Continuous thinking: Essay: TL;DR - functional programming = SQL SELECT statement
I am currently in the process of studying F# - a functional programming language -. Since I am a big fan of meta-cognition, I am trying to find out how the mind
Difference Between SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS ON and OFF settings
In this article, we will discuss the difference between SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS ON and SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS OFF. Please go through the article SET QUOTED_IDENT
XNA/Android cross-platform and strongly-typed access to game contents
In this previous post, we already showed how to use T4 templates for several use cases, with a special focus on Resource Files (ResX). Now we are going to compl
Introduction to Windows Phone Programming: Part 1
I'm writing a piece on Windows Phone programming and rather than wait for the entire piece to be completed I've decided to start making the sections avail
Generating Captcha images – ASP.NET MVC
There are a few simple plug-ins that you can use in your ASP.NET MVC app, like reCaptcha, but to have a fully flexible and integrated solution, you have to crea
DevForce Code First Walkthrough: From New Project to Running
The application itself is not the focus. We're not striving to make a useful application nor demonstrating best practices in UI design or development. Our purpo
KeyToggleStart: Yet another usage for keyboard hook
Hello Windows Mobile Users! Recently the following was requested: How can I start an application by just hitting some keys in sequence? The answer:
Windows Phone Labyrinth
Last month (September 2011) I received very great news: the Windows PHone SDK 7.1 had just been released. I opened the "What's New" session and it was full of n
A simple opengl example of Android using cle
Using common language extension(cle) as interface middleware, you need not care about JNI. The programming may be simple. This example is copied from ndk exampl
Create a live aquarium wallpaper in Android
how to create a live wallpaper which looks like an aquarium with fishes swimming across the screen. The fish animation is done using sprite technique.
ASP .NET Image Slider with fancy thumbnail hover effect
Recently I was checking out some nice jQuery image sliders and come across a fancy thumbnail hover effect. I decided to use this effect and set up an ASP .NET i
My first .NET Component, a DateTimePicker that accepts no date
I was updating existing programs at work and needed a DateTimePicker that allowed the user to leave blank or make blank (nullable). I searched for a control I l
Announcing the Microsoft Roslyn CTP
The Roslyn team has announced general availability of the Roslyn CTP!The official launch is at http://msdn.com/roslyn, and there were a number of blogs to publi
i00 VB.NET Spell Check - No 3rd Party Components Required!
I wanted a spell check that I could use in .NET, so like most people would have done, I Googled. After many hours of fruitless searching, I decided to make my o
Show Message In jQuery Repeater When Validate Or Update
This article will explain in detail how to prompt message in Repeater, such as data is downloaded successfully, the content of field does not meet the requireme
Forget PowerPoint – make a slideshow in… a debugger :)
Few days ago I had a presentation in the Warsaw .NET Group about PDB files. To make the slideshow more attractive (or rather original:)) I decided to replace th
High Performance Queries: GPU vs. PLINQ vs. LINQ
We hear increasingly about the power of graphics processing units for non-graphics purposes. NVIDIA's CUDA brought super computing ability within the reaches of
Microsecond and Millisecond C# Timer
Anyone who has used the .NET System.Timers.Timer class for low interval times will realise that it does not offer a very high resolution. The resolution will be
Generic WPF/Silverlight Value Converter
One of the things I do not believe one should do is passing WPF/Silverlight enumerations (i.e., Visibility) directly from the ViewModel to the View. All binding
Singleton in non-inheritable vs inheritable classes
Today, I learned something from my architect at my work place which I would like to share with you all. In fact, I was reviewing some code and there I saw a cla