Learn How to Validate Your Entities in the Entity Framework
Nowadays ADO.NET Entity framework is mostly used in developing data driven applications. Entity Framework 4.1 has been released to market with the code first development capability. Read this article to learn about implementing the validation on data models created through the code first development pattern.
An Introduction to Microsoft Roslyn
Roslyn is a project carried out by Microsoft that allows the C# and VB compilers in the .NET framework to expose certain APIs that can be explicitly invoked from other .NET applications. Read on for an overview of Microsoft Roslyn.
Implementing AutoPostBack in ASP.NET MVC
The AutoPostBack feature is a handy way to refresh a page when data being displayed depends on the selection made in a DropDownList. Learn how to add this feature programmatically to ASP.NET MVC applications that rely on HTML to render the DropDownList.
Creating a Windows Azure Application: A Step-by-Step Guide
Windows Azure can seem daunting to many developers seeking to take their first steps into cloud computing. The perception that Windows Azure is too big and too different is a fallacy. This walk-through shows you just how easy it can be.
Metro Style Application - How to Work with Data and Controls Using C#
Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview introduces a new development platform and Visual Studio 2011 for creating Metro style apps. It also includes Microsoft Expression Blend for designing RIA. This article shows you how to work with data binding controls in a Metro application.
Creating a Tag Cloud for Your ASP.NET Blog
Most blogs display a Tag Cloud that presents keywords in font sizes proportional to the number of blog posts having that tag. If you are building your own blog engine or website you will need to build the tag cloud on your own. This article shows how to do just that.
Creating a Custom Output Cache Provider in ASP.NET 4
ASP.NET 4 follows a provider model for output caching, which means you can now define a custom cache provider and plug it in using a configuration file. This article illustrates how such a custom output cache provider that stores cached output in disk files can be developed.
Microsoft Looks to 'Elevate America'
The software giant says its initiative of technology training tools and resources could help millions of people in their quest to find a better job.
Dealing with Profile Access in ASP.NET MVC Applications
While developing a Web Forms based website project developers can access profile properties in a strongly typed fashion. ASP.NET MVC and Web Application projects, however, lack this handy and useful feature. In this article Bipin Joshi shows you how to access user Profile in ASP.NET MVC applications as well as an alternative to overcoming this limitation.
Going Beyond Cloud Basics: Understanding Advanced Web Roles
Knowing the knobs and hooks available for web and worker roles in Azure can be very helpful to administer complex configuration settings. This article walks us through an understanding of these advanced roles and how we can use them in our Windows Azure based cloud services.
How to Keep Tab of your Windows Azure Hosted Services
Not only does Windows Azure provide a reliable platform to host and execute services, it even provides a set of Service management APIs to help create application which can be used to monitor these services. In this article, we will walk through the creation of a simple monitoring application which will list our Azure services running in the cloud.
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