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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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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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By Kate Gregory
Decisions, decisions. Here's why overloading will keep you out of trouble.
10/24/2016
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If you've got a site that contains subsites and want to visually distinguish between those subsites (while still maintaining your site's visual integrity), consider nesting layouts within layouts.
10/21/2016
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By Bartlomiej Filipek
When you have code that is called for many objects it's hard to go through all them and just check line by line. How can you more efficiently debug lots of code?
10/20/2016
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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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Once you start implementing current design practices, you'll find that your typical object consists of a lot of other objects.
10/17/2016
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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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By Kate Gregory
That noexcept keyword is tricky, but just know that if you use it, your coding world will spin faster.
10/11/2016
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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
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Sometimes you have properties in your objects that you don't want in your tables. You can tell Entity Framework to leave those properties out.
09/30/2016
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By Kamran Bilgrami
A case study in swift .NET application debugging using a variety of free tools that can help keep a client happy.
09/29/2016
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By Bartlomiej Filipek
If the data you work with is complex and hard to understand, it's easy to get stuck on them when debugging. Add helper variables to make data much simpler to use and comprehend.
09/28/2016
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If you have areas in your application where you often put breakpoints, it might be worthwhile to give them names so that you can manage them in the Breakpoints window.
09/26/2016
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By Idan Haim Shalom
You might be surprised how easy it was to port this NoSQL database for .NET to the Python language.
09/23/2016
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Here's another area where the two languages differ.
09/21/2016