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gshackles

Name:	gshackles
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Last Seen:	294 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes ago
Member Since:	18 March, 2010

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Using SignalR in MonoTouch and Mono for Android Apps

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gshackles 294 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes ago

Building and using a SignalR client in MonoTouch (iOS) and Mono for Android (Android) apps. (more)

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Introducing C# To Go: a C# Compiler for Android

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gshackles 674 days, 8 minutes ago

If you follow me on Twitter (or the #monodroid hashtag), you might have seen some posts from me lately about progress on my new Android app, C# To Go. I’ve been cranking away on it in hopes of getting it to market in time for Monospace, and I’m excited to say that last night I was able to finally publish it! I just wanted to do a quick write-up about the app, what it can do and how it was made. (more)

category: How To | clicked: 56 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: Mono, C#, MonoDroid, Android

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Using Background Threads in Mono For Android Applications

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When writing applications one thing to always keep in mind is that you should never block the UI thread. This makes for a poor user experience, and on Android you get the dreaded Application Not Responding dialog if there’s no response to user input within a few seconds. Mono For Android exposes many different ways to do asynchronous operations to help avoid this problem. In this article I’ll go over some of the different options you can pick from. (more)

category: How To | clicked: 11 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: MonoDroid

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Using AdMob in a MonoDroid Application

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gshackles 813 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes ago

While MonoDroid makes it possible to write Android applications using .NET, what happens if you want to make use of existing third party Java libraries in your app? In this post I’ll talk about what your options are, and provide an example of how to serve ads from AdMob in your MonoDroid application using the standard AdMob Java library. (more)

category: How To | clicked: 12 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: MonoDroid, Android

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Introduction to MonoDroid: Slides, Code and Video

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Sample code, slides and video from an introduction talk I gave for MonoDroid/Android. (more)

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tags: MonoDroid, Android

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Using a Database in MonoDroid Applications

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gshackles 827 days, 18 hours, 32 minutes ago

The stock database available in Android is SQLite, and chances are you’ll find yourself wanting to use it in your applications. But how do you go about doing so? In this post I’ll go over some options for accessing the database, exploring both the standard Android patterns and also an example of plugging in an ORM to simplify things. A SQLite database is pretty much exactly what the name implies: it’s a very lightweight relational database that lends itself well to small devices since it doesn’t have ... (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 14 | 1 comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: MonoDroid, Database, Android, ORM

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Using Inversion of Control in MonoDroid Applications

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gshackles 869 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes ago

Just because a mobile application needs to be (or should be, in most cases) small and lightweight doesn’t mean we should set aside best practices like Inversion of Control containers when building our apps. With so many options out there for .NET containers, which ones should we use? In this article I’ll go over some good options I’ve found for using dependency injection in MonoDroid applications. (more)

category: Architecture | clicked: 12 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: Mono, IoC, Inversion of control, Funq, tinyioc, dependency injection, Android

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Shared Libraries For Windows Phone 7, MonoDroid and Beyond

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gshackles 876 days, 6 hours, 57 minutes ago

If you’ve been doing mobile development, you probably know all about the problem of having to target multiple platforms, along with the languages each one requires. Having to rewrite and support essentially the same code on different platforms flat out sucks, and isn’t really a great way to spend your time. Thanks to the fine folks working on Mono and its satellite projects, it’s possible to leverage the power of the .NET framework across many platforms. In this article I’ll focus on sharing the same cod... (more)

category: How To | clicked: 6 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: .NET, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, MonoTouch, Android

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Custom Ordering of Action Filters in ASP.NET MVC

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gshackles 966 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes ago

A look at how ASP.NET MVC lets you order the execution of action filters, and what extension points there are for customizing it. (more)

category: Web Dev | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: Action Filter, MVC, ASP.NET

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Anonymous View Models in ASP.NET MVC Using Dynamics

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gshackles 974 days, 6 hours, 50 minutes ago

A look at some of the limitations of anonymous classes in .NET, and the solutions available for using them as view models in ASP.NET MVC. (more)

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tags: Dynamics, .Net 4.0, MVC, ASP.NET

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Attribute-Based Property Aliases Using MongoDB and NoRM

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gshackles 1012 days, 16 hours, 56 minutes ago

A look into using the NoRM driver for MongoDB to map your data model using property aliases, including a solution for mapping aliases based on attributes to cut down on the amount of mapping code needed. (more)

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tags: NoRM, MongoDB, ASP.NET

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ASP.NET MVC: Do You Know Where Your TempData Is?

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gshackles 1041 days, 15 hours, 49 minutes ago

A look at how TempData works internally in ASP.NET MVC and how you can implement your own provider, including an example of using MongoDB as a provider. (more)

category: Web Dev | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: MongoDB, Providers, MVC 2, ASP.NET

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Dynamic Views in ASP.NET MVC 2

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gshackles 1051 days, 23 hours, 16 minutes ago

One of the new features introduced in C# 4.0 is the dynamic keyword. So far I haven’t had much use for it, but lately I’ve discovered that it can be very useful when designing ASP.NET MVC views. It also has uses when interacting with COM APIs and other dynamic languages, but I’m going to focus on its use in MVC. (more)

category: Web Dev | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: .net 4, dynamic, MVC 2

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Using IronPython to Enforce Code Conventions in Visual Studio Builds

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gshackles 1128 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes ago

A demonstration in using IronPython with the Visual Studio build process to enforce code conventions according to customizable rules (more)

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tags: Visual Studio, IronPython

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Templated Helpers and Custom Model Binders in ASP.NET MVC 2

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gshackles 1153 days, 17 hours, 43 minutes ago

One of the really cool new features in ASP .NET MVC 2 is templated helpers. The basic idea is that you can define a template for either displaying or editing a particular data type, and it will be used by default when displaying or editing that type. This allows you to define the behavior once, and then you don’t need to worry about it in every view you write thereafter. In this post I’ll go over how to use templated helpers to handle both a built-in type, DateTime, as well as a custom type which will de... (more)

category: Web Dev | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: Templates, Binding, MVC 2, jQueryUI

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Scripting IIS7 With PowerShell

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gshackles 1160 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes ago

A simple example of how to use PowerShell to manage IIS7 virtual directories and switch between branches in version control. (more)

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tags: Powershell, Scripting, IIS 7

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Validating Hidden Fields in ASP.NET MVC 2

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gshackles 1160 days, 5 hours, 28 minutes ago

A look into how to add custom validation to MVC 2 to allow for validating a hidden field in a form. (more)

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tags: Validation, MVC 2 Model Validation, MVC 2

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LINQ for JavaScript: Using and Extending JSLINQ

published 1158 days, 1 hour, 11 minutes ago posted by

gshackles 1160 days, 5 hours, 52 minutes ago

LINQ makes our lives easier when dealing with .NET collections, so why not apply the same ideas to JavaScript? This post goes over some of the operators in the JSLINQ implementation, and then extends it with some more custom operators. (more)

category: Web Dev | clicked: 2 | comment | | source: www.gregshackles.com

tags: JavaScript, Linq

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gshackles

Using SignalR in MonoTouch and Mono for Android Apps

Introducing C# To Go: a C# Compiler for Android

Using Background Threads in Mono For Android Applications

Using AdMob in a MonoDroid Application

Introduction to MonoDroid: Slides, Code and Video

Using a Database in MonoDroid Applications

Using Inversion of Control in MonoDroid Applications

Shared Libraries For Windows Phone 7, MonoDroid and Beyond

Custom Ordering of Action Filters in ASP.NET MVC

Anonymous View Models in ASP.NET MVC Using Dynamics

Attribute-Based Property Aliases Using MongoDB and NoRM

ASP.NET MVC: Do You Know Where Your TempData Is?

Dynamic Views in ASP.NET MVC 2

Using IronPython to Enforce Code Conventions in Visual Studio Builds

Templated Helpers and Custom Model Binders in ASP.NET MVC 2

Scripting IIS7 With PowerShell

Validating Hidden Fields in ASP.NET MVC 2

LINQ for JavaScript: Using and Extending JSLINQ

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