2015 - September/October
WTF JavaScript?!? (Well That's Fabulous!) Sept/Oct explores various idiosyncrasies of JavaScript and how to work around them. Among other great articles, we also take a look at Hadoop on Windows, Azure Skyline and Interactive Onboarding.
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Manager's Corner: Recharging
Mike teaches us the value of taking a vacation--it's good for the whole team!
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A Data-Driven Menu System for Bootstrap
Did you know that you can create a simple one-line menu system using two C# classes and a little bit of Razor code in an MVC page to create a hierarchical menu structure for drop-down menus? Paul shows you how.
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Legal Notes: Who Owns the Code
When you work for someone, whether as a direct, full-time employee, as a contractor, or as a statutory employee, who owns the code that you produce? John explains who owns what and why.
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More about Xamarin Pages
Walt continues his series of articles on Xamarin, this time, exploring the nature of pages. You’ll learn what a page is, how to navigate among them, how to create sub-pages, and strategies for loading data onto pages.
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All Aboard: Maximize Mobile Engagement with Interactive Onboarding
You can sell your app with creative marketing, but you’ve got to do something more to get customers to not only open your app but use it, too. Jason takes a look at onboarding techniques.
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WTF.js
Sahil takes a look at some strange behavior on the part of JavaScript. He provides a list of common mistakes and what to do about them.
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The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Miscellaneous Transact-SQL Tips
Whether you’re new to T-SQL or not, you’re sure to find something interesting among Kevin’s tips for using it, no matter which version of SQL Server you’re using.
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XAML Anti-Patterns: Layout SNAFUs
Just when you think a container is simple, your user resizes the screen and mayhem ensues. If you want to know what happened—or prevent it, better yet—read Markus’ piece about the XAML layout engine.
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Azure Skyline: Hello World—Virtual Machines in the Cloud
Mike introduces you to the wonder of the cloud through a free subscription to Microsoft’s Azure. He gives an interesting tour and helps guide you through your first app.
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Using Apache Hadoop on the Windows Platform
If you’ve ever wondered what the difference is between MapReduce and Hadoop, Gary will tell you, putting it all in context of Hadoop and .NET.
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Managed Coder: On Liberal Arts
Ted shows us how it doesn't take a CS degree to know how to make great apps.