Feb 25 2008

SilverLight 2.0 Tutorials by Scott Guthrie

Category: SilverlightBil@l @ 07:56

Scott Guthrie added a series of tutorials on Silverlight 2.0. You can find them here:

Feb 25 2008

Two New Videos on ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX 1.0 Extensions

Category: AJAX-ATLASBil@l @ 06:18

Two news videos has been added by Joe Stagner on the AJAX Technology by MSFT. Check them out, really valuable (as always):

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Feb 21 2008

LINQ to SQL Beta 2 to RTM Changes

Category:Bil@l @ 23:43

I had a LINQ to SQL code for one of my article coming soon in a magazine where I wrote the code during the Beta 2 of the LINQ to SQL. Now when I try to run the same code on VS 2008 I got errors on the "Add" and "Remove" method of the entities inside the DataContext.

For example:

            // Create a new instance of the DataContext
            CustomerDataContext db = BizObject.Context;

            // Create a new customer and add it to the DataContext
            // to be able to have the DataContext track changes on the object
            Customer localCustomer = new Customer {
                    FirstName = customer.FirstName,
                    LastName = customer.LastName,
                    Email = customer.Email
            };
           
            // Add the item to the DataContext           
            db.Customers.InsertOnSubmit(localCustomer);

There is no Add method anymore, it got replaced with InsertOnSubmit method, Same applies to the Remove method, it was replaced by DeleteOnSubmit method. For a complete list of the changes, visit this link on the MSDN forums:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2060651&SiteID=1

 

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Feb 21 2008

Client Application Services - Article Series

Category:Bil@l @ 23:05

I have just finished uploading my 3-articles series on Client Application Services on www.aspalliance.com.

Client Application Services were introduced by Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 to allow Windows client applications and WPF applications to access the same Membership, Role, and Profile services that were introduced by ASP.NET 2.0.

 

They will be coming online soon, so keep an eye if you are interested!

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Feb 18 2008

How to Postback Asynchronously from inside a GridView

Category: AJAX-ATLAS | ASP.NET 2.0 - GeneralBil@l @ 17:08

I have posted a new article on the ASP.NET Wiki and the article is titled as:

How to Postback Asynchronously from inside a GridView

 

Check it out and have your comments and improvements!
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Feb 17 2008

Job Opportunity - Software Engineer

Category:Bil@l @ 17:50

A respectful company, based in Beirut - Lebanon, is curently searching for a software engineer that develops custom solutions for major clients involving new technologies.

The basic job function is as follows:

  • Researching, designing, writing and testing new software programs;
  • Developing existing systems by analyzing and identifying areas for modification;
  • 'Bolting together' existing software products (getting incompatible platforms to work together and creating code to link them);
  • Maintaining systems by monitoring, identifying and correcting software defects;
  • Investigating new technologies;
  • Working with computer coding languages;
  • Writing operational documentation with technical authors;
  • Working closely with other staff, such as project managers, graphic artists, systems analysts, and sales and marketing professionals;
  • Problem-solving and thinking laterally as part of a team, or individually, to meet the needs of the project.

The necessary skills are as follows:

  • Fluent in C++, C#, Vb.net, ASP, ASP.net, HTML, SOAP, XML, ODBC, SQL
  • Knowledge in Visual Studio 2005
  • Knowledge in SQL Server 2005 and Oracle
  • Knowledge of parallel processing, object oriented programming, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Web Services
  • Excellent speaking and communication skills
  • Problem solving skills to assess design alternatives and perform tradeoffs to determine designs or functionality that best meet customer needs

Required Education/Experience:

  • BS in Computer Science or related field and 3 years experience - Or
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field with no or little experience

If any person living in Lebanon and feels he/she has the skills for this position, send me your CV @ bhaidar at gmail.com and I will forward the CV to the person in contact.

 

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Feb 17 2008

Bind Listbox's DataValueField/TextField to multiple columns

Category:Bil@l @ 13:33

A very common question on the ASP.NET Forums is how to bind the DataValueField and DataTextField to multiple columns.

I provided a solution to his problem at the ASP.NET Wiki. You can reach the solution here:
http://wiki.asp.net/page.aspx/291/bind-listcontrol39s-datavaluefield-textfield-to-multiple-columns/

 

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Feb 13 2008

New Videos for Uploading Files in ASP.NET/AJAX

Category:Bil@l @ 08:06

Check out the following videos by Joe Stagner:

Hope you will benefit from them!
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Feb 11 2008

Intellisense for JQuery in VS 2008

Category:Bil@l @ 17:43

The hotfix mentioned in a previous post of mine among the things that it fixed, was an intellisense problem with JQuery.

I started newly working with JQuery and seems a promising library. Jeff King has some additional tips and tricks on the integration of JQuery inside VS 2008. You can read more here:

JScript IntelliSense: Working with jQuery

There is also another blog post I find useful for the IntelliSense of jQuery in VS 2008:

Intellisense for jQuery in Visual Studio 2008

 

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Feb 11 2008

HotFix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008

Category: ASP.NET 2.0 - General | Visual StudioBil@l @ 07:34

The Visual Studio Web Tools team added a new HotFix for the Visual Studio Web environment.

You can read all the details about the fix here and download the hotfix from here.

 

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