How to Include and Deploy Data using a Visual Studio Database Project
I’m a big fan of Visual Studio’s Database Project and I’ve used them successfully in several client projects. If you are not familiar with using the Database Project, I encourage […]
Presentation: Silverlight 5 for Line of Business Applications
This is my presentation on Silverlight 5 for Line of Business Applications recorded at CodeStock in 2011.
Enriching Windows Phone 7.1 (“Mango”) Apps with Secondary Tiles
Another new feature of Windows Phone 7.1 that every developer should know about is secondary tiles. Windows Phone 7.0 allowed users to pin an app to the Start screen, creating […]
Portable and Efficient Generic Parser for CSV
I recently had some pretty ugly CSV files to parse and decided to have a quick look around to see if there were any libraries around that would handle the […]
DRONE Profiler: The New Old Profiler
Deep down inside every developer really wants to create developer tools. Let’s be honest, how many of you are really excited to the tips of your toes about that Line […]
Moving further towards the Dark Side
I’ve been a proponent of dark coding environments for many moons, back to Turbo C++ and that blue. In fact, my current Visual Studio template started way back in the […]
Does That PDB File Match the Binary?
While you should always have your PDB files in symbol servers, there are times when you’re doing private (aka local) builds and moving those builds around hither and yon in […]
Using the Task Parallel Library (TPL) for Events
The parallel tasks library was introduced with the .NET Framework 4.0 and is designed to simplify parallelism and concurrency. The API is very straightforward and usually involves passing in an […]
CT Code Camp 4 Presentation Materials
I have uploaded the content from my talk at the Connecticut .Net Developers’ Group Code Camp 4 from today (6/18/2011). The code and content from my “What’s New in Windows Phone […]