Month: June 2015

ASP.NET MVC 3: Razor’s @: and syntax

Enrico

Razor minimizes the number of characters and keystrokes required when writing a view template, and enables a fast, fluid coding workflow. Unlike most template syntaxes, you do not need to interrupt your coding to explicitly denote the start and end of server blocks within your HTML. The Razor parser is smart enough to infer this from your code. This enables a compact and expressive syntax which is clean, fast and fun to type. For example, the Razor snippet below can be used to iterate a list of products: When run,…

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Five key trends in the developer economy

Enrico

The Developer Megatrends report series distills the major data points and insights from our research into the most important trends in the developer economy. In this 7th edition Megatrends report, we cover app business models and examine how developers can escape the poverty trap. We look at how consumer technology will invade the enterprise, and how data will be at the center of the most interesting apps in the coming years. We’ll also revisit experience roaming – a trend from 2010 that is now in full swing. One thing is…

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Using the UpdateProgress to lock down controls in the browser

Enrico

If it takes awhile for the server to process the postback (e.g. complex rules or badly written code ), the user may not realize that the server is processing the request. This can lead to all kinds of issues with users that are not savvy or familiar with web applications (multiple clicks, moving off the page, etc.). Consequently, I want to tell the user that the server is processing the request and disable the controls on the page. Let’s break this down into two steps: show a message, and disable…

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A free version of Google Play Music has launched just before Apple Music

Enrico

The company is making a Pandora-like radio streaming service available to everyone in the US initially, consisting of curated playlists and automatically generated streams. However, users won’t be able to pick any song they want like Spotify’s free tier allows. “We think that by giving users a taste of Google Play Music, through the ad-supported tier, more users will ultimately become paying subscribers,” said Google Play’s vice president of partnerships Zahavah Levine. “Until now, this was a lost opportunity – to bring more people into Google Play Music.” Google is…

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Windows 10 to come on USB sticks in addition to DVD

Enrico

According to information obtained by Winfuture.de, Windows 10 may be sold on USB drives in addition to DVD disks. The unnamed source of Winfuture’s information also reports that both the 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 10 will be available on the thumb drive, and the customer will be able to choose which version to install. This is an added advantage of placing the Windows 10 install files on a USB drive as historically DVD copies will solely be for either a 32 or 64 bit system. If true,…

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Download ReportViewer 2010, ReportViewer 11 and SQLSysClrTypes

Enrico

Have you tried to install ReportViewer on a server? If you as me receive a similar error, I have a solution. When you have to install the Report Viewer on a server, it’s quite difficult to find the install file and a reference for Report Viewer 11 (SQL System Clear Tyle). Here you can download the last ReportViewer with its dependencies. SQLSysClrTypes.zip (1.4MB)ReportViewer.zip (6.1MB)ReportViewer2010.zip (4.5MB)

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How to roll back from Windows 10 Mobile preview to Windows Phone 8.1

Enrico

It’s the first preview of the universal version of Office apps, and starting with build 10080 the operating system now expands to new phone headsets, including the Lumia Icon/Lumia 930, Lumia 640/Lumia 640 XL, and HTC’s One (M8), which is the first non-Lumia phone joining the Windows 10 preview program. Although, now more users can get access to Windows 10 Mobile preview and get their hands of on the new preview of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, Microsoft warns that there is a significant number of bugs in this particular…

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Reading and Writing XML in C#

Enrico

In this article, you will see how to read and write XML documents in Microsoft .NET using C# language.  First, I will discuss XML .NET Framework Library namespace and classes. Then, you will see how to read and write XML documents. In the end of this article, I will show you how to take advantage of ADO.NET and XML .NET model to read and write XML documents from relational databases and vice versa. Introduction to Microsoft .NET XML Namespaces and Classes Before start working with XML document in .NET Framework, It…

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Russian Dies After Eating Tablet Computer to Avoid Police Detention

Enrico

A man in St. Petersburg has died after eating parts of a smashed-up tablet computer to avoid being detained by police, the law enforcement agency said Monday. Police were called to an apartment in the city at about 5 p.m. on Sunday after reports that someone was throwing items out of a window, the regional branch of the Interior Ministry said in a statement. When the local police commissioner arrived at the scene, the 41-year-old unemployed man started to behave strangely by eating pieces of glass and the smashed-up tablet…

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Could Microsoft’s biggest Windows 10 feature be AllJoyn powered interoperability?

Enrico

  The new, more open Microsoft has been implementing support for a lot of popular cross platform and open source technologies previously held at a distance by Redmond. Recently we’ve heard of support for open source projects like Node.js and SSH. But last November, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would work with a new technology called AllJoyn and this led Time magazine to speculate that it could be the biggest secret Windows 10 feature. AllJoyn is a protocol or common language that allows for devices to talk with each other…

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Microsoft explains what you’ll lose by upgrading to Windows 10

Enrico

Microsoft announced today that it will be launching Windows 10 on July 29th, encouraging Windows 7 and 8.1 users to reserve their free upgrade with a notification in their task bar. However, while the company has been busy highlighting all the shiny new features in the upcoming OS, it’s been a bit quieter when it comes to spelling out the limitations — including making updates automatic for Windows 10 Home users. Firstly there are the software losses. Most of these will only affect a small number of users, but upgrading will mean…

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New report claims Microsoft has bought Wunderlist for up to $200 million

Enrico

A couple of weeks after rumors first hit the Internet that Microsoft might be in talks to acquire the popular “to-do” app Wunderlist, a new report claims that the acquisition is a done deal. According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has purchased the company behind the app, the German-based 6Wunderkinder, for between $100 and $200 million. Neither company has officially confirmed this deal, but the WSJ claims that the Wunderlist team will remain in its home office in Berlin, Germany to continue working on the app. If the report…

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