This is probably a bit of a late announcement, but Microsoft has elected to make the Entity Framework an Open Source project on CodePlex! The first officially supported packages (from the open source project) are rumoured to be integrated as of Entity Framework v6 (as the Entity Framework team are […]
Monthly archives: July 2012
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Hi All. This is a quick post to introduce you to SQL Server Data Tools – support and tools for database developers. Introduction Recently, I started a new solution in Visual Studio 2010. There is a need to build and maintain a database schema (for SQL Server 2008 R2), so […]
Hi All, One of my hobbies is building sets of Lego®. I’ve been a fan ever since I was a little kid, and I’ve always been fond of putting together kits – the bigger, the better. Recently I published a new fan site – the Lego Republic. As an adult, […]
The series so far: Part 1 – Setting up TFS Azure Part 2 – Configuring Visual Studio to use TFS Azure Part 3 – Registering Team Build controllers for TFS Azure Part 4 – Builds in the Cloud (this article) Introduction Following on from an earlier series of articles on […]
This evening I was scanning dzone.com and came across this interesting rebuttal by Adam Benoit on the shortcomings of Windows Phone 7. The 121 reasons listed as to why the Windows Phone 7 OS isn’t particularly good were rebutted fairly succinctly (although acknowledged; far too many shortcomings defer to the […]
Hi Everyone. I don’t normally post many articles about sales and such, but if you’ve ready visited my Criterion Collection page; you’ll know I’m a bit of a collector. This morning an email popped into my inbox from Criterion Co concerning a very nice little sale currently on in-store and […]
Word today from Redmond is that the much anticipated next version of Microsoft Windows – Windows 8 – will be released to manufacturers (RTM) in early August, 2012. Given how stable and far along the Release Candidate (RC) edition has been, this should come as no big surprise. What will […]
A double feature – two related posts in the same day! The Essential Question Following on from my earlier article on setting up a development environment for Windows Phone 7 development, the next obvious question to answer is: “what to build?”. Never has there been a more appropriate time to […]
Introduction This is the first of a number of articles focused on development for the Windows Phone 7 platform. I’m in no way new to Windows Mobile development, having suffered through many of the previous Windows Mobile releases. This time, (sincerity implied) it’s different. The Windows Phone 7 platform looks […]
Microsoft will be introducing a new file format (VHDX) for virtual hard disks as part of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012. The original format (VHD) has been around for many years, the new format provides a host of additional benefits. At a glance, the new format supports up to 64 […]