As many other .NET developers I have been using Reflector for many years. As many others I was taken aback a bit when Red Gate decided to start charging for future versions of Reflector. I was probably not quite as upset as other folks primarily because at heart I am a pragmatist. I know that …
If you have not used Code Analysis tools in Visual Studio 2012, you are missing out on tools that would help you write a better code. If you run code analysis on your solution, you will be given a report that analyses the following metrics in your code. Maintainability Index – Calculates an index value …
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Yesterday I spoke at the Atlanta .NET Users Group. Here is the summary of the talk. This talk will highlight new programming model for Windows 8. Application types that Windows 8 will support will be discussed. The discussion will concentrate on Metro style applications and various programming languages that developers can use to write them. …
As I am continuing to learn WinRT and its component, I spent sometime learning new native controls that are available for use in Metro style applications designed for Windows 8. One of those controls is GridView. This control can be easily visualized by looking at Windows 8 start screen. You see groups of tiles, scrollable …
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I have been working recently on a couple of applications that are going to be run on Windows Azure. Both are business applications and have a variety of reports incorporated into them. One was a brand new application , and we opted to use SQL Server reporting services in Azure for it. That was still …
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As I was trying to figure out a source of memory leaks in a Silverlight application, I encountered a need to closely inspect an object. WinDbg has a command that you can use drill down into an object hierarchy, and even inspect primitive and complex properties of an object. If you read my previous blog …
I published a note earlier about me vouching to maintain WinRT file based database project for foreseeable future. As a result, I just updated the project’s download page and NuGet package to version 0.6 which supports the latest release preview of WinRT / Windows 8. You can download full source code here or examine NuGet …
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I already mentioned previously that SQLite will be supported on WinRT, provided an excellent choice for storage needs if those involve a need for relational database engine. Tim Heuer blogged about how to compile SQLite source code, which is a bit of a chore. Luckily you can now download precompiled binaries for both 64 and …
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I am not sure if I am the only one, but I do miss old Windows 7 style menu in Windows 8. The other day I wanted to see what programs were installed under Visual Studio 11, but I could not figure it out. I accidentally stumbled upon this functionality and wanted to share it. …
Just like last time, I had a ton of fun at CodeStock last Saturday. I did a couple of talks and wanted to post slides and code for both. Working with Data in WinRT Metro Applications Slides Project Entity Framework Beyond the Basics Slides Project Please let me know if you have any questions. …