Website Authentication with Social Identity Providers and ACS Part 2 –...
This is the second in a series of articles looking at using Windows Azure Active Directory Access Control (formally Windows Azure Access Control Service), to integrate the authentication services...
View ArticleGetting Started with MongoDB presentation (C#, MVC4)
Another NoSQL presentation, this time on MongoDB. This was my first run at it….hopefully will present again at Carolina Codecamp, Codestock, and MADExpo…Inshallah! As with each attempt, hopefully the...
View ArticleVariations on a Repository Pattern: Part II
In my previous post I laid out my current pet project and began showing the framework I set up to isolate CSLA business objects from the data access code. I listed (sans code comments for brevity) the...
View ArticleTFS Lab Infrastructure Planning / Scaling
I’ve been working with a lot of clients over the past couple years helping them adopt TFS Lab Management. One discussion that always comes up is how to architect the infrastructure required to run TFS...
View ArticleUsing the predefined buttons styles for the ApplicationBar in Windows 8
When you create a new Windows 8 application, the Common folder contains a file named StandardStyles.xaml. Amongst other styling resources, this file contains a trove of application bar buttons styles,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Refreshes Sample Browser with the support for 13 new Languages
Shortly after releasing Sample Browser last month, our team refreshes the app with an important feature for global developers: Localized sample search experience.Please visit http://bit.ly/ZxmISi to...
View ArticleBeginning PHP On Windows 8
It is always interesting to find out what technology I will have to work with next. One of the latest that I’ve had to learn is PHP and since I am running Windows 8 I had to get it working in that...
View ArticleMaking jQuery UI Droppable Testable
I’m using jQuery UI’sdroppable for drag and drop capabilities. I wanted to be able to test it with Jasmine, but I couldn’t find a way to mock it. I found Jasmine jQuery, but wasn’t able to figure out...
View ArticleConsume Third-Party Services at Windows Azure Store
It has been long time didn’t blog anything since last November. There are many exciting things happened during this period. I attend Microsoft TechED 2012 China and provided a session about Node.js and...
View ArticleGotcha Got with AzureReader2 and ImageResizer
After my previous post on getting AzureReader2 up and running with ImageResizer– I ran into a problem – I had a page with a foreach on it, where I had a link to each fullsize image. It was all working...
View ArticleAndroid to Windows 8 Part 1: Setting up the Development Environment
Over the past several weeks I've been working on some content I'm excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will introduce you to Windows 8 development from an...
View ArticleAndroid to Windows 8 Part 2: Creating Your First Windows Store Project
Over the past several weeks I've been working on some content I'm excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will introduce you to Windows 8 development from an...
View ArticleAndroid to Windows 8 Part 3: Exploring the Windows Store Project
Over the past several weeks I've been working on some content I'm excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will introduce you to Windows 8 development from an...
View ArticleAdding Background Audio Capability to Windows Store Apps
If you’re building a Windows Store app that plays audio you have the option of being able to play your app’s audio in the background (i.e. when the app is not running). Over the course of three posts I...
View ArticleAndroid to Windows 8 Part 4: Running the Windows Store Application
Over the past several weeks I've been working on some content I'm excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will introduce you to Windows 8 development from an...
View ArticleAndroid to Windows 8 Part 5: Building a Simple User Interface
Over the past several weeks I've been working on some content I'm excited to finally share with you through a series of blog posts. This series will introduce you to Windows 8 development from an...
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