In one of our recent projects, we decided to swap SQL Express with SQL Compact to ensure easy installation on client machines…Though the move was… Read More »💡Firing a Complex SQL Query using Entity Framework 4.0

One of our major projects recently used WPF 4.0 with MVVM pattern.We used the MVVM Light Toolkit for implementing the MVVM Pattern. The MVVM Light… Read More »💡Some practical WPF MVVMLight tips!

If you’ve been through my earlier blog “An Introduction to the world of claims” you are now familiar with the most frequently used terms in… Read More »The First Few Steps to Building a Claims Based Application

Have you been working on a website or an application where you maintain a user database for people coming from different companies/domains ? Someone is… Read More »Introduction into the world of “Claims”( Windows Identity Foundation & Azure App fabric Access Control!)

One of our early blogs was about extracting images from databases, websites and showing them on the screen. The blog(see it here) dealt with a)… Read More »Store Retrieve image to/from Database

Sometimes when using the Entity Framework we decide to encapsulate a complicated piece of SQL into a stored procedure and call it directly from your… Read More »💡Complex objects from Stored Procedures in Entity Framework!

I’ve often been asked the question of when should we use a Canvas and when a Single Celled Grid…. This is a snapshot of the… Read More »WPF/Silverlight Canvas Vs Single Cell Grid

A quick post about setting commands within DataTemplates when using the MVVM pattern! When you are inside a DataTemplate the DataContext is changed to the … Read More »Commanding within DataTemplates in MVVM!

The ADO.NET team recently came up with a new concept in OR mapping called “Code First” model in Entity Framework 4.0 In addition to supporting… Read More »Introducing Code First Entity Framework 4.0!