My Top 6 Programming Book Recommendations
A developer shares six recommended programming books covering Cocoa design, sockets in C, Quartz graphics, and classic programming texts.
A developer shares six recommended programming books covering Cocoa design, sockets in C, Quartz graphics, and classic programming texts.
A guide on using a custom NuGetRole to deploy applications to Windows Azure from a NuGet package feed instead of source control.
A beginner's guide to installing and using RVM (Ruby Version Manager) for managing Ruby versions and gemsets in Rails development.
Analysis of how multi-tenant architecture dramatically reduces IT infrastructure costs compared to physical servers and virtualization.
A guide to improving form handling patterns in ASP.NET MVC applications, covering query actions, form models, and best practices.
Explores a new WPF 4.5 feature allowing event subscription via markup extensions, with a focus on MVVM pattern integration.
Announcing a new OAuth 2.0 client implementation for GNU Emacs, now available via GNU ELPA for accessing APIs like Google and Facebook.
Explains a common Ruby on Rails syntax error (missing comma) and discusses Ruby's optional parentheses for method arguments.
Explains why the author chose the Dapper micro ORM for the public-facing part of the fabrik project, focusing on performance and efficient data modeling.
A beginner's guide to understanding and fixing the NoMethodError in Ruby on Rails 3, explaining its common causes.
A developer's curated list of resources, links, and videos for learning the CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) architectural pattern and Event Sourcing.
Chainvas library update adds modularity, IE8+ compatibility, client-side build script, and extensive documentation for API chaining.
A developer shares their experience building a Netflix search page using ASP.NET Web Pages and WebMatrix, covering setup, OData, and inline server-side code.
A guide demonstrating how to use jQuery events and OOP principles to write clean, modular JavaScript code for UI components.
A developer's first look at the newly launched Google+ API, covering initial impressions and the potential for new applications.
Update to a .NET tool for importing UK postcode geographic data from Ordnance Survey, fixing changes in the source file structure.
A step-by-step guide for installing the Windows 8 Developer Preview in a VirtualBox virtual machine, including BIOS and VM configuration.
Introducing cubic-bezier.com, an improved tool for creating and visualizing CSS cubic-bezier() easing functions with advanced features.
A tutorial on implementing cascading dropdowns using the Knockout.js JavaScript library and the MVVM pattern.
Explains the ambiguous GATHER AUTO option in Oracle's DBMS_STATS for gathering database statistics, clarifying its behavior compared to STALE and EMPTY.