Introduction Following on from the earlier article which established a data schema, the next step is to wrap the database design in an ORM.. for fun. I’m going to take a look at the latest pre-release of the Entity Framework, version 6 (RC1). If you’re interested in the licensing aspects, […]
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Introduction Per my introduction article, I’m learning the hard way – with the latest from Microsoft. Yesterday I created a SQL schema from a Twitter archive which was “fun”, but didn’t provide me with a decent enough schema to model a complete end-to-end design for something meaningful. So I’m back […]
This article will look at populating an archive of Twitter data into SQL Server 2014. This process can apply to older versions of SQL Server.
Introduction Recently, I added some articles about installing and configuring some new pre-release software that Microsoft released earlier in the year. [ Visual Studio 2013 | Team Foundation Server 2013 ] Now I’m ready to put it all to the test! I know there’s been a lot of build-up, and […]
If you’re like me, you might have more than one installation of Visual Studio floating around, which can make the process of applying updates a bit tedious. With the release of Visual Studio Update 3 [description], we have another large (potentially ~2GB) set of updates to apply. Now, you might […]
This is a quick tip for those running Windows 8 who encounter this occasional problem where the Windows Explorer doesn’t display image thumbnails. Now, I’m going to assume that you’ve already checked the Explorer settings, and so on. This fixes a condition where the thumbnails appear very briefly (they flicker […]
Following on from my previous article about Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview, I’m now moving on to Visual Studio 2013 Preview. I’ve installed on the same VM which now hosts Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview, selecting only a small subset of the available options. I’m mainly interested in Web Development, […]
Here’s a bit of a look at some articles I’ve been reading lately. Why mobile web apps are slow – http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/ This is a really detailed look at the benchmark performances of JavaScript on mobile devices and, in particular, mobile applications. Be warned, it’s a very long but worthwhile read. […]
Introduction We’re now looking at Hybrid BizTalk/Azure design opportunities. Starting off, a review of service bus messaging options: Service Bus Messaging Queues Topics, and, Subscriptions Queues are per standard queuing theory, message on – message off (FIFO). Topics are a like a digest of messages distributed, and subscriptions are a […]
This weekend, we’re going to be hosting “BizTalk” Bill Chesnut here in the nation’s capital for a day exploring the latest around BizTalk 2013. You’ll be able to read about the experience here on Sanders Technology. The day is sponsored by CGI Australia, and I hope to be live blogging […]
Recently, I was directed towards an open source web front end framework called Bootstrap. The current version (as if this writing) is version 2.3.2, which you can download from here. The aim of this initiative is to create an intuitive, abstract combination of JavaScript and CSS to allow designers and […]
Following on from the last instalment where I looked at supporting PowerShell script development in Visual Studio 2010, I’m going to take a closer look at PowerShell integration with the newer Visual Studio 2012. Again, I’ll be leveraging the excellent Quest PowerGUI product and the associated Visual Studio extension. Installation […]
Recently I needed to write up a new Powershell script to automate some actions independently of our major release cycle. This took me down a road with two possible options – write the script in Visual Studio 2012 or in Visual Studio 2010. I’ve decided to pursue both avenues, just […]
If you’ve ever had any involvement with an Agile project (whether it was “pure” Agile or not), you’ll likely have encountered the beast which is effort forecasting and analysis. This drives the initial estimate of the amount of work which your team thinks it can deliver within a given period. […]
File this one away for further analysis. Live or delayed (on demand) content delivered via Windows Azure Media Services. Takes advantage of local CDNs and provides a platform for targeted advertising as well as taking advantage of the Azure cloud capabilities (e.g. caching, high availability, etc.). There’s also a high […]