MVC 3 and jQuery Dialog Form

Justin Schwartzenberger of IWantMyMVC.com posted a tutorial on how to do display Dialog Form in MVC3 using jQuery at  http://iwantmymvc.com/dialog-form-with-jqueryui-and-mvc-3. The following screenshots are taken from his article.

Witnessing History: Google Blacking out Against SOPA and PIPA

Witnessing History: Craigslist Blacking out Against SOPA and PIPA

Witnessing History: REDDIT Blacking out Against SOPA and PIPA

Witnessing History: Wikipedia Blacking out Against SOPA

Topics Related to Entity Framework

Good reads.

• Fluent API Samples. How to customize mapping using fluent API method calls.
• Connections and Models. How to connect to different types of databases.
• Pluggable Conventions. How to change conventions.
• Finding Entities. How to use the Find method with composite keys.
• Loading Related Entities. Additional options for eager, lazy, and explicit loading.
• Load and AsNoTracking. More on explicit loading.

Entity Framework Resources

Good resources for learning about Entity Framework.

• Introduction to the Entity Framework 4.1 (Code First)
• The Entity Framework Code First Class Library API Reference
• Entity Framework FAQ
• The Entity Framework Team Blog
• Entity Framework in the MSDN Library
• Entity Framework in the MSDN Data Developer Center
• Entity Framework Forums on MSDN
• Julie Lerman's blog
• Code First DataAnnotations Attributes
• Maximizing Performance with the Entity Framework in an ASP.NET Web Application
• Profiling Database Activity in the Entity Framework
• Entity Framework Power Tools

Team Foundation Server Power Tools December 2011

Link

Good for rolling back to a previous changeset. Plus many other great utilities.

MSDN Webcast: BenkoTips Live and on Demand: Cloud + Mobile Game – Build Rock Paper Azure on Windows Phone (Level 100)

Link

This end-to-end scenario talk demonstrates how Windows Azure enables and extends the reach of mobile applications with the example of the classic Rock-Paper-Scissors game played on the phone against a service hosted in the cloud. Starting from a blank slate, this talk showcases the use of Access Control Services to use identity from Google, Yahoo and Live ID to authenticate the user, then implements a SQL Azure database to store game history. Finally it implements the game interface using Silverlight on Windows Phone 7.1 pulling information from a WCF Data Service that exposes an OData endpoint from an Entity Framework data model.

Bookmarked to watch later.

Windows Azure Toolkit for Social Games

Open Source Project hosted on CodePlex. Good resource for writing games hosted in the cloud.

Learning MVC and EF in 10 Tutorials

These are well-written tutorials. I'm glad I went through them all. Really helped reinforce what I have been learning about MVC and EF.

1. Creating an Entity Framework Data Model for an ASP.NET MVC Application (1 of 10)
2. Implementing Basic CRUD Functionality with the Entity Framework in ASP.NET MVC Application (2 of 10)
3. Sorting, Filtering, and Paging with the Entity Framework in an ASP.NET MVC Application (3 of 10)
4. Creating a More Complex Data Model for an ASP.NET MVC Application (4 of 10)
5. Reading Related Data with the Entity Framework in an ASP.NET MVC Application (5 of 10)
6. Updating Related Data with the Entity Framework in an ASP.NET MVC Application (6 of 10)
7. Handling Concurrency with the Entity Framework in an ASP.NET MVC Application (7 of 10)
8. Implementing Inheritance with the Entity Framework in an ASP.NET MVC Application (8 of 10)
9. Implementing the Repository and Unit of Work Patterns in an ASP.NET MVC Application (9 of 10)
10. Advanced Entity Framework Scenarios for an MVC Web Application (10 of 10)

LowProfileImageLoader and Windows Phone

Nice trick to help the Windows Phone 7 UI thread stay responsive by loading images in the background. Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/delay/archive/2010/09/02/keep-a-low-profile-lowprofileimageloader-helps-the-windows-phone-7-ui-thread-stay-responsive-by-loading-images-in-the-background.aspx

DeferredLoadListBox and Windows Phone

Nice trick to help Windows Phone 7 lists scroll smoothly and consistently. Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/delay/archive/2010/09/08/never-do-today-what-you-can-put-off-till-tomorrow-deferredloadlistbox-and-stackpanel-help-windows-phone-7-lists-scroll-smoothly-and-consistently.aspx

SimpleMembership and MVC3

A tutorial on how to use SimpleMembership in MVC3. Link: http://anderly.com/2011/08/11/using-simplemembership-in-mvc3/

Free eBook: OWASP Top 10 for .NET developers

OWASP stands for Open Web Application Security Project. A must-read for the new year. Link: http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/12/free-ebook-owasp-top-10-for-net.html

Nghe Si App Is Coming to Windows Phones Soon

Nghe Si App is now in the Android Market

Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.thekhuc.nghesi&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS50aGVraHVjLm5naGVzaSJd

Coming Soon: Nghe Si App for Android

Learning about PRISM

http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/Courses/TableOfContents?courseName=prism-introduction

My first iPhone/iPad app 'Nghe Si' is in the App Store

Nghe Si is an iOS/iPhone/iPad app enabling users to follow their favorite Vietnamese celebrities' latest updates including posts, photos, and videos.

Check it out: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nghe-si/id473961965?mt=8

Android MainHelloButton App

LinearLayout
Orientation horizontal
LinearLayout
layout_height wrap_content
layout_width fill_parent
orientation vertical
layout_gravity center
id blank
id @+id/myTextView
text @string/message_start
textColor @color/text_color
layout_margin 20dp
layout_height wrap_content
layout_width wrap_parent
layout_gravity center

src\MainHelloButton.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;

public class MainHelloButton extends Activity{

private int mPressCount;

private static final String TAG = "MainHelloButton";

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

final Button myButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.my_button);
final TextView myTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.my_text_view);

myButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
mPressCount++;
Resources res = getResources();
string msg = res.getString(R.string.message_format, mPressCount);
myTextView.setText(msg);

Log.d(TAG, "Log a button click press = " + mPressCount);
}
});
}
}

Change app icon in AndroidManifest.xml file
Log.d ~ debug
Log.wtf ~ what a terrible failure
Log.f ~ failure

Window -> Show View -> Other -> Android -> LogCat

Free Javascript and CSS E-books

Just for answering a few questions from SitePoint. Good stuff.

http://www.sitepoint.com/launch/2e46ac

Installed ADT Plugin for Eclipse

Installed Android SDK

ios AdMob

// Create a view of the standard size at the bottom of the screen.

GADRequest *request = [GADRequest request];

if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad){

bannerView_ = [[GADBannerView alloc]

initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20.0,

self.view.frame.size.height -

GAD_SIZE_728x90.height,

GAD_SIZE_728x90.width,

GAD_SIZE_728x90.height)];

}

else{

bannerView_ = [[GADBannerView alloc]

initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0,

self.view.frame.size.height -

GAD_SIZE_320x50.height,

GAD_SIZE_320x50.width,

GAD_SIZE_320x50.height)];

}

// Specify the ad's "unit identifier." This is your AdMob Publisher ID.

bannerView_.adUnitID = @"ADMOBID";

// Let the runtime know which UIViewController to restore after taking

// the user wherever the ad goes and add it to the view hierarchy.

bannerView_.rootViewController = self;

[self.view addSubview:bannerView_];

[self.view bringSubviewToFront:bannerView_];

// Initiate a generic request to load it with an ad.

[bannerView_ loadRequest:request];