- October 23, 2013
- AsyncUI
Auto Async adds Template Dialog
Today Auto Async added a new feature to open a template in a dialog from any clickable element. This was designed for when you want to open a detail window in a dialog. Starting in version 3.0, this is as easy as putting a class
- October 22, 2013
- Azure
SequenceId Generator for Azure or any Big Table Storage
Windows Azure and some other cloud table storage systems do not support auto-increment identity columns as Microsoft Sql Server does. Azure groups records by a dual key, the partition key and the row key. The partition key is a group of related records that should
- October 21, 2013
- AsyncUI
Auto Async with use cases
Auto-Async has released a new version 2.1.0. It now also includes a great read-me file with use cases and code examples. I have created a few web applications with cool asynchronous interactions with this library now. This library is speeding up my development cycle since
Azure SDK extensions – unofficial
Microsoft Azure has a good quality SDK for interfacing with the Azure table storage REST HTTP interface. In the early days of Azure table storage you had to build your own query urls and process raw http rest style responses. Now with the Azure SDK
- August 15, 2013
- Azure
Sequence ID generation for short high capacity identifiers
There are a few scenarios where you may want to generate your own unique sequence identifiers. You may be using a database or big data store that does not offer an auto-increment sequence feature. Or maybe you just want a short memorable alpha numeric order
- May 7, 2013
- Windows 8
Asus ZenBook UX51 Developer Review
Here are comparison pictures of my new ZenBook and my old Dell Precision. Criteria A couple months ago I was in the market for a new laptop. I have been a developer on Microsoft platforms for my entire career, so Ideally I wanted a Windows
- May 7, 2013
- Windows 8
Windows 8 start screen, Desktop, and Touch
I have been running Windows 8 since about December 2012. Now it just seems easier to use than Windows 7 or Windows XP. There are many reasons I would not want to go back to either XP or 7. I started upgrading to Windows 8
- May 1, 2013
- Business
Startup Resources in St Louis
St. Louis is becoming a great place to start and run a technology startup. There are some really good resources in St. Louis now for people interested in getting a startup running. T-Rex, Home for St. Louis Startups If you are working on your own
- April 16, 2013
- Azure
How to Forward a GoDaddy Domain to Azure
It is a fairly common task to setup a site in Windows Azure websites and need to have a custom domain pointed at that site. Windows Azure lets you setup a custom domain with a shared or reserved instance or a virtual machine. You cannot
- April 10, 2013
- Dependency Inversion, provider model pattern
Dependency Injection is over Hyped
Dependency Injection frameworks have been over-hyped for too long. In most of the cases in which I have seen it touted as a perfect fit, it hasn’t really been necassary; And in some cases it made those applications harder to maintain than an alternative ‘Service