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EntitySpaces Alpha - Focusing on Silverlight and WCF

Posted 1 day ago

Besides the enhancements mentioned in the DynamicQuery Enhancements this release addresses some important issues discovered in our previous alpha concerning Silverlight and WCF. You should uninstall the prior alpha before upgrading. Our Silverlight ... [More] assembly is now named EntitySpaces.DynamicQuery.Silverlight.dll. Second, there is a new class called esDataContractSerializer (available in the .NET 3.5 assemblies) that can be used in any WCF or Silverlight application). [Less]

EntitySpaces, Silverlight, and WCF a Fantastic Combination

Posted 1 day ago

Okay, we finally got it!! We can honestly say getting a grip on Silverlight has been a real learning curve for our team, but it's going to be a breeze for EntitySpaces customers because we've done all the research and laid all of the track. Our first ... [More] approach was to use strings for everything because we didn't want to use the "brain dead" proxies created by Visual Studio when you add a service reference to a Silverlight project. Then we figured out how we could force Visual Studio to use our client side proxies when adding a service reference, this is truly awesome. I cannot imagine a better way to write Silverlight applications than with EntitySpaces. What we are about to show you is so easy it will floor you. We will also be making a video on this and making our demo available with a future alpha or beta version. Okay, enough hype, show us already !! [Less]

Rounded Corner Rendering in newer Browsers

Posted 1 day ago

Rounded corners in HTML have been an elusive target. It's been done a million times over, but most of the approaches from manually creating images to using automated JavaScript to using complex CSS layouts with dependent images are a pain to work ... [More] with. CSS 3.0 offers some relief by providing native support for rounded corners, but you can take advantage of this functionality today in some browsers that already support this functionality via browser specfic extensions. [Less]

Visual Studio Macros for working with GUIDs in XML

Posted 2 days ago

Creating new GUIDs, especially in SharePoint CAML, can be a real time drain. This article walks you through creating some Visual Studio macros that can save you time.

Learning the Mediator Pattern

Posted 2 days ago

Taking a look at how we can use the Mediator Pattern in our application.

.The Mediator pattern allows us to create a loosely coupled system by creating a set of objects which encapsulates the way that sets of objects interact with each ... [More] other. By removing this behavior from the individual objects you reduce their responsibility and reduce coupling [Less]

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