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Developing Multi-tenant Applications for the Cloud, 3rd Edition
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A Synchronization Context Based On The TPL Dataflow Library
The purpose of the synchronization model implemented by the SynchronizationContext class is to allow the asynchronous/synchronization operations of the common language runtime to behave properly with different synchronization models. This model also simplifies some of the requirements that managed applications have to follow in order to work correctly under different synchronization environments. Examples of such synchronization environments are user interface infrastructures like Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation and ASP.NET.
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What’s New In C# 5.0 Session Materials From Rumos InsideOut Event
Here are the materials from my What’s New In C# 5.0 session at the Rumos InsideOut Event.
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C# 5.0 Async/Await Demo Code
I’ve published the sample code I use to demonstrate the use of async/await in C# 5.0. You can find it here.
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Feedback Requested: Usability Of The Remarks Section In Reference Topics
Microsoft is planning to expand the Remarks section of selected types in the .NET Framework Class Library to provide detailed usage information and code examples. (For an example, see the Remarks section for the System.String class.) In the current design, the Remarks section isn’t easily discoverable, because member tables take up a lot of screen real estate.
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Windows 8 SDK Customer Satisfaction Survey
Windows 8 introduces a number of innovations in the way information is delivered to developers. Microsoft would like to know how well these are working for you, and where they can make further changes to improve your experience.
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Breaking Changes In Argument List Evaluation In C# 5.0
The C# Language Specification states on §7.5.1.2 that “(…) the expressions or variable references of an argument list are evaluated in order, from left to right (…)”.
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How To: Make XAML Content Globalizable When Using Value Converters
(This content was written based on Silverlight for Windows Phone, but might be valid for generic Silverlight.)
There are a many articles on MSDN (and all over the Internet) about globalization and localization of Silverlight applications in general and specifically Windows Phone 7 applications but I haven’t found any that uses a value converter.
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Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012 RC
Microsoft Patterns & Practices has released a book with guidance on Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012 RC. -
People+ For Windows Phone
Recently, I’ve released a Windows Phone application to explore and use contact information.
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Hash Function Added To The PredicateEqualityComparer
Sometime ago I wrote a predicate equality comparer to be used with LINQ’s Distinct operator.
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WCF HTTP User Agent Message Adapter On GitHub And Nuget
Some time ago, I wrote about building an HTTP user agent message adapter for WCF.
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Globalization, Localization And Why My Application Stopped Launching
When I was localizing a Windows Phone application I was developing, I set the argument on the constructor of the AssemblyCultureAttribute for the neutral culture (en-US in this particular case) for my application.
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Patterns & Practices Symposium Online - April 24, 2012
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