(David Poole) I first heard the term NoSQL back in April 2010 at SQLBits VI Westminster during a session by Simon Munro. His session was certainly thought provoking, and I found his arguments compelling. The gist of them was “do we really need the overhead of an RDBMS for all of our data needs”?
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MVC 5 with EF 6 in Visual Basic – Creating an Entity Framework Data Model
(Mike Brind) This tutorial is the first in a series of a Visual Basic versions of the Getting Started with EF 6 using MVC 5 tutorials published on the www.asp.net site.
Video : How To Organize Your ASP.NET MVC Solution In Visual Studio?
(Bipin Joshi) A lot of beginners ask this question – How should I organize my MVC projects? There is no fixed answer to this question because a lot of things depend on the size and complexity of the system being developed.
Making SharePoint Content Mobile-Friendly
(Daniel Wilkens) The explosive growth of mobile and social technology is no surprise when considering how we interact with others on a day-to-day basis. New technologies have provided us with the ability to organize groups of individuals and connect better than ever before.
SQL SERVER – SQL Server Data Compare Tool
(Pinal Dave) This article shows how to use ApexSQL Data Diff, a SQL data compare tool. You can download it here, install, and play along.
Data Perspectives: Using REOPT to Control SQL Dynamism
(Craig S. Mullins) Static SQL is rigidly formed and usually provides a known access path to data. Dynamic SQL is more flexible, but this flexibility comes with some trade-offs. For example, dynamic SQL brings the potential for more accurate access paths but at the cost of not knowing what that acces
ASP.NET vNext Routing Overview
(Mugdha Kulkarni) The ASP.NET Routing system is primarily responsible for two operations:
Background on NuGet Package Restore and Automatic Package Restore
(Jon Galloway) NuGet Package Restore allows you to reference NuGet packages in your project without shipping them with your source code or committing them to source control.
Bragging Rights
There is a new growing measurement for “Uptime” as systems become distributed. We used to be proud of the fact that our server had not been cycled (re-booted) for a long period of time. Servers staying up months or years provided bragging rights to individuals managing them. Today that is becoming less the case. The more important measurement is the […]
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