Object Oriented JavaScript III: some tips
We’ve already gone through the basic JavaScript concepts we need to write object oriented code, and we’ve already seen the basic pattern. But here’s a couple of tips that has proven useful many times...
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When starting a new project, the choice of which database to use usually boils down to the one the company usually uses. The systems that are usually considered are just Oracle and Microsoft’s SQL...
View ArticleSome open source projects for .NET you should take a look at
We all agree that ASP.NET and Visual Studio are amazing technologies with state-of-the-art tools. One requires almost nothing more to write any kind of software – except for a database. However, there...
View ArticleTest-driven development
Surprisingly, there’s many programmers who still don’t know what Test-driven development (TDD) is. I think it’s a very important practice that all of us should follow, since it produces software with...
View ArticleParallel programming with .NET
When I’m talking to people about the new things that Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET 4.0 bring, and the easy it is to write code to be executed in parallel, many people just don’t care. They see it as...
View ArticlePersistance layer: object-relational mapping tools
Nowadays it’s very usual to work with object-oriented programming and relational data bases. Relational data bases are all about tables, relations and groups. However, the object-oriented programming...
View ArticleASP.NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 11
Back in September 2011 the next versions of ASP.NET and Visual Studio were announced. Microsoft has set up a page informing about all of the new features we can find in them. Check them out: ASP.NET...
View ArticleEntity Framework
Entity framework is the new kid on the block on the ORM realm. It’s Microsoft new technology for data access, and although it didn’t receive very good comments on its first version, things have been...
View ArticleThings to consider when using Entity Framework
Entity Framework is a great ORM tool. It greatly simplifies database access and gets you going really fast. It’s got a great set of features, and it’s becoming one of the most used ORM tools in the...
View ArticleCreating a Timestamp column with Entity Framework
Entity Framework by default doesn’t handle concurrency issues. If you want it to perform concurrency checks, you need to have some column in each of your tables to be able to check whether the row...
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