In this post I will walk through the steps of creating an OData / WCF Data Service and consume it from a Windows 8 Metro Style XAML based application. I will use the following technology stack: SQL Server Entity Framework Code First WCF Data Service WinRT / Metro Style Application To get started you have …
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In case you have missed this important post by Tim Heuer, SQLIte is now supported on WinRT. As he mentioned, the support for x86 and x64 is there. We still need to wait what ARM story is going to be, but personally I see no reason why this would not work at all. Once I …
Atlanta Code Camp too place yesterday, May 19 at Southern Polytechnic campus. I just want to post my presentations here as promised. I did two talks as you can see below. Entity Framework Code First – Beyond the Basics This session cover scenarios beyond the basics of EF Code First usage. Topics such as creation …
If you are not familiar with OWASP site, I highly encourage you take a look at it. I think everyone can learn something by reading this site. More specifically, I wanted to concentrate on one of the top 10 mistakes, Insecure Direct Object References. If you take a look at most of ASP.NET MVC sample …
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I recently uncovered a little issue with using entry controls that use unobtrusive JavaScript validation inside jQuery accordion control. When an error is shown, the accordion does not resize as it should, thus some controls fall off the accordion surface. I got some feedback on ASP.NET forum from Bruce, and wrote a little function that …
As I mentioned before, I am going to write the last post about integrating Windows 8 Metro applications with Azure. First of, let’s take a look at securing our service with Forms Authentication. I blogged about that as well, and the only change is that I am going to use REST for authentication service. Here …
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In this post I wanted to describe a solution to a specific problem I recently encountered. The problem is as following. I have a class with a set of dependent properties, such as start and end date or minimum / maximum numbers. I want to implement both client and server side validation in an MVC …
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I wanted to start a short series of posts, describing my experience in building simple Windows 8 Metro application using XAML, C#, and a service in Azure. You can find my second post at http://dotnetspeak.com/index.php/2012/05/windows-8-metro-applications-and-the-azure-cont/ The application is very simple, it is a going to be a famous quote app, where the user can get …
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As the Code Camp is nearing its scheduled date of May 19th, we are still looking for more speakers. Our goal is to provide a wide variety of talks to serve many diverse interests of developers of Atlanta area. If you would like to speak, it is not too late! Submit your talks here. I …
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