Had the need to randomly shuffle an IEnumerable collection that I was bringing back through Entity Framework – so did some searching and came across a couple solutions – some that were completely crazy – but took the best ideas,…
Author: Lance Larsen
Entity Framework “Code First + Migration” 101
So for those who haven’t used Microsoft Entity Framework’s “Code First” approach to application development – it’s a very powerful approach that allows us developers to spin up a project with a database back end in record time! Early on…
Entity Framework “Code First + Migration” 101
So for those who haven’t used Microsoft Entity Framework’s “Code First” approach to application development – it’s a very powerful approach that allows us developers to spin up a project with a database back end in record time! Early on…
Upcoming Developer Events!
We have a lot of really great events coming up! Wanted to make sure everyone is aware of how many cool events there are – and how dedicated the people that make these events possible are looking to help you!…
Holy Grail of Application Profiling with AOP
What’s the Holy Grail of Application Profiling? Well, it should be… Rich Data – Giving us detailed logging ability, recording which method is being called, where it’s being called from, when it starts, when it stops, overall execution time –and-…
Reading Values from AssemblyInfo.cs
So if you haven’t looked – in VisualStudio projects under the “Properties” folder – there is a file called “AssemblyInfo.cs” – it contains many useful assembly attributes for your project including AssemblyTitle, AssemblyCompany, AssemblyCopyright, AssemblyVersion, etc. My goal was to…
Quotes
“No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. How you adjust to the unforeseen is what determines success. And how you choose who leads determines character.” – Batman via Young Justice, derived historically from Helmuth von Moltke the Elder…
Persisting SkyDrive Login on Windows Phone 8 via LiveSDK
Been having a lot of fun with working on Windows Phone 8 apps – specifically using the LiveSDK to integrate to use SkyDrive. Good examples with authenticating and getting the OAuth login window to pop-up for the user – but…
Can’t find “Windows Phone Toolkit” in Nuget for Windows Phone 8
Needed to use some controls that are available in the “Windows.Phone.Controls.Toolkit” for a Windows Phone 8 project in Visual Studio 2012 – and in the past was able to find said toolkit through by clicking “Tools” then “Extensions and Updates…”…
The Unexpected 2048 Rule Down the “Path” of No Return
So after one of the latest installs / updates I started having weird issues on my computer – some were just annoying, some were critical and didn’t allow for programs to even open – such as Visual Studio throwing the…