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15 reasons why you should start using Model Driven Development (MDD)

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by bobfamiliarbobfamiliar 1256 days, 18 hours, 38 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 12:46:29 AM GMT
Johan den Haan has written a compelling piece over at Enterprise Architect on why you should start using MDD. He lists 15 advantages of Model-Driven Development that focus in on productivity, quality and alignment. (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: MDD, Model Driven Development, Architecture
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Meet my new ASP.NET MVC Extension - System.Web.Mvc.Extensibility - Kazi Manzur Rashid

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by mithumithu 1256 days, 12 hours, 23 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 7:00:56 AM GMT
After hearing Phil Haack and Scott Hanselman in their latest podcast and PDC session I decided to give a good look at the MvcTrubine project in this weekend. I totally agree the intend of this project, let your favorite IoC to rule everywhere, but I do not think it has been implemented in the correct way. There are three important design flaws that I found in MvcTurbine: Generic Component Registration API Rather than allowing you to use your preferred IoC registration features, it prefers to use its own... (more)
category: Web Dev | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: weblogs.asp.net
tags: Unity, ASP.NET MVC, IoC/DI, ASPNETMVC, Ninject, Windsor, Open Source, Autofac, MVC, StructureMap, ASP.NET
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My XAP file is 5 Mb size, is that bad?

published 1255 days, 7 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by KMilKMil 1256 days, 11 hours, 35 minutes ago
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:41:59 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 7:49:37 AM GMT
In this article Braulio Diez gives the answer to one usual question for a lot of new Silverlight developers - "The XAP file takes about 5 Mb, will that be a problem once the app (an internet facing one) is on production?". (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.silverlightshow.net
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Ninject and ASP.NET MVC – Alternative Method

posted by poweredbyaltnetpoweredbyaltnet 1256 days, 11 hours, 51 minutes ago
Monday, December 14, 2009 7:33:41 AM GMT
An alternative method to using Ninject with ASP.NET MVC that does not require modifying the HttpApplication class. (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: poweredbyalt.net
tags: Ninject, dependency injection
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BDD with MSpec and Rhino Auto Mocks (part 3) « Tell don't ask

posted by http://telldontask.wordpress.com/http://telldontask.wordpress.com/ 1256 days, 9 hours, 5 minutes ago
Monday, December 14, 2009 10:19:18 AM GMT
November 29, 2009BDD with MSpec and Rhino Auto Mocks (part 3)Filed under: BDD, MSpecs, RhinoMocks — telldontask @ 7:09 pm Tags: Agile, BDD, MSpecs, RhinoMocks In part 1 and part 2 we covered setting up MSpec, writing our specifications and then implementing one of those specifications. So far we’ve covered very simple tests for code which has no external dependencies and does very little. Now we’ll turn our attention to those tests which (on the face of it) are more complicated and cover code whic... (more)
category: Agile | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: telldontask.wordpress.com
tags: MSpec, ASP .NET, BDD, MVC
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Battleship - Open Source Silverlight Game.

published 1255 days, 7 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by http://ailon.livejournal.com/http://ailon.livejournal.com/ 1256 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:41:59 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 12:03:55 PM GMT
Here's an open source Silverlight Battleship game. Sources are released under Ms-PL. (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 7 | comment | | source: games.ailon.org
tags: Silverlight, Game
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Innovation Showcase : IE8 And Web Standards

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 1256 days, 5 hours, 9 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 2:15:27 PM GMT
14 December 2009 IE8 And Web Standards Earlier this year,  Microsoft submitted 7200 CSS 2.1 test cases to the W3C, as a mature approach to move the web forward and help solving ambiguities, options and misinterpretations in any specification. In this post you will get a sense of how these tests work and how IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome are passing these tests. You will also find a demo of Expression Web SuperPreview and some very positive feedback from the Mozilla team. Check out Giorgio... (more)
category: How To | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : IE8 And HTML 5

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 1256 days, 4 hours, 51 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 2:32:58 PM GMT
14 December 2009 IE8 And HTML 5   In this post, you will see some of the features from the W3C HTML 5 Working Draft, from the W3C Web Applications specification, and from the ECMAScript-262 Language specification. While most of these specifications are still a work in progress, with Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft has started delivering support for several features...offering to web developers the opportunity to build compelling and optimized scenarios (for instance, support for native JSON APIs o... (more)
category: How To | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Hosting a Java Tomcate infrastructure on Windows Azure

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by wzackwzack 1256 days, 4 hours, 50 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 2:34:30 PM GMT
Peter Laudati & Dmitry Lyalin host the edu-taining Connected Show developer podcast on cloud computing and interoperability. Check out episode 21 It’s a PDC 2009 Pizza Party. Peter interviews Tim Wise from Dominos Pizza about how Dominos is hosting their Tomcat/Java based web-ordering system in Windows Azure to support peak traffic periods. (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Best Resources and tutorials for future web designs | amolwable.com

published 1253 days, 8 hours, 57 minutes ago posted by https://me.yahoo.com/a/ljwEF04M2cKkeT6TH1mSXLqAANQd9FU-#6b89dhttps://me.yahoo.com/a/ljwEF04M2cKkeT6TH1mSXLqAANQd9FU-#6b89d 1256 days, 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:26:45 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 5:34:47 PM GMT
Best Resources and tutorials for future web designs1. Take Your Design To The Next Level With CSS3 In this article, we’ll look at the advantages of CSS3 and some examples of how Web designers are already using it. By the end, we’ll know a bit of what to expect from CSS3 and how we can use its new features in our projects… Read 2. CSS3 Exciting Functions and Features: 30+ Useful Tutorials In this post we will take a look at some interesting properties of CSS3 that you can put into practice in your web... (more)
category: Web Dev | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: bit.ly
tags: html guide, css3, css tips, html5
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Innovation Showcase : Silverlight 4: Accessing the Web Camera and Microphone

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 1256 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 5:52:20 PM GMT
14 December 2009 Silverlight 4: Accessing the Web Camera and Microphone Did you know that Webcams and microphones are now accessible from Silverlight 4 applications? Developers can enable video and audio sharing for real-time collaboration and interactive multimedia applications. This video (and code samples by Tim Heuer demonstrates how to utilize a user's web camera and microphone attached to their computer via the browser. This demonstrates the basics of the core API for capturing the audio/vide... (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : PHP and IE8 Web Slices

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 1256 days, 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 6:17:13 PM GMT
14 December 2009 PHP and IE8 Web Slices Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) shipped with a new feature for web users called Web Slices. You can learn more about web slices here. Essentially it lets you add enhanced links to your favorite bar that allow you to preview snippets of content from websites that you frequently visit without having to open up the page. It’s really useful to do little tasks like check on your web based Inbox, check the weather in cities you live or visit, traffic status, stock ticke... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
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Innovation Showcase : MyChristmasCatalog featured on Silverlight.net

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by jbarnesjbarnes 1256 days, 5 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 7:18:43 PM GMT
14 December 2009 MyChristmasCatalog featured on Silverlight.net Still looking for that last minute Holiday gift?  Check-out the home page of www.Silverlight.net and you’ll see this month’s Silverlight showcase featuring www.MyChristmasCatalog.com.   This site, developed by Catalog Enterprises features innovative use of Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend and to deliver a truly unique one-stop, holiday shopping destination and user experience. And don’t forget to check the Christmas Traditions sectio... (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Silverlight 3
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Introducing Slex - Silverlight Experimental Hacks – Now you’ve a PropertyTrigger, EventTrigger, InvokeCommandAction etc.

published 1255 days, 7 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/ 1256 days, 21 minutes ago
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:41:59 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 7:03:25 PM GMT
Slex is built on top of System.Windows.Interactivity framework, and supports a couple of interesting Triggers and Actions. This includes EventTrigger, PropertyTrigger, InvokeCommandAction, InvokeMethodAction etc. This is the intro screen of the related demo, and I’ll explain a bit on each item. The download link ... (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 0 | 1 comment | | source: amazedsaint.blogspot.com
tags: .NET, Silverlight, Blend, Visual Studio
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Mindscape LightSpeed 3 domain modeling and persistence framework

published 1254 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by http://vistadb.myopenid.com/http://vistadb.myopenid.com/ 1255 days, 20 hours, 31 minutes ago
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:43:56 AM GMT Monday, December 14, 2009 10:53:29 PM GMT
Mindscape has announced a new version of their dot net ORM tool named Mindscape LightSpeed 3.  Version 3 includes support for VistaDB 4 and a lot of other new features.  Priced at only $199 per developer (source is available for an extra fee) LightSpeed is a very cost effective tool to add to any developers tool belt.  There is also a free version available for databases with less than eight tables if you just want to take the product for a test drive. We recently spoke with John-Daniel Trask of Minds... (more)
category: Data | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.vistadb.net
tags: VistaDB, Visual Studio, Database, LightSpeed, ORM
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Generation Test: Automated Unit Tests for Legacy Code with Pex

posted by https://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0dhttps://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0d 1264 days, 22 hours, 7 minutes ago
Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:17:11 PM GMT
Creating and maintaining a unit test suite for legacy code can be a challenge. Pex automatically produces a small test suite with high code and assertion coverage (more)
category: How To | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: msdn.microsoft.com
tags: UnitTest, MSDN, UnitTests, Pex, Unit Tests, MSDN Magazine
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Toolbox: Database and OR/M Tools, Oren Eini and Custom Visual Studio Tabs

posted by https://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0dhttps://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0d 1264 days, 21 hours, 59 minutes ago
Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:25:21 PM GMT
This month we look at tools for enhancing the LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework designers, Oren Eini’s .NET development blog, Visual Studio tab customization, and more. (more)
category: How To | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: msdn.microsoft.com
tags: entityframework, MSDN, linqtosql, MSDN Magazine
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CLR Inside Out: In-Process Side-by-Side

posted by https://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0dhttps://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0d 1264 days, 21 hours, 57 minutes ago
Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:26:53 PM GMT
The new .NET Framework 4.0 maintains backward compatibility while allowing core innovations by using a new feature called In-Process Side-by-Side. Learn about how it works and some problems it didn’t solve. (more)
category: How To | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: msdn.microsoft.com
tags: .net 4, CLR, MSDN, MSDN Magazine
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Cutting Edge: Live Data Binding in ASP.NET AJAX 4.0

posted by https://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0dhttps://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0d 1264 days, 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:27:48 PM GMT
Dino Esposito discusses various forms of client-side data binding as they are coming out in ASP.NET AJAX 4.0, focusing on some advanced features of data binding and observable objects. (more)
category: Web Dev | clicked: 3 | comment | | source: msdn.microsoft.com
tags: ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET 4.0, ASP.NET
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Test Run: Pairwise Testing with QICT

posted by https://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0dhttps://me.yahoo.com/mosessaur#7fe0d 1264 days, 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:28:24 PM GMT
In this month's column, James McCaffrey explains exactly what pairwise testing is and provides you with complete C# source code for a production quality pairwise testing tool named QICT. (more)
category: How To | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: msdn.microsoft.com
tags: MSDN, MSDN Magazine