecFlow to convert plain-text scenario steps into .NET types.
10/31/2016
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An HTML Helper is a bit of Razor code that can be called from multiple places in a View. But, if you put your Helper in the right place, you can also use it from any View in your application.
10/28/2016
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Code Focused
Look behind the curtain on this one, and you'll see that code is quite magical in and of itself.
10/27/2016
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Moving to TDD with ASP.NET is not, in fact, as easy as everyone tells you it is. But it's not as much work as you might think, either. Here's what you need to do to start doing TDD in the real world with an existing ASP.NET MVC application.
10/26/2016
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Both the MediaElement and Player Framework provide rich, on-screen elements for controlling media playback. Here's how to use a Universal Windows Platform app to use both the System Media Transport Controls and Cortana to provide an alternative, more integrated player experience.
10/19/2016
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If you're not using Const and Enums then you're just making life harder for the next programmer.
10/18/2016
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Code Focused
Goto statements, whether they're used in Visual Basic or C#, can be confounding as to their purpose in some contexts.
10/14/2016
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In an object-oriented world you create flexible applications by combining objects. You'll want to keep those objects loosely coupled, though, so that a change in one class doesn't force you to rewrite every class. Here's how to keep them loosely coupled.
10/10/2016
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In every project, there's some pieces of code that you keep having to go back to. Here's how to create a shortcut to take you to those "problem lines."
10/07/2016
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The R language can be used to perform a sign test, which is handy for comparing "before and after" data.
10/05/2016
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TypeScript might change the way you design an application that uses IndexedDB.
10/03/2016