2014 - November/December
In this issue, Dino explains the business layer so even a seven-year-old can understand it! Other featured articles cover Mobile Apps for SharePoint, IndexedDb, HTML5 & jQuery, Git, XNA and Swift
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Manager’s Corner: Teams and Scalability
When your team drastically changes size, you’ll understand Mike’s parallel lessons from writing code.
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Mobile Apps for SharePoint and Office 365: Part 1
In this first installment of his new series, Sahil begins writing an end-to-end mobile infrastructure using some familiar tools.
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Introduction to IndexedDB: The In-Browser Database
Is dealing with databases on a browser your idea of a bad nightmare? Craig implements an in-browser document database called IndexedDB to create, read, update, and delete large sets of records, just like a database on a server.
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Use HTML 5 and jQuery in WebForms
Web Forms aren’t going anywhere. Paul shows us how to use HTML 5 and jQuery to keep ASP.NET Web Forms working smoothly.
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The Simplest Thing Possible: Git and Visual Studio
John installs Git and explores how Git and Visual Studio streamline even a novice’s work.
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The Mythical Business Layer
Dino explains the business layer so that even a seven-year-old can understand.
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XNA is Dead; Long Live the New XNA, MonoGame
If you haven’t explored the open source implementation of XNA 4.x API called MonoGame, now’s your chance to see what exciting things are in store for you. Chris takes us there.
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Introduction to Swift
Whether you’re familiar with programming in Objective-C or not, you’ll learn something interesting as Mohammad takes a look at the new high-level Swift programming language for the iOS framework.
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Managed Coder: On Benchmarking
Ted explores the myth of benchmarking and how to make sure that yours are valid.