Windows 8 Development : Portable Class Libraries

Very nice article on how to handle FileSystem access in a portable library for Windows 8 app.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsplaisted/archive/2012/08/27/how-to-make-portable-class-libraries-work-for-you.aspx

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 - SP 1 available

SQL Server 2012 SP1 – Service Pack 1 – Is Now Available!

Bulls mit super Saisonstart

Die Chicago Bulls sind mit zwei Siegen aus den ersten beiden Spielen gestartet. In einer Saison, in welcher die Bulls auf finanzieller "Sparflamme" laufen und sicher bis zur Mitte der Saison auf Starspieler Derrick Rose verzichten müssen, bin ich doch erstaunt über das Potential der Mannschaft.

Im zweiten Spiel haben die Bulls die Cleveland Cavaeliers förmlich überrannt mit einem 115:86 Sieg.

http://www.nba.com/games/20121102/CHICLE/gameinfo.html?ls=iref:nbahpgt[0021200019]

Go Bulls!

Create your first Windows Store app using C#...

... since we're for sure not going to use Visual Basic....

Easy to understand step by step guide to build a Windows 8 app. The guide contains the following parts:

• Part 1: Create a "Hello, world" app
• Part 2: Manage app lifecycle and state
• Part 3: Navigation, layout, and views
• Part 4: File access and pickers
• Part 5: Create a blog reader

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh974581.aspx

IDIL liebt Rose...

Auf dem neusten Blogeintrag von IDIL sind viele wunderschöne Neuigkeiten ersichtlich.

IDIL by Nazan: Rose, Rose, Rose,... IDIL liebt Rose...:

Natürlich sind alle Artikel auch im Online Shop erhältlich und zwar unter der folgenden Adresse:
http://www.idil.ch/idil/de-ch/shop.aspx

Viel Spass beim Lesen, Träumen und Stöbern auf der Webseite von Shabby Chic by IDIL.

Aushängeschild der NBA tritt 2014 zurück

David Stern tritt nach 30 jähriger Amtszeit als Commissioner der NBA zurück und überlässt das Feld dem aktuellen Stellvertreter, Adam Silver.

Stern to step down as commissioner on Feb. 1, 2014

Page ranking from Google - A great visual approach!

How is Google page ranking working? There are thousands of websites trying to explain the algorithm behind the ranking. If you're good in math, you can even try to have a look at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank).

Finally I found a great article about ranking with a visualization. Martin Missfeldt on his blog http://www.tagseoblog.com is seeing the following factors:

• Backlinks
• Content
• Authority
• Trust
• Reviews
• Retweets
• Facebook Shares
• in some cases: Reviews

As always, visualization makes it so much easier...

The full blog article can be found with the following link:
http://www.tagseoblog.com/google-search-ranking-factors-2012-infographic

.NET Profiler: New Tool available

NP .NET Profiler Tool is designed to assist in troubleshooting issues such as slow performance, memory related issues, and first chance exceptions in .NET applications.
It can troubleshoot following types of .NET applications:

• ASP.NET Web Applications
• .NET Windows Applications (WCF, WPF and WF )
• .NET Console Applications
• .NET Window Services
• .NET COM+ Components
• Azure Service

Just download the zip file, unpack it and start the file NP.exe.

The Package contains the following files:

• msvcr100.dll
• NPProfiler.dll
• NP.exe

Example "New Project"

















Example "Top Report View"

Download Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35370

Schriftsteller: Über die Glaubwürdigkeit deiner Charaktere

Ein super Artikel bezüglich der Erschaffung eines glaubwürdigen Charakters. Der Artikel entführt uns in die Vergangenheit des Charakters und stellt uns fragen, wieso ein Charakter so handelt wie er es nun eben gerade tut.

Jeder Charakter ist unterschiedlich und dem muss auch Rechnung getragen werden.

Lest mehr dazu im folgenden Blogeintrag:
http://www.schriftsteller-werden.de/charakterentwicklung/wie-glaubwurdig-sind-deine-charaktere/

SharePoint 2013: Nice to Know

SharePoint 2013 new features and capabilities:
Short introduction video; great merchandise but really just an overview of the new capabilities.

Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/fp123576

What’s new for developers in SharePoint 2013:
The most important point here are the SharePoint Apps. Just a basic statement from Microsoft, but I guess it's definitively important for a SharePoint Developer:
Apps have no custom code that runs on the SharePoint servers. Instead, all custom logic moves "up" to the cloud or "down" to client computers. Additionally,

Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sharepoint/jj163091(v=office.15)


Great Overview of SharePoint 2013 Search:
About FAST Search, NextsGen Engine and the new possibilities in regards to the search.

Link: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=1030

SharePoint Designer 2013: What can we expect:
The most important thing here is actually not what we can expect, it's more about what we can't expect to get. It looks like there will be no support for a visual web page editor in SharePoint Designer 2013.

With SharePoint Server 2013 embracing new web standards for client side rendering of pages such as JavaScript, JSON, and OData, there is no longer a need to support a visual web page editor within SharePoint Designer.

Link: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/Pages/BlogPost.aspx?pID=1034

Which API Set should you choose?
Great article as a helper between the different API Sets. Namely we can choose between the following sets:

• Server OM API
• .NET Client OM API
• Silverlight Client OM API
• Mobile Silverlight API
• JavaScript API
• REST / OData Endpoints

Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sharepoint/jj164060(v=office.15).aspx