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The Inverted Software DataBlock Quick Start Tutorial

The Inverted Software DateBlock has been recently enhanced, so I thought I would take the opportunity to write a short quick start tutorial that would help you get started with incorporating it into your application: Getting objects CRUDHelper .GetObject<...

Published 19 Mar 2014 3:54 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: Data Access Layer

Creating hybrid HTML5 and WPF applications with self-hosted OWIN Web API SignalR and Awesomium

WPF applications are great desktop technology. WPF is built on top of a resolution-independent and vector-based rendering engine. WPF applications are data binding, layout, 2-D and 3-D graphics capable, they have animation, styles, templates, documents...

Published 31 Jan 2014 8:03 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: WPF, Web API, OWIN, SignalR

Asynchronous validation in WPF using the MVVM pattern and INotifyDataErrorInfo

WPF 4.5 has added the ability to use asynchronous input validation using the INotifyDataErrorInfo Interface, available until now only to Silverlight developers. INotifyDataErrorInfo fits nicely into the MVVM pattern by isolating validation from the UI...

Published 20 Dec 2013 11:24 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#, wpf 4.5

Using HTML 5 and the Web API for AJAX file uploads with image preview and a progress bar

AJAX file uploads used to be a client / server process in HTML 4. They required a round trip to a server side module, usually using an IFRAME and constant querying of the number of bytes uploaded, then reloading a progress bar inside the IFRAME with the...

Published 22 Mar 2013 10:52 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#, Web API, HTML 5, ApiController, jQuery

Use MVC 4 and OAuthWebSecurity to post into your users Facebook timeline

ASP.NET 4.5 and ASP.NET MVC 4 took an important step forward with the release of Visual Studio 2012. In addition to the new features and improved performance, the main direction seems to be bundling less namespaces in the core framework and more official...

Published 27 Sep 2012 1:52 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: MVC, Facebook, OAuth

Introducing the Inverted Software Data Block. Simple ADO.NET to objects with no boilerplate code

I get asked many times by readers that have read To O/R Map or not to O/R Map - The Data Layer debate what framework I use and recommend when coding high volume systems. I always send them to Move a DataReader to an Object with reflection Revisited ,...

Published 8 Jun 2012 6:24 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: ADO.NET

Using ASP.NET MVC 4, ApiControllers and SQL Server 2012 to find the best cup of coffee in Seattle

ASP.NET MVC continues to innovate and in its current version (4) it offers support for Web APIs. Today we are going to examine a real life scenario of using Web APIs along with MVC 4 as we are utilizing the Google Earth plug-in to mark a defined area...

Published 22 May 2012 8:27 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: ASP.NET, MVC 4, Google Earth, Genericoogle Places, Web API

Reloading a Razor WebGrid after Ajax calls using a partial view

If you are using Razor and MVC you probably make some use of the built in controls in System.Web.Helpers. WebGrid, located in the Helpers assembly, was created for WebMatrix’s Razor Web Pages and landed itself nicely to Razor views in MVC. WebGrid...

Published 2 Dec 2011 1:19 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: Razor, MVC, WebGrid

Give your old ASP.NET validators a makeover with jQuery TOOLS

If you have been working with the default validators in ASP.NET for a while you are probably used to the plain old look they create on your page and while you can rework the way they look, ASP.NET validators are essentially a Label. They are unable to...

Published 8 Nov 2011 10:33 PM by Gal Ratner

Deep dive into the LinkedIn API: Use C# to search for your dream Job (writing C# :))

LinkedIn has an extensive API designed to access almost every aspect of the site. Developers can access People and Connections, Groups, Companies, Jobs, Social Stream, Communications and more. There are two types of LinkedIn APIs: JavaScript based and...

Published 15 Oct 2011 3:02 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#, REST, JSONP

How to record Skype voice conversations

First let’s start at the end. If you are looking for free software to record Skype voice conversations, please skip to the bottom of this page and download the attached file. It contains a Windows Installer msi file and should install a recorder...

Published 27 Aug 2011 5:32 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: Native API, Skype API

Secure user authentication with one way password hash

Keeping users passwords in your database is a part of almost every application, yet securing passwords is rarely being done correctly. I recently read an article by Coda Hale about the ineffectiveness of password salts. Coda Suggested using bcrypt to...

Published 5 Jul 2011 9:34 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#

Display your top selling products in ASP.NET using a Bubble Chart

System.Web.DataVisualization contains 34 types of charts. The most common of them is the Column chart on which I already blogged about in Display a sales chart with ASP.NET Chart control and Linq to SQL . Today I am going to take our sales chart one step...

Published 28 Jun 2011 5:01 AM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#, Chart

Sharing memory session between servers

Session variables hold per user information. Unlike cookies, sessions store information on the server rather than on the client. The client holds a session cookie with the client’s session ID and at the time of an HTTP request, the server accesses...

Published 1 Jun 2011 9:25 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: C#, Session

Spatial Search made easy with Google Maps API and SQL Server 2008

Spatial search is the process of searching locations nearby to a position in space. A good example of a spatial search would be finding all of the restaurants near your present location. With Google’s Maps API and SQL Server’s Geography data...

Published 14 May 2011 4:20 PM by Gal Ratner

Filed under: Spatial, Geolocation

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