(Peter Vogel) The first step in building an object in TypeScript is defining the objects with which you’ll be working. I’ll show you how to do that, as well as look at some of the TypeScript support for the latest versions of JavaScript.
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Why unhandled exceptions are useful
(Simon Cooper) It’s the bane of most programmers’ lives – an unhandled exception causes your application or webapp to crash, an ugly dialog gets displayed to the user, and they come complaining to you. Then, somehow, you need to figure out what went wrong.
A New Option for Creating OData: Web API
(Julie Lerman) Microsoft .NET developers have been able to create OData feeds since before there was even an OData spec. By using WCF Data Services, you could expose an Entity Data Model (EDM) over the Web using Representational State Transfer (REST).
T-SQL Script for Estimating Compression Savings
(Michelle Ufford) A couple of weeks ago, I was working on a Microsoft PDW proof-of-concept (POC) and had to measure compression ratios. In order to do this, I fired up SSMS and wrote a little script.
Big Data: 4 Business Areas to Examine for Your Big Data Projects
(Dave Beulke) When developing any new IT initiative, estimating a good return on investment is paramount for getting upper management support and funding. With all the buzz about Big Data hitting every magazine and financial TV show, the budget process may be a little easier, but not by much.
A Sub-Class Should Not Access Private Variables In Its Super-Class
(Ben Nadel) A few years ago, I read the Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design In UML by Meilir Page-Jones. It was an interesting book, but definitely went over my head in many ways. A couple of weeks ago, with a few more years of experience under my belt, I wanted to give it another read.
‘Classic’ 7-Part Aldous series on ‘Unstructured to XML’ webinar series republished
(Maxwell Hoffmann) In 2011, then Product Evangelist Tom Aldous produced a “deep dive”, 7-part series of webinars that covered all steps required in converting unstructured content to XML in FrameMaker.
Simple Sticky Footer Using jQuery
(Joseph Fitzsimmons) I was recently working on a project that required a sticky footer. I needed the footer to always be aligned flush with the bottom of the screen. This was no problem when there was enough content to push the footer against the bottom edge. But what happens when there isn’t enough
Be a Hero the Easy Way : DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration
(Bill Cole) I love new features. We breathlessly announce a myriad of new features and I see eyes glaze over around the world. Hey, your database and your application are working just fine now, right? So the new features just get you a lunch when the IBM sales team comes by for the quarterly meet
Cache Results for ADF Iterator Property
(Andrejus Baranovskis) There are various properties in ADF developers tend to click around. Based on my experience from various ADF projects and what strikes me the most – often some property change is done without actually understanding what it means for application performance, at first comes desi