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I'm just about to finish Refactoring to Patterns and it made me think about experience with applying design patterns. I have attended a few university courses regarding design patterns and every time I...
View ArticleData migration for dummies
For the last month I've been working on data migration between three different systems. This turned out to be quite hard task and now I learned some valuable lessons for me.What seems to be our biggest...
View ArticleRefactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
It is a great book from Martin Fowler & Co. What I found most useful are all the examples that are given for almost every refactoring that is described. The examples are simple with not much...
View ArticleBuilding simple ASP.NET MVC Application in 10 minutes using NuGet package
I will try to illustrate a very simple ASP.NET MVC application using NuGet. My goal is to illustrate how easy and straightforward can be to create a simple application. In a few words, I will create a...
View ArticleIntroducing yourself to ASP.NET MVC
I've been interested in this technology from the first time a heard about it and I am very excited about it. Unfortunately, I haven't got a chance to work with it professional, yet, But still I tried...
View ArticleSimple trick to make your code more readable
Recently I read the following post by Martin Fowler: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/FlagArgument.html that advocates for making boolean parameters more readable. He gives some great advises, but some...
View ArticleThe making of DevReach.com - Part 1, Defining the content types.
This is going to be a series of blog posts, that will review the process of making the latest version of DevReach.Com. For the this version we are going to use Sitefinity latest version and exploit...
View ArticleSome tips for getting started with Telerik OpenAccess Fluent Mapping
If you are just starting using Telerik OpenAccess Fluent Mapping with Sql Server as database, you will probably need to set some settings in order to benefit most from this great ORM tool. First of...
View ArticleThe making of DevReach.com - Part 2, Customizing the front-end.
This is going to be a series of blog posts, that will review the process of making the latest version of DevReach.Com. For the this version we are going to use Sitefinity latest version and exploit...
View ArticleThe most unappreciated feature in Sql Server 2008?
There is a feature in Sql Server 2008, that from my point of view has been hugely neglected. This is the Change Data Capture feature. Its main purpose is to keep historical data for all changes that...
View ArticleChoosing the cloud for your database
Some time ago, I was asked to give a lecture about Relational databases in cloud environment as part of Telerik Academy. While strengthening my knowledge and skills in this area, I made a research on...
View ArticleAdding microdata to your breadcrumb with Sitefinity
As you probably know, microdata is great way for improving your web appearance and adding semantic to your markup. This way, search engines and other automated web engines make greater use of your...
View ArticleHow did I get started on computers and programming?
In response to Scott Hanselman's post, I decided to tell my story. I would love to hear your story, too. I first touched a computer when I was 5th grade in the elementary school. There was this class...
View ArticleMy impressions after developing with Visual Studio 2012 for a few weeks
Actually, I lied in the title. I first used Visual Studio 11 and now I switched to Visual Studio 2012 RC. For simplicity in this post, I will refer to all Visual Studio 11 betas with the new Visual...
View ArticleA .NET guy @Velocityconf 2012 - Day 1
Thanks to my company, this year have the honour to attend VelocityConf - a conference about performance and optimizations organized by O'Reilly. Needless to say, that there are very few .net developers...
View ArticleA .NET guy @Velocityconf 2012 - Day 2
So, the first day went great and the second one was even better. Actually, this was the first official day (not counting the workshops) and we get started with an awesome keynote. The keynote Jay...
View ArticleThe making of DevReach.com - Part 3, the eCommerce module
This is going to be a series of blog posts, that will review the process of making the latest version of DevReach.Com. For the this version we are going to use Sitefinity latest version and exploit...
View ArticleAdding regions to your xml files in Visual Studio
Most of the website we maintain and develop at Telerik, needs the ability to redirects urls. Because of this, there are lots of legacy urls and the files that describe those redirects quickly get...
View ArticleThe making of DevReach.com - Part 4, Integration with PayPal Checkout Express
This is going to be a series of blog posts, that will review the process of making the latest version of DevReach.Com. For the this version we are going to use Sitefinity latest version and exploit...
View ArticleAdding microdata format to your blog posts with Sitefinity
Our team @Telerik is currently busy with the migration of blogs.telerik.com to the latest version of Sitefinity 5.x. This task comes with some challenges, one of which is the improvement of the markup...
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