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The latest version of TypeScript provides developers with tools to create base classes and class hierarchies just like the other object-oriented languages.
01/05/2017
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By Terrence Dorsey
Whether you're building an application database or generating data access code, we've got a round-up of tools to make the job easier.
01/04/2017
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Code Focused
Let's take a quick side trip and see what information we can glean from the .NET assembly.
01/03/2017
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You can turn on logging for your Entity Framework code with a single line. Configuring it to write to a file takes only a little bit more effort.
01/02/2017
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I don't believe in coding design tools. I've been programming for more than 30 years now (40 years if you go back to my first class in programming). I think in code. Code is my design language and procrastination is my friend.
12/27/2016
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When you hit a breakpoint in Visual Studio, everything stops. If you'd rather other processes keep running, you can enable that.
12/20/2016
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There's more (and some less) in Entity Framework Core compared to Entity Framework 6, at least in version 1.0. While you can move to Entity Framework Core now, it might be too early for you.
12/19/2016
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Saving and retrieving data is a fundamental part of all but the simplest of applications. In this article, Nick walks through getting started using Entity Framework with SQLite to persist application data.
12/15/2016
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In-Depth
By Lafe Low
From Visual Studio Live! in Orlando, Microsoft's Tim Sneath offered an extensive look inside the next-generation development platform.
12/15/2016
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Code Focused
Hashwords can use a pinch of salt for added security. There's a .NET class for that.
12/15/2016
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It's relatively simple to make use of the multi-window mode now that Xamarin supports it. Here's how.
12/14/2016
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If you run an automated test and your test fails then you want to know that it's your fault -- not a problem in someone else's code or the result of a change in your test data. Moq lets you do that in two lines of code, even if your code uses the ASP.NET Session object.
12/13/2016
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Every once in a while you'll need to use the LINQ Join to get the data you want.
12/12/2016
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By Michael Domingo
Amazon and Microsoft are anticipating the serverless computing space to heat up, with support and developer tools.
12/09/2016
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By Michael Domingo
Following the RC release of 2.1 nearly a month ago, the final version adds a few more tweaks to smooth the coding experience.
12/07/2016
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I predict you'll find this logistic regression example with R to be helpful for gleaning useful information from common binary classification problems.
12/07/2016
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By Terrence Dorsey
We've gathered together the newest project templates, security tools and generally useful extensions for Visual Studio.
12/06/2016
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If you're using Skip and Take in LINQ to page through your data, a tweak to your syntax can cut your response time by as much as 10 percent as you page through your data.
12/06/2016
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Microsoft's Tim Sneath explains how the Visual Studio team stripped Visual Studio down to the chassis and worked its way up from there to build the next-generation IDE and toolset.
12/06/2016
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If you care about data typing and want to avoid null/undefined errors, there's a lot you're going to like in TypeScript 2.0. And, if you like creating general purpose functions that can work with a variety of classes, there's something here for you, too.
12/05/2016
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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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By Michael Domingo
Two new tools for cross-platform developers provide insight into app performance and allow for real-time XAML previews.
11/29/2016
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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