Peter returns to improve performance by splitting a single table into multiple entities, but this time, he implements his solution using the Entity Framework 6 designer.
Dr. McCaffrey walks you through how to use the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, a new front-end for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, to get a neural prediction system up and running.
- By James McCaffrey
- 09/18/2014
There are some occasions when using Entity Framework can really hurt you: When you have tables with hundreds of columns or tables with large payloads. Here's how to get EF6 to do the right thing.
A look at some of the tools available to automate the creation of documentation for your Web API.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 09/16/2014
Nick Randolph discussed how Windows Phone applications can be deployed within a company using enterprise distribution.
- By Nick Randolph
- 09/11/2014
The critical part of security isn't your code; it's the people using your applications. Because of that, increasing your security often makes your applications less secure.
Context is king, and your app can easily create hyper-local experiences with iBeacons!
- By Greg Shackles
- 09/04/2014
Peter turns the management of his single-page Backbone application over to Backbone itself by integrating Backbone Routers and Events. Plus: How to simplify your TypeScript code with longer namespaces.
Here's an article about managing transactions that you don't need to read because, with one exception, Entity Framework will do the right thing by default. But, in the .NET Framework 4 and later, you can do more (if you ever need to).
Simple problems are often solved by simple solutions. Other times, simple problems are solved with an end user running a Web site from Visual Studio on their machine.
There are two different techniques for training a neural network: batch and online. Understanding their similarities and differences is important in order to be able to create accurate prediction systems.
- By James McCaffrey
- 08/18/2014
You want the responsiveness that asynchronous programming in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 provides, but also need your asynchronous methods to work with other code in your application. Here's how the Task object answers all of your problems.
Ondrej Balas continues his series on refactoring code for dependency injection, looking at patterns and strategies for changing application behavior after it has already been compiled.
- By Ondrej Balas
- 08/11/2014
Extension methods provide a great way for extending a class functionality -- but it's interfaces that let you use those methods anywhere you want.
We often take syntax highlighting for granted -- it just makes code so much more readable that it's become hard to live without. I'll take a look at a little history behind it and some new developments that might make code coloring even more useful.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 08/07/2014
How to define common XAML resources to improve the consistency of your applications.
- By Nick Randolph
- 08/06/2014
Peter creates an AJAX-enabled application using TypeScript with Backbone that talks to a Web API service. He also upgrades to the latest version of Backbone TypeScript support, causing several things to break -- but it does result in better, simpler code.
Microsoft Azure has caught up with AWS in many areas. In a couple of others, it's actually pulled ahead.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 07/31/2014
How to use Xamarin.Auth, Xamarin.Social, and the Facebook SDK for Android to interact with Facebook within a Xamarin.Android application.
- By Wallace McClure
- 07/29/2014
Weight decay and weight restriction are two closely related, optional techniques that can be used when training a neural network. This article explains exactly what weight decay and weight restriction are, and how to use them with an existing neural network application or implement them in a custom application.
- By James McCaffrey
- 07/28/2014