This blog is not about how Java is better than C# or vice versa. It's about using existing features a language offers you - every language has its own strength.

I went to London Continuous Delivery … more

Tags: .NET, C#, CI, DI, Tools

In the previous blog post I explained how to configure TeamCity to run a PowerShell script which will deploy an Azure Mobile Service.

After the Mobile Service was deployed we want to run acceptance … more

Tags: .NET, Azure, CI, TeamCity

In the previous post we finished to create all the PowerShell scripts. The build and deployment run locally. Now it’s time to create a TeamCity configuration for it.

Open the TeamCity web page … more

Tags: .NET, Azure, CI, TeamCity

Dependency Injection in Web Api 2 has changed. For this purpose the NuGet packages for Ninject has been updated adding some breaking changes. If you have used Ninject before and tried the same … more

Tags: .NET, C#, DI

This blog explains how to create a NuGet package and use AppVeyor as a continuous integration and deployment tool.

I found out about AppVeyor some time ago from Scott's blog - "AppVeyor - A good … more

Tags: .NET, CI, Git, NuGet

If you're using AppVeyor for your CI then you can display the build status in your repository readme page. You do that by using the Status Badge. There’s is good documentation on their … more

Categories: .NET

Tags: .NET, CI, Tools

If you have created new projects in Visual Studio recently and you use xUnit.net with ReSharper to run your tests you might find that your tests are not running. The reason for that is that xUnit.net … more

Categories: .NET, C#

Tags: .NET, C#, NuGet, Tools

Often during debugging we need to have a serialized version of an object. Usually we need this to get the serialized object and use it in another tool or parser.

An easy way of doing this is during … more

Tags: .NET, Visual Studio

With the release of .NET 4.0 we can use dynamic feature when serializing/deserializing objects using JSON.NET. In this article I give examples how to use dynamic parsing of JSON object and extract … more

Tags: .NET, C#

One of the reasons to use MVVM pattern is the fact that you can design before having the application fully implemented. Tests are also an important part but this is not the topic of this article. … more

Categories: .NET, WinRT

Tags: .NET, C#, Metro, MVVM, Visual Studio, Windows 8, WinRT, XAML

Every WinRT application should have a Privacy Policy otherwise you will fail the Store certification. You put the Privacy Policy in Charms, Settings. At the moment of writing this article there isn& … more

Categories: .NET, WinRT

Tags: .NET, C#, Metro, Windows 8, WinRT

In WPF you can override some resource in order change the colors of the ListBoxItem. For instance, overriding some standard brushes:

<Style TargetType="ListBoxItem">

<Style.Resources& … more

Categories: .NET, C#, WinRT

Tags: .NET, C#, Metro, Windows 8, XAML

This article will explain how to enable or disable an ApplicationBarMenuItem in Windows Phone 7 from a ViewModel object using MVVM pattern.

Suppose we have a page with a check box with the name … more

Tags: .NET, C#, WP7

The new release of the TFS 2011 Beta comes with the Express edition. This edition is limited to 5 users but it can be a perfect solution for your home development environment. You don't need to … more

Categories: .NET

Tags: .NET, C#, TFS, Visual Studio

Suppose we have the following JSON:

{

"success":"true",

"msg":"User created"

}

We need to write a simple piece of code to build this JSON string.

Have you ever seen a code similar to … more

Categories: .NET, C#

Tags: .NET, C#