Changes are coming – ServiceWorker
ServiceWorker is a newly developer spec for the web; currently supported by Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
By eidias on (tags: serviceworker, categories: web)Make your application settings store values in database
Application settings in .net applications is a mechanism that allows you to define, modify and easily access a collection of settings. Depending on the setting scope (user or application) they are stored in a .config file deeply under your %USER_PROFILE% folder or in your application’s .exe.config or web.config file. In this post I will show a way to change that behavior and make settings be stored in database.
By Mirek on (tags: settings, categories: None)Why you should always wrap form elements in a form tag
A simple ‘because it helps’ should be enough for most, but as for details…
By eidias on (tags: None, categories: web)TypeScript - a way to embrace the fuzzy world of java script.
What I always dislike in java script was the fuzziness of this language. Very often you didn’t know what type the variable is or if it was an object or a function. I always lack of some strong typing, design time rich intellisense or compile time type checking, which would minimize the possibility of making a bug in the java script code.
By Mirek on (tags: javascript, TypeScript, categories: architecture)How serious are you about unit tests?
We all know and love them, though not everyone (me included) likes to write them.
By eidias on (tags: momentjs, Unit test, categories: None)Movable rows in WPF DataGrid
DataGrid control in WPF is a rich table structured control, which is perfect for displaying any kind of data in table like format. The one think about DataGrid it always lack, is a possibility to easily change the order of rows. It is not even about drag and drop of rows and items from and into the DataGrid , but simply rearrange existing rows in DataGrid control. It this post I will present you my solution for this problem, which additionally sticks to MvvM pattern perfectly.
By Mirek on (tags: Attached property, DataGrid, WPF, categories: code)Web Api: custom binding with AutoMapper
In Web Api 2.0 and MVC5 you can only pass: int, bool, double etc.., TimeSpan, DateTime, Guid, decimal, and string values in URI. For any complex type having lists or other complex object within you have to pass serialized JSON/XML in the request body. But what If we want use such complex type from URI? Then read on…
By Piotr on (tags: automapper, mvc, Web API, categories: code)Why should we be concerned about floating point arithmetic.
This is often quite obvious that when we are developing application which operates on a real numbers we use a double data type in .net. Here you will see why you should take a special care about the floating point calculations in your software.
By Mirek on (tags: decimal, double, flaoating-point, categories: architecture)MVC custom error pages
Long story short – mvc does not handle custom error pages in a way that could be described as ‘even close to correct’. But if you need to fulfill a requirement, you start hacking.
By eidias on (tags: mvc, categories: code, web)The TFSings you do
Short story on a case which tfs does not handle well
By eidias on (tags: tfs, categories: tools)