Brian Noyes Editors Picks
30 Aug 2010
Inside the Validation Infrastructure of RIA Services
Brian Noyes writes
"...I show how to use the built-in validation attributes of the System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations namespace on both the client and server side, how to use custom validation via attributes, how to invoke validation logic on.."
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Kate Gregory Visual Studio
27 Aug 2010
A Look at VS Add-in for Windows 7 Taskbar Extras
Kate Gregory writes
"...If your build results in errors or warnings, you'll also get a taskbar icon overlay when it's done letting you know about them.) And here we have handy thumbnail buttons - for build, debug, and start without debugging:..."
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Markus Egger Silverlight
25 Aug 2010
Code Sample Will Auto-Update Silverlight Out-of-Browser App
Markus Egger writes
"...I was surprised to learn that an app taken out of the browser does not automatically update itself when a newer version is available on the server...it turns out you can simply add a few lines of code to the app’s constructor to enable updating. Add the following code to your App class’ constructor..."
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Kate Gregory TechTalk
25 Aug 2010
Insight About Useful Code Comments
Kate Gregory writes
"...Recently, I was shown this quote. The person who showed it...is a smart person I respect, so I'm going to leave that person un-named. The authors of the quote, Kernighan and Plauger, are legends of the field. In 1979...they wrote:..."
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Paul Sheriff Editors Picks
25 Aug 2010
Run this Sample Code to Switch Templates Dynamically in Silverlight
Paul Sheriff writes
"...Silverlight has the flexibility to modify the look of your controls dynamically at runtime with just a few lines of code. Take a look at Figures 1 and 2 and you will see two different views of the same list box and data. To accomplish this, you simply need to setup two different resources of XAML code..."
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