(Chris Strom) Tonight I continue my efforts to figure out Inkscape and how best to use it to generate SVG for use in Polymer custom elements.
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IBM DB2 11 Tools and Utilities: Delivering timely value to your business
(Craig S. Mullins) Migrating to any new software release can be a lot easier when you are familiar with new features prior to deployment. So it stands to reason that you should familiarize yourself with new DB2 functionality before you try to migrate your environment to a new version.
Complete End to End CRUD Operations Using Knockout.JS and EntityFramework 5 in MVC4 Application
(Akhil Mittal) I have been browsing multiple sites to check if I could find a complete end to end tutorial or article upon CRUD operations using Knockout.JS and MVC 4. Unfortunately, all the ones I found were incomplete or had too short an explanation.
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in SQL Server
(Arshad Ali) Encryption brings data into a state that cannot be interpreted by anyone who does not have access to the decryption key, password, or certificates. Though encryption does not restrict the access to the data, it ensures that if data loss happens, then in that case data is useless to the
PerformancePoint: Adding help to web parts
(Chris) Did you know that you can add hyperlinks to your web parts that PerformancePoint creates for you? This makes it so you can redirect to either an online location or to more descriptive information about what that dashboard represents.
PowerShell One-Liners: Collections, Hashtables, Arrays and Strings
(Michael Sorens) The way to learn PowerShell is to browse and nibble, rather than to sit down to a formal five-course meal.
Introduction to ASP.NET vNext and MVC 6
(Shailendra Chauhan) Microsoft has announced the next generation of ASP.NET at TechEd North America on 12 May 2014, which is called ASP.NET vNext. ASP.NET vNext includes new cloud optimized versions of MVC6, Web API3, Web Pages4, SignalR3 and Entity Framework7.
Integrate DB2 for z/OS with InfoSphere BigInsights, Part 1: Set up the InfoSphere BigInsights connector for DB2 for z/OS
(Jane Man, Jason Cu and Rick Chang) Learn how to set up integration between IBM DB2 11 for z/OS and IBM InfoSphere BigInsights. Enable access to structured and non-structured data that is stored in the Hadoop Distributed File System and send the results back to DB2, where the data can be integrated
A Peek Under the Hood of the .NET Compiler Platform – Roslyn
(Vipul Patel) Today’s compilers are magical beings. They transform human written source code into binaries that computers can execute. What happens once the compile command is given at the command line or via the IDE is a mystery to everyone besides the compiler developers.
Complete Open XML Spreadsheet in VB
(Frankxcid) In writing web based programs, there has always been a high demand for reports. I find it very helpful to create the output of a report as a spreadsheet. A spreadsheet allows you to format the report in a readymade grid and allows the user to manipulate the output to suit their personal