Monday, March 21, 2011

The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 11 (Mar 12, 2011)

The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 11 (Mar 12, 2011)


The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 11 (Mar 12, 2011)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PST

[Delayed posting, just for the records]

Read in this issue:

  • [MS Parallel Programming] Sorting in PPL
  • [Visual C++ team] Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 General Availability
  • [John Socha-Leialoha] C++/CLI to C++ Tips and Tricks
  • [Thomas Becker] C++ Rvalue References Explained
  • [Stephan L. Lavavej] Algorithm Optimizations - Advanced STL, Part 2

RC of Entity Framework 4.1 (which includes EF Code First)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 11:32 PM PDT

Last week the data team shipped the Release Candidate of Entity Framework 4.1.  You can learn more about it and download it here . EF 4.1 includes the new "EF Code First" option that I've blogged about several times in the past.  EF Code First provides a really elegant and clean way to work with data, and enables you to do so without requiring a designer or XML mapping file.  Below are links to some tutorials I've written in the past about it: Code First Development with Entity Framework 4.x EF Code First: Custom Database Schema Mapping Using EF Code First with an Existing Database The above tutorials were written against the CTP4 release of EF Code First (and so some APIs might be a little different) – but the concepts and scenarios...(read more)

NuGet Package of the Week #3 - PhoneyTools for Windows Phone 7

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Have you implemented the NuGet Action Plan ? Get on it, it'll take only 5 minutes: NuGet Action Plan - Upgrade to 1.1, Setup Automatic Updates, Get NuGet Package Explorer . The Backstory: I was thinking since the NuGet .NET package management site is...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Client Developer roundup 064 for 3/21/2011

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 11:58 AM PDT

This is Windows Client Developer Roundup #64. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Silverlight , Visual C++ , XNA , Expression Blend , Surface , Windows 7 , Windows Phone...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Client Developer roundup 064 for 3/21/2011

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 11:58 AM PDT

This is Windows Client Developer Roundup #64. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Silverlight , Visual C++ , XNA , Expression Blend , Surface , Windows 7 , Windows Phone...( read more )...(read more)

SQL Azure Migration Wizard v3.5.9

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:23 PM PDT

SQL Azure Migration Wizard (SQLAzureMW) is designed to help you migrate your SQL Server 2005/2008 databases to SQL Azure. SQLAzureMW will analyze your source database for compatibility issues and allow you to fully or partially migrate your database schema and data to SQL Azure.

WP7Contrib – Page Transitions and Navigation Service

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PDT

I finally got around to updating the page transistions in wp7 contrib last week, its something that has been on my list for awhile. For a complete sample project check out the sample in the spikes folder where you can also find lots of other samples illustrating...( read more )...(read more)

Interview with SilverlightShow Eco Contest Grand Prize Winner Jeyanandan Nandakumar

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:15 PM PDT

Q. Hi Jey. Congratulations on winning the Grand Prize in our Eco Contest, with your application ' The Lost Leaf '! Please introduce yourself to the community at SilverlightShow – your country, job, experience with Silverlight, anything...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 - Part #8: Using Sensors

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 07:21 PM PDT

This article is compatible with the latest version of Silverlight for Windows Phone 7. Don't miss... WP7 shows WP7 Stock Quoting Demo series What is Windows Phone series WP7 Developer Guide: Show more books This is part is the final, 8th part from the...( read more )...(read more)

3D on Windows Phone 7 using Balder

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 11:39 PM PDT

This is not my first time to talk on 3D on Silverlight or Phone platform,In past I wrote decent amount of stuff including Kit3D,3D in Silverlight and recently I wrote 3D on Windows Phone 7 using capabilities of Silverlight framework sitting inside phone...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for March 20, 2011 -- #1062

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 10:37 PM PDT

In this Issue: Ollie Riches , Damon Payne ( -2- ), Jesse Liberty ( -2- ), Shawn Wildermuth , John Papa , Beth Massi , Michael Crump , Mike Taulty ( -2- ), Jorge Peraza , and Peter Kuhn ( -2- ). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Delay Binding Updates within...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Phone, a great dev platform: adding leaderboards to 4th & Mayor in 30 minutes

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:07 PM PDT

Just over a week ago, a new foursquare feature was released for nice leaderboards. WP7 is fast - I added the feature in about 30 minutes....( read more )...(read more)

4th & Mayor: the ultimate foursquare app for your Windows Phone

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 03:43 PM PDT

I'm pleased to announce that my foursquare app for Windows Phone, 4th & Mayor, is now available on the Windows Phone Marketplace....( read more )...(read more)

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