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DevExpress XPO: Expensive SQL Query Upon XPCollection.EndInit() Call 10 Nov 2012 | 04:03 pm
For .NET projects I do like to use the controls by DevExpress. Additionally DevExpress XPO is very useful as database abstraction layer. But in a current project I came across a very strange issue: fo...
Intel Ultrabook MeetUp in Munich 26 Oct 2012 | 01:05 am
Today there was a second Intel Ultrabook MeetUp in Munich (Germany) this year. The first one was in July. I was invited to speek a little bit about my experience with migrating a HTML5 app to the mode...
Developer Open Space in Leipzig 20 Oct 2012 | 01:39 am
This weekend the annual Developer Open Space (German; formerly .NET Open Space) takes place in Leipzig (Germany) with around 150 attendees. I was invited to give a speech there today about utilizing t...
Ultimate Coder Challenge: Adding a Words Card Game 23 Sep 2012 | 06:45 pm
After some interface improvements in my previous post, I added a words card game to the vocabulary trainer app since that. But first I extended the main view with a semantic zoom. Here is the normal v...
Ultimate Coder Challenge: IDF and Interface Improvements 17 Sep 2012 | 12:29 pm
It was great that I was invited to be at the IDF in San Francisco last week! There I showed my vocabulary trainer at a booth of Intel at the technical showcase area. But I also had time to implement s...
IDF 2012: Meeting Fellow Ultimate Coders in San Francisco 13 Sep 2012 | 06:58 am
This week the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) takes place in San Francisco. It’s great to be invited again by Intel as last year. This year I was invited as participant of the Ultimate Coder Challenge, bu...
Intel Ultrabook AppLab in Berlin 4 Sep 2012 | 12:25 am
Today there was an Ultrabook AppLab in Berlin (Germany) were I was invited to participate by Intel. Several speakers explained the new features of the next generation Ultrabooks and how they can be us...
Ultimate Coder Challenge: Vocabulary Training 3 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
As I’ve announced in my blog post of last week, I will go on with the most important part of a vocabulary trainer this time: the vocabulary training itself. Last week there was a funny event by Micros...
Windows 8 Hackathon for App Development 1 Sep 2012 | 02:47 pm
Last night Microsoft organized a Windows 8 hackathon here in Munich (Germany). That was the kind of events that really is for developers only - at the latest when you see the time of this event: it st...
Ultimate Coder Challenge: Adding Functionality 27 Aug 2012 | 12:28 pm
In my post of last week I wrote about the preparation work needed to be done to convert my vocabulary trainer to a metro-style – oh, I mean modern UI style or Windows 8 style or whatever this should b...
