What mean debugging with IntelliTrace? Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate know the answer, because topic applies to Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate only. IntelliTrace extends and enhances the Visual Studio live debugging experience that you are used to. You still have access to all the Visual Studio debugger features that you are familiar with. IntelliTrace operates invisibly in the background, recording debug information. More...
Today I found very nice article about MVVM pattern and realization of it with Service Agent. Dan Wahlin's in his web log. This solution can help to develop good and testable ViewModel part with help of third class called Service agent which is injected in the main ViewModelBase class. The MVVM pattern defines three key parts including the Model, the View and the ViewModel. The following image shows a slide from a Silverlight course run that sums up the role of each part of the MVVM pattern in a concise way. More...
Microsoft has announced a new product called Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch, which the company claims is the simplest way to build business applications for the desktop and cloud. LightSwitch is a new member of the Visual Studio family focused on making it easy to develop line-of-business applications. Jason Zander, corporate vice president for Visual Studio at Microsoft, says, at their core, "most end-user business applications combine two things: data plus screens." LightSwitch is optimized around making these two things very simple. LightSwitch is a tool which allows you to create Line of Business (LoB) applications by using a visual tool, similar to Microsoft Access, although LightSwitch can also produce applications for the web and can pull data from various sources instead of its own build-in database. More...
Microsoft has published a Security Advisory (2416728) about security vulnerability in ASP.NET on Saturday, September 18th. This vulnerability exists in all versions of ASP.NET and was publically disclosed late Friday at a security conference. Scott Guthrie has provided information on workarounds (please see Important: ASP.NET Security Vulnerability and ASP.NET Security Vulnerability) to prevent attackers from using this security hole against their ASP.NET. More...
This week's category is Agile and Lean Software development. There were a lot of great books to choose from. This list is focused on the processes under the Agile and Lean umbrellas that facilitate the efficient development of better software. Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. The Agile Manifesto introduced the term in 2001. DZone make this list available for people who enjoy Java, .NET, Agile, Web Design. More...
ASP.NET 4 introduces a number of features that improve core ASP.NET services such as output caching and session-state storage. Web Forms has been a core feature in ASP.NET since the release of ASP.NET 1.0. Many enhancements have been in this area for ASP.NET 4, including the following: More...
What things Software Architect should know? Effective Java was the first book I’ve read whose table of contents had read like programming commandments. The rest of the book provided commentary and examples, but the section headers read like axioms to program by. I found a similar book in 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. 97 Things is a collection of 97 short essays from a number of architects on topics such as soft skills, leadership, and software architecture. The table of contents for 97 Things also reads like commandments or axioms. 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know is a collaborate effort from numerous contributors. The project wiki is available here. Below are 101 axioms taken from the different essay titles from the project. The axioms have been rearranged from the original order provided online to provide context, and in cases edited for legibility. More...
Coding guidelines aimed at helping the ASP.NET MVC developer create solid applications. Of course, it's up to you as the developer to decide which of these guidelines are appropriate for your application. Mode, View, Controller, Performance and testing recommendations can show best practices for any developer that using ASP.NET MVC 2 or ASP.NET MVC 3. More...