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SQL SERVER NuoDB in Sixty Seconds SQL in Sixty Seconds #053

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Earlier this week, I have done five part blog series on NuoDB and it was very well received by audience.NuoDBis an elastically scalable SQL database that can run onlocal host,datacenterand cloud-based resources.t is an operational NewSQL database built on a patented emergent architecture with full support for SQL and ACID guarantees. In this blog post, […]...

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TypeScript 0.9 Preview Release

Somasegars WebLog — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Over the past few years, we’ve seen JavaScript applications for the web, on the server, and on Windows become much more substantial in size. To address this trend, last October we released the initial version of TypeScript, which enables application-scale JavaScript, providing high-fidelity interaction with existing JavaScript libraries, and giving developers the direct power and flexibility of JavaScript from a language that supports advanced tooling and error detection. Today, I am happy...

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SemVer 2.0 Released

youve been HAACKED — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

One of the side projects Ive been working on lately is helping to shepherd the Semantic Versioning specification (SemVer) along to its 2.0.0 release. I want to thank everyone who sent pull requests and engaged in thoughtful, critical, spirited feedback about the spec. Your involvement has made it better! I also want to thank Tom for creating SemVer in the first place and trusting me to help move it along. Ive mentioned SemVer in the past as it relates to NuGet. The 2.0.0 release of SemVer addresses...

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RadCalendar for Windows 8 HTML

the telerik blogs — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This blog post introduces the new addition to the RadControls for Windows 8 HTML suite - the RadCalendar control. The control supports many features, which allow developers to build simple and complex Windows Store Apps that can benefit from an intuitive, usable and touch-optimized UI for picking dates, from booking applications to todo lists.

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Meet RadCalendar for Windows 8 XAML

the telerik blogs — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

It is our pleasure to announce the newest RadControls for Windows 8 XAML member – RadCalendar. Following all the principles and design patterns of the modern UI, RadCalendar will deliver flexibility and style to your Windows Store applications.

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SticKart - 2D side-scrolling Kinect powered platformer

MSDN: Coding4Fun — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Today's project by Keith Cully is one that I've been looking forward to highlighting. Keith's project looks like a fun game, but beyond that he's actually created a NUI based level editor too. How cool is that?You want more? How about some nice doc's?More? Physics. Speech. SQL. Azure....Even More? The source for it all is available too! See, I told you this was cool...SticKartSticKart is a 2D side-scrolling platformer which I created as my major final year college project. It utilizes the Kinect...

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A Simple Case For C# Generic Constraints

K. Scott Allen — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Imagine you need to support multiple projects that retrieve “widgets” of different types from various data sources. You might start with some simple type definitions that build a core API around widgets and widget storage. public class Widget { public int Key { get; set; } } public interface IWidgetStore { Widget GetWidget(int key); } The IWidgetStore interface is needed so that reusable algorithms can work with widgets. Given these definitions, someone can build a widget...

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Resources to the RadControls for WPF/SL Q2 2013 Webinar Now Available

the telerik blogs — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A recap of the WPF/SL Q2 webinar. All resources from the webinar are included in this blog post.

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Ruby, Rails, MongoDB and the Object-Relational Mismatch

The MongoDB NoSQL Database Blog — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

MongoDB is a popular choice among developers in part because it permits a one-to-one mapping between object-oriented (OO) software objects and database entities. Ruby developers are at a great advantage in using MongoDB because they are already used to working with and designing software that is purely object-oriented.Most of the discussions Ive had about MongoDB and Ruby assume Ruby knowledge and explain why MongoDB is a good fit for the Rubyist. This post will do the opposite; Im going to assume...

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Weekly Dose of Telerik Support Resources 06/18/2013

the telerik blogs — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Just Trace

Understanding .NET Just-In-Time Compilation
The JIT Compiler resolves most of the limitations of the explicit compilation and delivers additional functional benefits. Programs in .NET are available on a wide range of platforms. The .NET JIT Compiler can optimize the most used IL code for even faster performance.

Kendo UI For ASP.NET MVC

Asset Management, the Status Quo and Areas Of Opportunity
This blog post discusses asset management and existing solutions for it.

Telerik OpenAccess ORM

INotifyPropertyChanged out of the box
INotifyPropertyChanged and INotifyPropertyChanging interface implementations for all persistent properties will be only one click away with Q2 2013 of OpenAccess ORM!

Sitefinity

Backend Extension Scripts
Setting a Default Filter for Library Items in Sitefinity CMS
Explains how you can operate with the backend extension scripts, implement backend filtering using a sidebar widget, and set the default filter when a backend view is open.

Mobile App Builder
Post-Webinar Post: Sitefinity's Mobile App Builder
Provides a summary of our may 30th Sitefinity's Mobile App Builder
and demonstrates how the basics of the demonstrated functionality have been implemented.

New KB articles
“Invalid time zone ID” exception on Azure deployed projects
Products cannot be created after upgrading to version 6
Products cannot be created after uninstalling and reinstalling Ecommerce module in version 6

Rad Controls for ASP.NET AJAX

RadPivotGrid
Totals Calculations (NEW Feature)
RadPivotGrid can now apply specific calculations on your data.

RadGrid
Conditional HierarchyLoadMode (NEW Feature)
This new mode is mix of server and client load - when an item is expanded for the first time, a postback is initiated to get the required child items but next time the same item will be expanded on the client without additional postbacks.

Export multiple grids to Excel
Demonstrates how to export multiple RadGrids in different Excel spreadsheets.

RadRibbonBar
RibbonBarGalleryItem
Help article describing the properties that can be used with the RadRibbonBarGalleryItem

RadDropDownTree
Localization
Help article describing how the RadDropDownTree control can be localized.

RadHtmlChart
Introducing the SeriesItems Collection in RadHtmlChart for ASP.NET AJAX
Blog post that introduces the new SeriesItems collection of RadHtmlChart.

RadControls for Silverlight

RadChartView
Point
This demo demonstrates PointSeries and MarkedZone Annotations.
Large (Scatter) Data
This example was updated to demonstrate the CrosshairBehavior.

RadContextMenu
Integration between RadContextMenu and RadDropDownButton
In this demo you can check the improved integration between RadDropDownButton and RadContextMenu. In addition you will find out how to use EventToCommandBehavior and integrate additional control directly in RadContextMenu.

RadHeatMap
Selection
In this example you can see some of the selection and hover capabilities of the heat map.

RadMap
Virtualization and Grouping
This example demonstrates the virtualization and grouping features of the new Visualization Layer.

RadMenu
Customization of RadMenu
We've updated this demo and now RadMenu is using our latest menu item types - RadMenuGroupItem and RadMenuSeparatorItem.

RadPivotGrid
Serialization of RadPivotGrid
In this demo you will find out how to serialize and deserialize RadPivotGrid's state, so you can save it and load later.
RadPivotGrid and Tabular Mode of OLAP Cube
In this demo you will find out how to connect RadPivotGrid with OLAP Cube in Tabular Mode.

RadControls for WPF

RadChartView
Point (navigate to ChartView->Gallery->Point example)
This demo demonstrates PointSeries and MarkedZone Annotations.
Large (Scatter) Data (navigate to ChartView->LargeData example)
This example was updated to demonstrate the CrosshairBehavior.

RadContextMenu
Integration between RadContextMenu and RadDropDownButton
(navigate to ContextMenu->DropDownButtonIntegration example)
In this demo you can check the improved integration between RadDropDownButton and RadContextMenu. In addition you will find out how to use EventToCommandBehavior and integrate additional control directly in RadContextMenu.

RadHeatMap
Selection (navigate to HeatMap->Selection example)
In this example you can see some of the selection and hover capabilities of the heat map.

RadMap
Virtualization and Grouping (navigate to Map->ClusterVirtualization example)
This example demonstrates the virtualization and grouping features of the new Visualization Layer.

RadMenu
Customization of RadMenu (navigate to Menu->Customization example)
We've updated this demo and now RadMenu is using our latest menu item types - RadMenuGroupItem and RadMenuSeparatorItem.

RadPivotGrid
Serialization of RadPivotGrid (navigate to PivotGrid->Serialization example)
In this demo you will find out how to serialize and deserialize RadPivotGrid's state, so you can save it and load later.
RadPivotGrid and Tabular Mode of OLAP Cube (navigate to PivotGrid->TabularMode example)
In this demo you will find out how to connect RadPivotGrid with OLAP Cube in Tabular Mode.

Rad Controls for Windows 8

Data Storage (new control)
DataStorage XAML / HTML
Documentation about the new Telerik Data Storage.

Common
SDK Examples (HTML)
An article explaining how to use the SDK examples of RadControls for Windows 8 HTML, placed in GitHub.

List Controls Output (HTML)
New help topics about the HTML output and CSS classes of RadAutoCompleteBox, RadComboBox, RadDropDownList and RadTokenInput

RadChart
Create a Bullet Graph Using RadChart (HTML)
A new help article explaining how to create a bullet graph using the new Bullet series in RadChart

Plot Bands (HTML)
Updated the Plot Bands article to describe the new opacity property of the plot bands

RadGrid
Custom Editors (HTML)
A new article showing how to use custom editors in RadGrid

Editing Configuration (HTML)
Updated the article with an example

Rad Controls for WinForms

Announcing Q2 2013 RadControls for WinForms Beta – Now available for download
A look at the Q2 2013 Beta release of Radcontrols for WinForms

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Five Essential Front-End Tools That Should be Used with Modern MVC Projects

The Code Project Latest Articles — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

VS 2012 web templates come preloaded with standard front-end libraries. This post is meant to complete the list with other essential and productive libraries that should be used in modern public-facing MVC and webform projects....

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Retrieve Picasa Albums and View Photos in ASP.NET

The Code Project Latest Articles — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

How to retrieve Picasa albums and view photos in ASP.NET...

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SQL NuoDB and Third Party Explorer SQuirreL SQL Client, SQL Workbench/J and DbVisualizer

Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

I recently wrote a four-part series on how I started to learn about and begin my journey with NuoDB. Big Data is indeed a big world and the learning of the Big Data is like spaghetti no one knows in reality where to start, so I decided to learn it with the help of […]...

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Extending HTML with AngularJS Directives

The Code Project Latest Articles — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Use AngularJS directives to teach HTML new tricks....

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How to tweet automatically when you push a new package to nuget.org

eXtensible mind — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Wouldnt it be nice if your followers could be notified whenever you publish a new version of a NuGet package? Currently, nuget.org offers no support for this, but with the following tricks, you can get it working without programming. The essential idea is to use the OData feed that nuget.org exposes to build an RSS [...]...

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Scrollable div which allows single finger scrolling on iPad

The Code Project Latest Articles — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The following will provide a quick guide on how to add a scrollable frame which will allow one finger scrolling on ipad (and will also work on desktop browsers)...

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Securing Your .NET Applications A Summary Review Of Visual Guard

The Code Project Latest Articles — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Securing Your .NET Applications A Summary Review Of Visual Guard...

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Hidden Code Mines

youve been HAACKED — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Code is unforgiving. As the reasonable human beings that we are, when we review code we both know what the author intends. But computers cant wait to Well, Actually all over that code like a lonely Hacker News commenter: Well Actually, Dave. I'm afraid I cant do that. Hal, paraphrased from 2001: A Space Odyssey As an aside, imagine the post-mortem review of that code! Code review is a tricky business. Code is full of hidden mines that lay dormant while you test just to explode in a debris...

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Debug Decompiled Code with JustCode

the telerik blogs — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Debug Decompiled code inside Visual Studio with JustCode Q2 2013.

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TUIO to touch device to Windows 8 - TouchProxy lets you reach out and...

MSDN: Coding4Fun — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Today's project comes to us via Robert of frog design (Yes, that frog design). When his email came in (You all know you can email us your cool and fun projects right? If there's code, is in the Microsoft sphere an does something cool, fun, interesting or different, drop us a line about it, ch9@microsoft.com) I thought it a good fit for the C4F blog. Why? Here's a snip from the email;"...CodePlex project I just published called TouchProxy (touchproxy.codeplex.com). It's a Windows 8 touch injection...

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