Hey guys, tomorrow at 12 Central, the Virtual Brown Bag gets a relaunch! It’s very casual. Bring a lunch, and something to talk about, as I have nothing much planned 😉 The meeting link can be found at http://bit.ly/VirtualBrownBag

Last week, we discussed creating a Pizza Restaurant application with Partial Views and a Dynamic Action Collection. In this week’s blog post, we will look at setting up the View Models that enable the actual Action Collections. As things stand, the Pizza View looks something like this: One thing I did in the parent View Model (called […]

Recently, I had a need to create a CODE Framework application with partial views, which included different ViewActions based on which Partial View was visible at the time. I found it to be a fairly interesting problem, and decided to share my solution. Since I obviously can’t blog with pictures of the customer application, I […]

First off, if you’re not ready to make the leap to Windows 8 as your primary OS, let me point you to this article to get you started using it as a dual-boot system… How To Seamlessly Dual Boot Windows 7 And Windows 8 the Easy Way That said… I made the switch today to […]

I’ve got an article pending for the CODE Magazine focusing on Unit Testing in the CODE Framework. Want a sneak peak? I’m going to discuss using the ServiceGardenLocal static object to set up InProcess Mock Objects. Here’s the abstract… The CODE Framework provides a set of tools for developing n-tier, service-oriented applications. In addition, there […]

I was having insane problems getting my HP Touchpad to stay connected to my WiFi. I’ve got a LinkSys, and I’ve had issues with it before, mostly with my XBox and Roku, so I assumed that it was the problem. Luckily, I found this website: Got a slow HP TouchPad? Here are 3 easy ways to […]

I recently delivered a presentation at North Houston Dot Net User Group regarding NHibernate and some Advanced ORM Topics. I covered several topics related to NHibernate and ORMs in general: Data Impedance Mismatch Impedance Mismatch Sources Problem Domains Data Persistence Impedance Mismatch Reduction Persistence Ignorance Lazy Loading Difference between “Heavy-Weight” and “Light-Weight” ORMs And of course, […]

According to the Node.Js official Blog, Microsoft is partnering with Joyent to bring Node.Js to Windows. Read the full article here. What ramifications does this have? Windows 8 is supposedly going to be developed with HTML5 as the main application UI layer in mind… Meaning that Node.Js could become a major player in windows development […]

In a recent PC World article, it was pointed out that the FCC is going to be examining the implications of In-App purchasing in games and other applications. According to the article, one game in particular, SmurfWorld, allows parents to input a password to make In-App purchases. The password is then saved for 15 minutes. […]

We had a great session last night a North Houston .Net Users Group! Thom Chichester from EPS Software spoke about Visual Studio Lightswitch, and several people seemed to find the idea of Rapid Application Development interesting – even if the platform isn’t quite ready for primetime. Join us next month for Visual Studio Tips and […]