(Bipin Joshi) .NET assemblies are said to be self-describing. That means the information about an assembly is stored in the assembly itself. This information is called Metadata. Moreover, .NET allows you to put additional information in the metadata through Attributes.
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IBM uses big data to prevent mining equipment failures
(Dean Takahashi) IBM is announcing today that it can help mining companies predict when their equipment is going to fail, using real-time analytics culled together from equipment sensors and a rich trove of operational data.
Timers in JQuery: Delay Method
(Arpit Jain) In this article I will cover the custom jQuery effect known as “delay”. It’s a jQuery way of implementing the JavaScript timers though it is not a replacement of the original JavaScript timers.
Designing Multi-Tenanted Databases – Anti-patterns
(Noel Herrick) In this post, I’m going to briefly cover the signs that you’re doing multi-tenancy wrong. Some of these practices are entrenched in software: there are gems in Ruby on Rails, for instance, use the first anti-pattern to achieve multi-tenancy.
Simple JQuery Notification Message for ADF UI
(Andrejus Baranovskis) If you would like to use JQuery in ADF and looking for some simple example, this post if for you. I’m sharing use case of JQuery notification message, displayed after successful commit operation is completed in ADF.
Adding two-factor authentication to an application using ASP.NET Identity
(suhasbj) We recently released the 2.0.0-beta1 version of ASP.NET Identity. Learn more here by visiting this link. This is an update to 2.0.0-alpha1 and adds two-factor authentication along with a few bug fixes. To learn more about the Alpha release, visit this link.
Improving SQL Server Performance by using Instant File Initialization
(Klaus Aschenbrenner) Today I want to talk about a very specific topic in SQL Server – Instant File Initialization. If you have Instant File Initialization for your SQL Server Instance enabled, you can have a tremendous performance improvement – under specific circumstances.
Tales from the Chipset
(Bill Cole) My history in computing is littered with different roles. Everything from operator to programmer to architect as well as (forgive me) manager and director. A few lives back, I worked for a company that built the first computer on a single chip. It was a beast to make it productive out
Reduce Time for SQL Server Index Rebuilds and Update Statistics
(Norman Chan) We have been asked to reduce our maintenance window for the SQL Server off-line index rebuilds and updating statistics in order to keep our systems online longer. Is there a way to speed up off-line index rebuilds or updating statistics in SQL Server?
How to Save a Class Instance to an XML File
(B. Clay Shannon) Not too many things are easier than this. Once you have a class (you do have class, don’t you? I mean, a class?), simply pass an instance of it (with values assigned to its members) to a method like this: