June 2015

Volume 30 Number 6

Implementing and Using Data Binding in Xamarin

Xamarin : Implementing and Using Data Binding in Xamarin

Laurent Bugnion

Laurent Bugnion discusses data binding in XAML and Xamarin and shows how it can be implemented, using examples based on the MVVM Light Toolkit

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Upstart : Job Hunting

Ryder Donahue

Ryder Donahue offers advice for aspiring developers looking for their first job, and current devs contemplating a switch from their old one.

MapReduce Without Hadoop Using the ASP.NET Pipeline

Big Data : MapReduce Without Hadoop Using the ASP.NET Pipeline

Doug Duerner

Use the ASP.NET Pipeline as a MapReduce Pipeline to add rich data analytics to existing applications, boost processing power to solve large problems, or transform parts of a single node system into a distributed system. Set up is ridiculously easy and access is through a simple REST API.

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Cutting Edge : CQRS for the Common Application

Dino Esposito

The CQRS approach to software development is essentially a rework of the classic, multi-layered architecture that leaves the door open for more significant changes and evolution.

Building Responsive Web Sites with Bootstrap

Web Development : Building Responsive Web Sites with Bootstrap

Keith Pijanowski

Learn how Bootstrap--a framework that enables responsive Web design--can help you create Web sites that will please users across all form factors using a single code base.

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Data Points : An Overview of Microsoft Azure DocumentDB

Julie Lerman

Julie Lerman takes a first look at the Microsoft entry into the document database field—Azure DocumentDB.

Create Your Own Visual Studio Templates with SideWaffle

ASP.NET : Create Your Own Visual Studio Templates with SideWaffle

Sayed Hashimi

Learn how easy it is to create your own template pack for Visual Studio using the SideWaffle extension and TemplateBuilder.

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Test Run : Firefly Algorithm Optimization

James McCaffrey

James McCaffrey explains a relatively new numerical optimization technique called firefly algorithm optimization, which loosely models the behavior of a swarm of fireflies.

Event Hubs for Analytics and Visualization, Part 2

Azure Insider : Event Hubs for Analytics and Visualization, Part 2

Bruno Terkaly

Event Hubs can store massive amounts of data, but you have to make informed decisions about how and where to do so in order to effectively consume data stored in Event Hubs data stores.

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Don't Get Me Started : Natives, Immigrants and Symbionts

David Platt

The generation now being born will never experience the world without digital enhancement, says David Platt. How will that change the way future generations live, learn and love?

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Editor's Note : Defragmenting Windows

Michael Desmond

Microsoft has unveiled a bold new vision for developers, in the form of the Unified Windows Platform, that presents a common set of APIs for Windows apps running on all manner of devices.