Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure "Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition introduces you to Microsoft's cloud-based delivery of its enterprise-caliber, SQL Server database management system—showing you how to program and administer it in a variety of cloud computing scenarios." ......
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro ASP.NET MVC 5. The author is Adam Freeman who has a very well deserved reputation for writing excellent technical books with practical code examples. I am looking forward to reading this book. "The ASP.NET MVC 5 Framework is the latest evolution of Microsoft’s ASP.NET web platform. It provides a high-productivity programming model that promotes cleaner code architecture, test-driven development, and powerful extensibility, ......
At
http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2014/tdd-is-dead-long-live-testing.html, David Heinemeir has published an excellent article on the problems of problems of TDD leading to over-complexity of code.
I echo his decision to concentrate on system tests.
At http://www.red-gate.com/pro... RedGate is making available a free E-Book on Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views. There is also a free evaluation download of the SQL DBA Bundle. "Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) reveal the hidden activity of your database sessions and transactions – and this book is packed full of practical advice on getting to grips with them." "Download your free copy of Performance Tuning with SQL Server ......
APress have added new title to their list of open titles at http://www.apress.com/97814... "Learn how to leverage the BlackBerry 10 Cascades framework to create rich native applications. Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development gives you a solid foundation for creating BlackBerry 10 apps efficiently." ......
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At
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOKAJyPgjQ, Telerik have provided a very interesting video on starting building mobile applications using Visual Studio and Telerik controls.
Until 30/Apr/2014 05:00 PT, O'Reilly are offering 50% off a collection of 10 books on JavaScript. Full details at http://shop.oreilly.com/cat... ......
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes "SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes provides focused and practical solutions to real world problems of moving data in and out of SQL Server, helping to create robust and resilient ETL environments. " ......
At http://pluralsight.com/trai... Plural Sight have an excellent course on building a state machine. (For an explanation of state machines see http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... specific example developed was that for telephone receiving a call. The code was exercised via a winforms harness. I would have preferred an additional project(s) to exercise the code via either NUnit and / or an MSUnit.The only other drawback I found was ......
Today's $10 Deal of the Day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers "Beginning SQL Server 2012 for Developers introduces Microsoft’s market-leading database product for Windows to developers, covering the entire database application development lifecycle." ......
At http://www.microsoftvirtual... Microsoft are offer 3 new free E-books. They are available in MOBI, EPUB and PDF formats ......
Whilst researching for my next Dot Net project, a desktop LightSwitch application, I discovered a number of resources relating to LightSwitch. LightSwitch is a free RAD tool for versions of Visual Studio. Visual Studio Professional or above is required - see http://www.microsoft.com/en... The Microsoft page for LightSwitch is at http://msdn.microsoft.com/e... There are introductory videos at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bet... ......
Today's $10 Book of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Beginning Windows 8.1 "Beginning Windows 8.1 takes you through the new features and helps you get more out of the familiar to reveal the fullest possibilities for this amazing new operating system." ......
At https://commonkey.codeplex.... I have released as a free download a random password generator.This version has three options for generating passwords.Passwords with A-Z and 0-9Passwords with A-Z, a-z and 0-9Passwords with A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and selectable special charactersDownload the Zip file and unpack. Run KeyMaker.exe. You will need framework 4.5 installed ......
For those into shoot them up games, there is an fun game at
http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#escape-from-xp
Have a lot of fun!
The APress $10 deal of the offer at http://www.apress.com/97814... is SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes "SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes is an example-based guide to the Transact-SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server 2012. It provides ready-to-implement solutions to common programming and database administration tasks" ......
At https://lastpass.com/heartb... there is checker for the heartbleed vulnerability. Whilst not conclusive for all https sites, it does indicate sites that were vulnerable and provides useful advice on the need to update your password. If you have a facebook account, you should change your password if you have not changed it in the last 2 weeks. Also be careful if you have used the same password on more than one site as if one of the sites was compromised, then you are vulnerable on all of them. ......
Today, I received this message from one of my readers "PLEASE I NEED TO DOWNLOAD Visual Studio and C# TEXT BOOKS FOR MY CERTIFICATION EXAM" Microsoft provide a free version of Visual called Visual Studio Express at http://www.visualstudio.com... Please note that there are now several versions of Express depending on your application focus. I suggest you start with the versions for Windows and Windows Desktop. Now as to books for your C# Certification Exam - I suggest ......
At http://www.telerik.com/campaigns/kendo-ui-build-free
Telerik have announced an open source version of their Kendo UI core
Download the Kendo UI core at http://www.telerik.com/download/kendo-ui-core
Please go to http://extras.apress.com/Ea... for this offer. The books are: Pro Windows 8 Development with HTML5 and JavaScript The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Pro jQuery 2.0 Pro JavaScript for Web Apps ......
At http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-119, NASA have announced the discovery of Kepler 186f, a planet orbiting a red dwarf star some 500 light years from us. As the estimated size of Kepler 186f is only 10% larger than Earth and is in the habitable zone of its star, it is an "Earth Cousin".
At
http://www.sitepoint.com/12-little-known-css-facts, besides some useful facts on CSS by precept and example, there is the offer of a free E-book on HTML5 basics.
The book is available as PDF, MOBI and EPUB. The only catch is that you need a free logon to learnable.com. I am reading the book now.
For a long time I have advocated that my clients use for all their Extranet web sites, whether the information is confidential or not.
Now there is an excellent article by Kent Finley at http://www.wired.com/2014/04/https/, on the Internet switching to HTTPS even for "static context sites". I commend his article to all web developers and administrators
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes "SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes provides focused and practical solutions to real world problems of moving data in and out of SQL Server, helping to create robust and resilient ETL environments. " ......
The APress $10 Deal of the day at http://www.apress.com/97814... is an E-book - Foundation Version Control for Web Developers. "Foundation Version Control for Web Developers explains how version control works, what you can do with it and how, using the three leading systems—SVN, Git and Mercurial—on multiple operating systems" ......
During an eclipse of the moon by the Earth, the moon can can fade to a dark coppery red. The first of an important series of 4 eclipses (known as a Tetrad) occurs tonight. Tonight's is essentially only visible from the Americas, however thanks to the SLOOH space telescope.More details at http://www.independent.co.u... to SLOOH at http://www.youtube.com/watc... ......
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro ASP.NET 4.5 in C#. One of the authors is Adam Freeman who is excellent at providing practical code examples. "ASP.NET 4.5 is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET 4.5 in C# raises the bar for high-quality, practical advice on learning and deploying Microsoft's dynamic web solution." ......
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure "Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition introduces you to Microsoft's cloud-based delivery of its enterprise-caliber, SQL Server database management system—showing you how to program and administer it in a variety of cloud computing scenarios." ......
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Beginning SQL Server 2012 Administration. "Beginning SQL Server 2012 Administration provides the essential skills and knowledge needed to begin a successful career as an SQL Server database administrator. " ......
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is C++ Quick Syntax Reference "The C++ Quick Syntax Reference by Mikael Olsson is a condensed tutorial and quick code syntax reference to the C++ programming language." ......
At http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a921b98e-9430-4be2-bf53-1169e12bdb50, there is a free add-on for Visual Studio which will check CSS for conformance to standards. It runs the CSS Lint engine from within Visual Studio.
CSS should always be checked for conformance with standards - this tool allow you to check from within Visual Studio.
At http://www.apress.com/97814... APress are offering a free E-Book on Intel® Trusted Execution Technology for Server Platforms "This book explains Intel Trusted Execution Technology for Servers, its purpose, application, advantages, and limitations and guides the server administrator / datacenter manager in enabling the technology as well as establishing a launch control policy that can be used to customize the server’s boot process to fit the datacenter’s requirements." ......
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro Spatial with SQL Server 2012 "Pro Spatial with SQL Server 2012 introduces SQL Server’s spatial feature set, and covers everything you'll need to know to store, manipulate, and analyze information about the physical location of objects in space. " ......
At http://www.syncfusion.com/r... Syncfusion are offering a free book on Visual Studio 2013 "Visual Studio 2013 brings many new improvements to the popular integrated development environment, including the long-awaited synchronized settings and notifications. With author Alessandro Del Sole as your guide, you will learn how to harness these features for increased productivity and efficiency. For novices and returning experts alike, Visual Studio ......
At 08:00 hrs UTC today, the New Horizons spacecraft reached a distance of 29 A.U. from our Sun. New Horizons on its way to fly past Pluto has now reached 29 times
the average distance of the Earth from the Sun.
For more details go to http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php
Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition "Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition takes you through the process of building your own apps for Windows 8 in a project oriented, example driven way. The book is aimed at developers looking to build Windows 8 apps in a variety of contexts." ......
Style Cop 4.7.49.0 now released at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... Install order should be : VS2008 VS2010 VS2012 VS2013 R# StyleCop This version is now compatible with R# 5.1 (5.1.3000.12), R# 6.0 (6.0.2202.688), R# 6.1 (6.1.37.86), R# 6.1.1 (6.1.1000.82), R# 7.0.1 (7.0.1098.2760), R# 7.1.1 (7.1.3000.2254) and R# 8.2 (8.2.0.2160). Here are the bug details for fixed in 4.7 and closed in 4.7 issues (over 200 issues fixed since 4.6) Here are the bug details for all issues since 4.3.3.0 ......