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Episode #179: Parallel Programming w/ Task Parallel Library

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how we can simplify parallel programming by using the Task Parallel Library which is part of .Net 4.0

We will take a look at how to move your code away from for and foreach and towards Parallel.For and Parallel.Foreach. These new methods allow you to parallelize your loops w/ little effort, but with large gains.

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Episode #178: Going Out Of Browser w/ Silverlight

Derik Whittaker — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how we can use the take our in-browser silverlight application and allow it to run Out of Browser (OOB).

We will take a look at how we can let silverlight perform the lifting as well as how we can provide coding to create the OOB application.

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Episode #177: Data Validation w/ MVC2

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how we can use the built-in features in MVC v2 to simplify data validation.

We will take a look at how we can use data annoations to validate both client side data submission (via javascript) and server side validation.

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Episode #176: Going Lazy with System.Lazy

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at the how to use the System.Lazy namespace.

One of the pretty cool new nuggets inside the .Net 4.0 framework is System.Lazy and System.Lazy. What System.Lazy brings to the table is a way to create objects which may need to perform intensive operations and defer the execution of the operation until it is 100% absolutely needed.

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Episode #175: Code Contracts: Learning to use Interface Contracts

Derik Whittaker — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

n this episode we are going to take a look at how to utilize some additional features in the Code Contracts library to validate the state of our application.

We are going to focus this episode on the feature of adding contracts to interfaces via buddy classes. This is a powerful feature as it allows us to inherit our contracts from interfaces.
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Episode #174: Understanding Navigation on Windows Phone 7

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue taking a look at the Windows Phone 7 Api.

In this episode we are going to focus on learning about the various ways you can navigate from page to page within your application. Because WP7 is based off of Silverlight 3.x you are able to utilize all the native silverlight navigation techniques such as static routing (hard wiring the .xaml path), using routes and using the NavigationService.

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Episode #173: Creating and using the Application Bar w/ Windows Phone 7

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to create the Application Bar for Windows Phone 7
When creating an application with Win Phone 7 you may need to create an application bar which contains menus or icons. In this episode we will show you how to create both global app bars as well as local app bars.

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Episode #172: Code Contracts: Validating state with Assert, Assume, ForAll, Exists

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to utilize some additional features in the Code Contracts library to validate the state of our application.

We are going to focus our efforts here to learn how to use Assert and Assume to validate a given value in our code. We will also learn how to use ForAll and Exists, which can be used to validate content inside of an array or a collection.

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Episode #171: Exploring how to use List Binding in MVC2

Donn Felker — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we are going to explore how create an editable Lists of data in MVC 2.

We will show you how to create this list by using the enhanced binding features which are part of MVC 2. Having the ability to easily bind your model to your view will provide great flexibility and convince.

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Episode #170: Moles: Mocking the Un-Mockable

Stephen Schaff — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Stephen Schaff

In this episode we are going to take at how to use Pex/Moles for .Net

Unit testing is great, but most free isolation frameworks require that your mocks implement an interface. But what do you do when the class you are trying to mock is static or sealed with no interface. If you can’t modify the class then your unit testing efforts are usually stuck. Moles, the new free isolation framework from Microsoft, supports mocking almost any CLR based class (including sealed and static classes).

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Episode #169: Hello World, I am Win Phone 7

Donn Felker — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Donn Felker

In this episode we are going to take a first look at Windows Phone 7 Development.

In this episode we will walk through creating a simple hello world application as well as give a quick tour of how to use the emulator.

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Episode #168: Exploring how to use Layer Diagrams in VS2010

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to explore how to use the new Layer Diagram feature which is part of Visual Studio 2010.

The layer diagram feature of VS2010 is a new feature which allows you to create a map of your code (from the assembly level down to the method level) and then use that mapping later to validate your system still conforms to your architecture.

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Episode #167: Setting Up Basic Mappings w/ Fluent NHibernate

Derik Whittaker — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to continue taking a look at Fluent Nhibernate.

we are going to focus this episode on setting up basic mappings for NHibernate. We will focus on setting up Many-to-One (References) and One-To-Many (HasMany) references as these are the most common mappings you will need to setup.

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Episode #166: Setting Up Fluent NHibernate for your project

Derik Whittaker — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Presented By: Codebetter.com Network
Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use setup and configure Fluent NHibernate for usage. We will focus on how to setup your database settings as well as how to get your Fluent NHibernate mappings registered into the system.

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Episode #165: Introduction to Nhibernate.Burrow

Derik Whittaker — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Author: Derik Whittaker

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to implement the NHibernate.Burrow session management library.

NHibernate.Burrow is a light weight middleware developed to support .Net applications using NHibernate by providing advanced and smart session/transaction management and other facilitates.

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