Functions are a very important concept in most programming languages, but they are even more important in JavaScript. When you read this as a C# or VB developer you probably won’t see this as a big deal. But there are some essential things you can do with functions that you should be aware of when […]
Read MoreAfter having listened to the recording of a speech by Daniel Pink, I quickly decided to purchase the audio version of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. In this book, the author first starts to describe how our brains work from a high-level point of view. The human brain is divided […]
Read MoreIn a previous post I elaborated on the problem of magic strings in OData service queries, and gave a quick (but lacking in depth) statically typed helper solution. A commenter mynkow left a note stating that my solution would not work with nested objects. I initially replied asking if he could give an example (as […]
Read MoreI was taking a close look at the API documentation of the ExtJS JavaScript library the other day and I noticed something very interesting. You can see that the ExtJS folks have put out some great amounts of effort into documenting their API?s. The example shown here is from the Ajax ?class?. No big […]
Read MoreI wanted to pick up a book on jQuery for quite some time now so I decided to give jQuery in Action a try. Besides all the nice things I?ve heard and read about jQuery, I didn?t have a clue about any of its capabilities. This book got me up to speed fairly quickly, but […]
Read MoreMy friend and Silverlight MVP, Eric Mork, is coming to Boise to lead a FREE, one day, 10-hour workshop for developers wanting to learn to program for Windows Phone 7. I am looking forward to attending as a student, myself. The coolest part? Cash prizes, baby! $500 for the coolest app written in class that […]
Read MoreDear Silver Bullet Seeker, I understand that you want a guarantee that using a new development process will make everything better. Who wouldn’t want to claim great improvements with little to no effort on your part? Unfortunately, your team is likely comprised of human beings, which makes behavior non-deterministic, like your own. This means there […]
Read MoreListen Now! [48:11] Windows Phone 7 is poised to soon move beyond walls of Microsoft and into consumers hands. That means we developers can start to think about actually writing apps for the device and this show introduces us to the developer experience for Windows Phone 7. Adam Grocholski Adam is a Technical Evangelist at […]
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