Tag Archives: C#

The .NET Entity Framework (EF) is an object-relational database mapper that enables easy database access for .NET developers using domain-specific .NET objects that EF can generate for you. As we saw in my last blog post on Entity Framework, you … Continue reading →

In case you missed these blog posts when they were first published… here are five of the Best of Safari Blog posts that are bubbling to the top as the most popular for October 2012.

When designing a user experience, one of the first things you need to figure out is where to position things on the screen, how they should flow when the content changes, and what shape or color they should be. This … Continue reading →

The Model View View Model (MVVM) architectural pattern is used for the separation of concerns in applications. It’s popular in Microsoft’s XAML-based UI frameworks such as WPF, Silverlight or WinRT/XAML. The MVVM architecture consists of the View layer (the UI … Continue reading →

Although the Windows 8 XAML platform brings back a lot of the controls that exist in WPF and Silverlight, and adds some completely new ones, there are some controls that you might find missing and wonder what to do. In … Continue reading →

Why develop for Windows 8? Windows 8 is a platform with high potential. Based on the trends, Windows 8 is expected to run on half a billion devices within a year or two. Since previous versions of Windows are already … Continue reading →

Michal Owsiak, computer scientist and a hobbyist philosopher, has recently written a review of Head First C from O’Reilly Media. There are really good explanations of concepts that are hard to follow for people who are new to C. Pointers … Continue reading →

Here are 11 of the 24 new titles that were added into Safari Books Online during the past week. Title: Learning Android Application Programming for the Kindle Fire: A Hands-On Guide to Building Your First Android Application By: Lauren Darcey; … Continue reading →

Here are 14 of the 41 new titles added into Safari Books Online during the last week. Title: Virtual Professional Development and Informal Learning via Social Networks By: Vanessa Dennen; Jennifer Myers Publisher: IGI Global   Title: Reading the Room: … Continue reading →

Here are just 10 of the 156 new titles added into Safari Books Online during the past few weeks. Title: Hands – on ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit By: Damien White Publisher: Wrox   Title: eBu$iness: 7 steps to getting your … Continue reading →