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Using Dependency Injection with AutoFac in the ASP.NET Web API for an Entity Framework 5 Repository implementation
published 321 days, 14 hours, 42 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 331 days, 9 hours, 45 minutes ago
Thursday, August 02, 2012 4:09:19 PM GMT Monday, July 23, 2012 9:06:33 PM GMT
In this post we're going to integrate the ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework 5 RC and AutoFac for a REST service with a neat repository implementation. (more)
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Silverlight: Navigation Framework tip: using the XAML escape sequence
published 601 days, 16 hours, 2 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 602 days, 18 hours, 44 minutes ago
Thursday, October 27, 2011 2:49:45 PM GMT Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:07:28 PM GMT
With all the Windows 8/Metro/WinRT hype on the internet today, I decided it was time for a quick tip concerning the XAML escape sequence and the good old navigation framework present in Silverlight 4 and Silverlight 5. I only learned about the XAML escape sequence until recently and I can image that there quite a number of people out there that are still unfamiliar with it. (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 73 | comment | | source: blogs.infosupport.com
tags: Silverlight, WPF, Navigation Framework, XAML
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The C# using statement and suppressed exceptions compared to Java 7 try…with by Alex van Beek
published 689 days, 11 hours ago posted by alexbalexb 691 days, 21 hours, 16 minutes ago
Sunday, July 31, 2011 7:52:05 PM GMT Friday, July 29, 2011 9:35:28 AM GMT
Yesterday Java SE 7 was released. Last night I had the opportunity to play with some of it’s new features, including Java 7’s new “resource management” syntax. Of course, we have had this feature in C# for quite some time, but I was actually curious to see whether the Java people learned from the C# implementation and thus implemented it in a better way. Much to my surprise ;), they did. Let me elaborate…… (more)
category: How To | clicked: 73 | comment | | source: blogs.infosupport.com
tags: C#, Automatic Resource Management, Using, ARM, Java
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Windows Phone 7.1: WCF Data Services and tomb stoning by Alex van Beek
published 747 days, 13 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 749 days, 21 hours, 3 minutes ago
Friday, June 03, 2011 5:11:01 PM GMT Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:49:01 AM GMT
This article will show how to get started with WCF Data Services and Windows Phone 7.1, which is important as it will be the primary way to access your data from a Windows Phone 7.1 application. (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 124 | 1 comment | | source: blogs.infosupport.com
tags: Tombstoning, windows phone 7.1, WCF Data Services, mango
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Multi tasking in Windows Phone 7.1 by Alex van Beek
published 751 days, 13 hours, 33 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 755 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes ago
Monday, May 30, 2011 5:18:29 PM GMT Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:31:23 AM GMT
One of the coolest features in Windows Phone 7.1 is the new multi tasking feature (next to the new LINQ to SQL support of course). In this article I’ll show you how this works. (more)
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tags: Silverlight, windows phone 7.1, Multi Tasking, mango
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Sharing validation code between a WPF client, a WCF Service and Entity Framework 4.1 using data annotations by Alex van Beek
published 755 days, 10 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 757 days, 18 hours, 59 minutes ago
Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:16:49 PM GMT Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:52:21 AM GMT
Recently Entity Framework 4.1 was released. 4.1 contains a DBContext class, which is largely a wrapper around the ObjectContext class with a simplified API. Now you might think as I did: “But if I’m comfortable with the ObjectContext class and I don’t use code first, why in the world would I need a DbContext?”. The answer is pretty simple. The DbContext has a feature which simply isn’t supported by the ObjectContext: data validation with the attributes from the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations names... (more)
category: Web Dev | clicked: 25 | 4 comments | | source: blogs.infosupport.com
tags: Validation, Entity Framework 4.1, WPF, WCF
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Optimistic Concurrency with WCF RIA Services and the Entity Framework by Alex van Beek
published 769 days, 21 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 773 days, 24 minutes ago
Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:05:18 AM GMT Monday, May 09, 2011 6:27:22 AM GMT
It has come to my attention that a lot of people who use WCF RIA Services and the Entity Framework, really don’t know how to deal with optimistic concurrency, both on the client side and the server side. In this article I will show you how to deal with optimistic concurrency in the Entity Framework and WCF RIA Services, in the most elaborate way. (more)
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tags: Silverlight, RIA Services, Entity Framework, WCF, Optmistic Concurrency
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Silverlight 4: Creating useful base classes for your views and viewmodels with PRISM 4 - Alex van Beek
published 849 days, 12 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 849 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes ago
Monday, February 21, 2011 6:24:18 PM GMT Monday, February 21, 2011 10:54:44 AM GMT
When you are developing Silverlight applications following the MVVM pattern, you will eventually run into the fact that you’ll have to create a base class for your viewmodel classes. This post will show how to create a useful base class for your viewmodel classes and also how to create a base class for your view classes, which a lot of developers don’t do. In the end, I will show how to wire everything up. (more)
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tags: Silverlight, MVVM, Prism
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C# and .NET don't freeze when converting 2.2250738585072012e-308 by Alex van Beek
published 864 days, 7 hours, 26 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 866 days, 21 hours, 12 minutes ago
Sunday, February 06, 2011 11:26:00 PM GMT Friday, February 04, 2011 9:39:30 AM GMT
I just read an interesing blog post. It seems that both the Java compiler and the Java runtime freeze when trying to convert the string "2.2250738585072012e-308" to a double. Next to that, the bug seems quite old and still hasn't been fixed. Being a .NET enthousiast, it was only natural for me to try this out on .NET and the C# compiler.........The Result: I've used the following code: ----------------------------------... (more)
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tags: .NET, C#, Java
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A guide through WCF RIA Services attributes - Alex van Beek
published 869 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 869 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes ago
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:27:42 PM GMT Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:13:32 AM GMT
When you use WCF RIA Services in your Silverlight projects, Visual Studio usually generates all kinds of classes in your server project (based on an .EDMX or .DMBL file) which are translated to Entity classes in your Silverlight client project. These serverside classes get annotated with all kinds of attributes, which RIA Services needs to function properly. If you find yourself in a somewhat more advanced scenario (no Entity Framework / LINQ To SQL for example), Visual Studio can’t generate these server... (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.infosupport.com
tags: .NET, Silverlight, RIA Services, C#, Attributes, Microsoft, WCF
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WCF Data Services: Optimizing bandwidth usage and performance with updates by Alex van Beek
published 896 days, 12 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 898 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes ago
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:11:52 PM GMT Monday, January 03, 2011 8:18:44 AM GMT
In this post I will show how you can optimize bandwidth usage and performance when sending updates to your WCF Data Service using the WCF Data Services Client Library. (more)
category: Web Dev | clicked: 15 | 1 comment | | source: blogs.infosupport.com
tags: Performance, WCF Data Services, WCF, REST, OData
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Developing a mobile application with Flex 4.5, AIR 2.5, Flash Builder Burrito, WCF and the Entity Framework
published 932 days, 20 hours, 55 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 933 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes ago
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:57:03 AM GMT Monday, November 29, 2010 10:42:28 AM GMT
After returning from the Adobe MAX 2010 conference a couple of weeks ago, I finally found some time this week to play with all the cool stuff learned at Adobe MAX 2010. Of course, the whole theme of the conference was “Multi Screen Development”, this means that this post will be about developing a mobile application with Flex 4.5 (“Hero”), Flash Builder Burrito and a .Net webservice which contacts the Adventureworks database using the latest version of the Entity Framework. The application runs on Androi... (more)
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tags: Entity Framework 4, WCF
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Using self tracking entities with Silverlight 4 and Entity Framework 4 - Alex van Beek
published 1029 days, 18 hours, 4 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 1030 days, 21 hours, 20 minutes ago
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:47:59 PM GMT Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:32:06 AM GMT
In this article I’m going to show how you can use self tracking entities (which are new in the Entity Framework V4) in combination with Silverlight 4. I’m also going to show how to optimize self tracking entities by making an adjustment to the self tracking entities T4 template, which doesn’t only benefit Silverlight clients, but all .Net clients that make use of self tracking entities. (more)
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tags: C#, Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4, Entity Framework 4, WCF, Self Tracking Entities
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Silverlight 4 vs Flex 4: Templating / Skinning controls by Alex van Beek - blog community
published 1079 days, 16 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 1081 days, 25 minutes ago
Tuesday, July 06, 2010 2:39:43 PM GMT Monday, July 05, 2010 6:26:14 AM GMT
With both Silverlight 4 and Flex 4 you have the ability to completely change the look of a control, without subclassing it, while leaving it's functionality intact. This process is called “Templating” in Silverlight and is called “Skinning” in Flex. With this article I’ll show you how similar both technologies have become, but we’ll also see in which technology templating / skinning is easier. (more)
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tags: Silverlight, templating, Skinning, Flex, Catalyst, Blend
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Silverlight 4: Digitally signing a XAP with Visual Studio 2010 - Alex van Beek - blog community
published 1135 days, 15 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 1136 days, 23 hours, 23 minutes ago
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:13:40 PM GMT Monday, May 10, 2010 7:29:00 AM GMT
I’ve found multiple posts on the web explaining how to sign a XAP file, using a post build event in which “signtool.exe” is called. With the new Silverlight 4 RC2 tools for Visual Studio 2010, there is another way to sign your XAP file… (more)
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tags: Visual Studio 2010, Xap, Silverlight 4, signing
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Silverlight 4: using the VisualStateManager for state animations with MVVM - Alex van Beek
published 1168 days, 17 hours ago posted by alexbalexb 1171 days, 54 minutes ago
Thursday, April 08, 2010 1:51:53 PM GMT Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:57:55 AM GMT
A recurring problem with MVVM is how to incorporate animations in a nice MVVM way. In this post I’m going to show how you can use the VisualStateManager to start animations and incorporate it in the MVVM pattern, without keeping a reference from the ViewModel to the View. (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 8 | 2 comments | | source: blogs.infosupport.com
tags: Silverlight 4, Blend, Animation, MVVM, VisualStateManager
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Silverlight 4 vs Flex 4: Accessing the Clipboard - Alex van Beek
published 1213 days, 52 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 1213 days, 21 hours, 27 minutes ago
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:00:03 AM GMT Monday, February 22, 2010 9:24:20 AM GMT
In this post I’m comparing Flex 4 and Silverlight 4’s clipboard access abilities. Accessing the clipboard should be an interesting comparison, since both Flash 10 and Silverlight 4 take different approaches. I deliberately said "Flash 10" in the previous sentence, because accessing the clipboard in a Flex application is done by using the native Flash 10 ActionScript api and there isn’t any specific Flex code required. (more)
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tags: Silverlight 4, Flash 10, Clipboard, Flex 4
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Silverlight 4 vs Flex 4: Data Validation - Alex van Beek
published 1234 days, 17 hours, 7 minutes ago posted by alexbalexb 1234 days, 21 hours, 47 minutes ago
Monday, February 01, 2010 1:44:24 PM GMT Monday, February 01, 2010 9:04:34 AM GMT
In this post I’m again comparing two features of Silverlight and Flex, this time we’re going to take a look at how data validation is implemented on both platforms. This will be a very interesting comparison, since Flex and Silverlight take entirely different approaches. Which one is better? I can let you know in advance that one of the two is a bit broken. Read on to find out which one…… (more)
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tags: data, Silverlight 4, Data Validation, Data Binding, Flex 4
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Silverlight 4 vs Flex 4: Printing - Alex van Beek
posted by alexbalexb 1241 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes ago
Monday, January 25, 2010 7:59:03 AM GMT
In this series of posts we are going to compare features of Flex 4 with their counterparts in Silverlight 4. In this first part of the series we're going to take a look at how printing is implemented on both platforms. (more)
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tags: RIA, Silverlight 4, printing, Flex 4
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Configuring MEF with Linq To Xml Part 2: Making MEF recomposition on the fly when the file is edited - Alex van Beek
posted by alexbalexb 1245 days, 19 hours, 33 minutes ago
Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:18:17 AM GMT
In this post I’m going to show how you can make use of MEF’s recomposition features to recomposition on the fly when the content of the configuration XML file in which the exports are defined, is changed. (more)
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tags: .net 4, FileSystemWatcher, C#, MEF, ExportProvider, Silverlight 4, Linq to XML
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