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Noggin Box - Do we need the repository pattern?
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Do we need the repository pattern? As we learn new technologies, we discover new mistakes. The Entity Framework makes data access very quick to develop, but also introduces a new set of mistakes that can be made. On my last project I used the Entity Framework Profiler and found my code blighted with a scourge of N 1 problems. I discussed this in my blog post Reviewing my data access layer using the Entity Framework Profiler. This layer of abstraction can distance you from the features of your ORM. On...
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Noggin Box - Richard's blog
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Dont be affraid of RCSI. RCSI is not something you get from typing too much, it's a setting in MS SQL Server that is disabled by default. Arguably it shouldn't be. It stands for Read Committed Snapshot Isolation and when enabled means that you can select data from the database with less risk of locks and also know that the data you're getting was accurate when you started the request. My Windows Services Panel. I don't use all of them all of the time, but I would normally leave them running because I cou...
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Noggin Box - About Richard Garside and Noggin Box
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About Richard Garside and Noggin Box. A box for thinking with: Your head, a computer or possibly both. Noggin Box is also the website of Richard Garside. That's me, the one on the left. I'm a freelance web and software developer who creates websites with ASP.NET MVC and Windows 8 apps using C# and XAML. I also make apps and games for Mac, Windows 8 and mobile. I run a micro independent software vendor that currently produces the app Font Picker. And plans to produce more apps. I'm the cofounder of Leeds#.
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Noggin Box - WinRT GridView with inline group headers and semantic zoom
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WinRT GridView with inline group headers and semantic zoom. My Windows 8 app had a GridView with grouped content and also made nice use of semantic zoom to make navigating between those groups easy. All I wanted to do was to make the headers appear in the content like the People App. I thought this would be a simple case of finding the right container template to use, but after reading this post by Mike Taulty. This is what we'll be creating:. Step 1 - A GridView showing headers and items. Setting up you...
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Noggin Box - Mocking your Entity Framework data context and testing it in .NET MVC
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Mocking your Entity Framework data context and testing it in .NET MVC. I explained in my previous post Do we need the repository pattern? Why you might want to mock your Entity Framework context rather than using the repository pattern. In this post I'll show you how to do that and how to test your .NET MVC controllers with a fake data context. The way you do this varies slightly depending on whether you're using code first. I'll cover both in this post. Using Code First in Entity Framework 4. New EFCont...
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Noggin Box - Sharing Resource Dictionaries in your Xamarin.Forms App
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Sharing Resource Dictionaries in your Xamarin.Forms App. The Xamarin.Forms Application base class has a Resources property that you can use to share a resource dictionary accross all pages of your app. If your app was created before Xamarin.Forms 1.4 you'll need to make sure you update and make your main App class inherit from the new Application class. If you like to do everything in code rather than XAML then you can create a ResourceDictionary in the constructor of you App class:. Application xmlns="h...
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Noggin Box - Advent Calendar for Windows 8
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Advent Calendar for Windows 8. As a fun Christmasy project I've made a simple Advent Calendar for Windows 8. It comes with awesome illustrations from my good friend Hexjibber and is the prefect way to count down the days till Christmas. Get this awesome Advent Calender now from the Windows Store. Enjoy and have a happy Christmas! Using canvas and multi-touch. Mocking your Entity Framework data context and testing it in .NET MVC. Do we need the repository pattern? You can also find me here:.
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Noggin Box - Using canvas and multi touch
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Using canvas and multi touch. I'm excited about the possibilities that touch screens and multi-touch screens will give us. I'm also interested in HTML 5 and making something that will work accross a variety of devices whether they have a touch screen or just a mouse. To play about with both I'm currently making a colouring book app that will work on an iPad, a desktop computer's browser and hopefully any other touch enabled phone browser. Your browser can not show this example.]. Canvas id="cbook" width=...
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LSxCafé
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Opencoffee leeds is now. Since June 2007, OpenCoffee. Have been Leeds' most popular monthly meetups for those working and playing in the tech, media, startup, creative and digital arena, attracting designers, developers, entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, technologists and VCs. This month, we'll be joined by Sarah Hartley. A member-supported, crowdfunding, collaborative writing platform for journalists. We'll also be joined by Dean Vipond. Previous demos have included. Cofounder of Hebe Media.
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