General Development In DotNet

Dapper - a simple object mapper for .NetOfficial Github clone: https://github.com/SamSaffron/dapper-dot-net FeaturesDapper is a single file you can drop in to your project that will extend your IDbConnection interface. It provides 3 helpers: Execute a query and map the results to a strongly typed Listpublic static IEnumerable Query(this IDbConnection cnn, string sql, object param = null, SqlTransaction transaction = null, bool buffered = true)

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"Software development has come a long way over the last few decades. We've gone from extremely laborious, protracted exercises to create even basic functionality (punch cards anyone?), to the drag and drop, WYSIWYG environment of today. We've also gone from a very small number of enthusiast programmers to literally millions of individuals writing software worldwide (there were over 1.3 million software engineers in the US alone in 2008). And we're all looking for ways to make building software even easier."

Modernizr is an open-source JavaScript library that helps you build the next generation of HTML5 and CSS3-powered websites.

"Lock escalation is a event which occurs when SQL Server decides to upgrade a lock at a lower level hierarchy to a lock to a table level lock., In other words, when a particular query obtains a large number of row level locks/ page level locks, SQL Server decides that instead of creating and granting number of row level/page level locks, it is effective to grant a single table level lock. Or to be precise,"

"I am using the Reporting Services Web Service because the Reporting Server is behind the firewall and not visible to the outside. Only my ASP.NET MVC web application front-end is visible to the outside world."

" Scott Allen explains how to create unit tests for applications making use of the ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.1. "

"The Crimson Consulting Group has just published a white paper worth reading: Comparing the Business Value of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Oracle Database 11g, Perceptions vs. reality in the RDBMS marketplace (April, 2011). The traditional user-friendliness of a mid-tier product has matured in terms of scalability. Today, you will find SQL Server 2008R2 installations running on 256 core machines -- scalability is no longer an issue. Unfortunately, the traditional scalability product has not grown significantly friendlier to developers and users; this leaves SQL Server 2008R2 the clear value winner for both lowest development expense and total cost of ownership for operations."

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" April 2011 saw the release of a new version of Entity Framework 4.1; this blog article and samples of code contained in it have been correspondingly updated to match the new features that are now available."

"The Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network (CDN) enables you to easily add popular JavaScript libraries such as jQuery to your Web applications. For example, you can start using jQuery simply by adding a

"This article describes an All-In-One Code Framework sample that is available for download. This code sample demonstrates how to use complex type, which is one of the new features of Entity Framework 4.0 (EF4). This code sample shows how to add complex type properties to entities, how to map complex type properties to table columns, and how to map a Function Import to a complex type."

Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful JSON interface.

" Russ Miles discusses how to nurture the skill of learning by understanding it, valuing it and enhancing it in order to achieve an agile transformation within the organization. "

"In SQL Server 2008 Microsoft has introduced a number of new date and time data types. One of these is the datetimeoffset data type. This data type includes an offset from UTC time as well as the datetime value and ensures that the datetime can be retrieved in UTC or a particular timezone based on this offset. There are also new functions to allow for conversions between different time zones using the new function SWITCHOFFSET(). "

"Visual Studio 2010 Web Deploy alleviates most of the manual aspects of application deployment by adding a few UI based configuration pages and context menu integrations in Solution Explorer. Upon opening the project's properties, navigate to the Package/Publish Web tab on the left to display deployment options on the right."

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"Just as it does with file system data, Veracity's decentralized database keeps the full history of the database. Every version of every record is retained in history, with log information about who made the change and when. Veracity also supports push and pull of "database changesets", including the ability to automatically merge (at the level of a record or of a field) and resolve constraint violations."

"JustMock Free Edition is a developer productivity tool designed to make it easy to create mock objects. JustMock Free Edition cuts your development time and helps you create better unit tests without requiring you to change your code. It allows you to perform fast and controlled tests that are independent of external dependencies like databases, web services, or proprietary code. "