Access at Arm’s Reach
I recently waited for a flight in Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal C. Expecting the typical travelling experience of delayed departures and time wasted waiting at the gate, I was...
View ArticleAll you need to know about the .NET Foundation
Microsoft’s .NET Foundation has now been running for around two years, after its initial announcement by Scott Guthrie at the Build 2014 conference (highlights of which can be found here). The .NET...
View ArticleHow to Impress Your Customers with Better Data UX Design
We can all agree that a good user experience (UX) is core to retaining customers to your product. People’s leniency towards below-average UX is continually declining, and they take no shame in deleting...
View ArticleIt's OK not to lead
When I first entered the workforce, I was in awe of the programmers around me. I'd spent 4 years of college learning how to implement Alpha-Beta pruning and various flavors of sort(), while these guys...
View ArticleThe Transition Effect – Animations in our UI
Essential to the process of creating and developing engaging interfaces for our users are thoughtful animations. In conjunction with wireframe testing and validation, we also need to be considering the...
View ArticleHow to Create a Custom Action Filter in ASP.NET MVC
In ASP.NET MVC, Filters are used to inject logic at different levels of request processing and allow us to share logics across Controllers. For example, let’s say we want to run a security logic or a...
View ArticleHow to Implement the Repository Pattern in ASP.NET MVC Application
The Repository Pattern is one of the most popular patterns to create an enterprise level application. It restricts us to work directly with the data in the application and creates new layers for...
View ArticleHow to use GitHub like a Pro
Let’s begin today’s post with a fact: As of right now (at the time of writing), GitHub has 21 million repositories and 9 million users - which isn’t too bad at all! For developers, GitHub offers an...
View ArticleDeveloper Quotes: Edition 5
Check out these two pearls of wisdom. Tweet 'em, like 'em, tumble 'em... hey, even print them out and tape them to your coworker's monitor! Whatever works for you! These have just the right amount of...
View ArticleKeming, or the importance of not being a click.
This is ImportantLet me start with some namedropping, to prove the importance of the subject. Apple just changed the kerning of the word “click“ on the El Capitan website (and tens of articles were...
View ArticleResponsive images on the web
According to http archive, the top 100 websites on the Internet today look something like this:That’s right, exactly two thirds of websites in November 2015 are dominated by images. Website sizes are...
View ArticleEasily extend your IDE with Extensibility feature for Visual Studio 2015
Visual Studio 2015 is a very advanced IDE with a great number of useful options, but sometimes you may find that there are not enough features to meet your needs. Certain operations may be even more...
View ArticleDeveloper News - What's IN with the Infragistics Community? (2/22-3/6)
Whether you're interested in females in STEM or aging languages, this edition of Developer News has something for you! Check it out today!!5. New Programming Languages Keep Chipping Away at the Old...
View ArticleCode faster with less bugs
Feeling anxious about your code? Does it seem as if your boss is always waiting around on you, breathing down your neck? Are you worried your colleagues are wondering why you’re taking so long? Well...
View ArticleBuilding a Real time application with SignalR – Part 2
This post is in continuation of my previous post where we discussed the needs, basics, configurations and transport mechanism of SignalR. In this post we will take this a step further by creating a...
View ArticleFrom ASP.NET WebForms to modern web technologies
You may have come across articles about the end of support for ASP.NET WebForms and how you should consider to start using ASP.NET MVC over ASP.NET WebForms. This topic is about components from each of...
View ArticleHow to Keep Your Field and Office Teams Organized and Productive?
For many years, organizations have struggled to manage the challenges associated with geographically dispersed teams. How can your company stay focused and united when teams around the country or even...
View ArticleWindows File Share (Network Drives) Now Accessible on Mobile with SharePlus
Shared Drives across a network are an essential, secure way of storing and sharing documents; it is the preferred method of collaboration by businesses, colleges and government agencies. Unlike Cloud...
View ArticleSharePlus Meets Dropbox – Seamless and Unified Mobile Access to Your Information
In addition to SharePoint, on-premises or in the cloud, SharePlus now allows you to access additional storage services, like Dropbox, OneDrive for Business, and Google Drive from your mobile device....
View ArticleWhy Work in Technology? - An Infographic
For several decades now, working "in technology" has been something of a buzzword. It's cool, trendy, and you'll make enough money to last a lifetime, if the rumors are to be believed. But what's true...
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