Introduction Today I’m following on from my previous series of articles from last week, particularly (and logically) from the article More with the Entity Framework V6 RC1. This time around, I’m going to go under the covers and document a new approach I’m trying out around the Entity Framework Data […]
Editorial Update With the recent release of Visual Studio 2013 RC (which includes, by the way a “Go-Live” license) this issue with Visual Studio 2013 Preview has probably been overtaken by events. I’ll leave this here anyway as a historical footnote. How’s this? Tonight I fired up the VM I […]
Introduction In my last post, I explained how to add a NuGet package to a solution, and from there how to generate and lightly consume an Entity Framework data model. We’re going to take it to the next level now, and do a bit more with the framework. Expanding on […]
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, […]
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 […]
Hi All. For those readers whom are Sydney based, there’s a free seminar on the upcoming changes to Australia’s privacy laws which come into effect next March. The free seminar is being held in the Sydney city next month, looks like it could be worth checking out. If you attend […]
Over the past week, I’ve been attempting to get around to some cyber-housecleaning. As you may know from previous articles, I have a networked-attached storage (NAS) storage device by manufacturer Thecus which has 5x 2 TB drives configured in RAID-5 array. I’m always outage/data-loss conscious, so I implement a somewhat […]
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, […]
Recently, Microsoft released a preview version of their next version of their team development suite, known as Team Foundation Server (TFS). Long time readers of Sanders Technology will know that I’ve a long history with TFS, and I’m genuinely a fan of the platform. Team Foundation Server 2013 breaks from […]
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. […]
Hi All, If you have any interest at all in your rights to privacy and you happen to live in Australia, I strongly urge you to consider participating in the below event being organised by Electronic Frontiers Australia. There are some significant threats to our basic rights and without action, […]