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  • How to perform a CRUD operation on the jQuery igGrid with the ASP.NET Web API

    Dhananjay Kumar

     

     
    In this post we will learn how to perform a CRUD operation on the igGrid using the ASP.NET Web API, including:

    ·         Creating the ASP.NET Web API using the Entity Framework database first approach

    ·         Performing a CRUD operation on the igGrid in a jQuery application

    At the end of the post we should able to create Web API for CRUD operations on the City entity and perform the CRUD operations from the igGrid…
    • Thu, Jul 30 2015

  • Getting started with .NET unit testing using NUnit

    Dhananjay Kumar


    It’s usually good practice to have automated unit tests while developing your code. Doing so helps you find bugs early in the development cycle and saves you time in the long run. These tests can be run by the developer multiple times to verify the behavior of a particular unit of code for different sets of input.
    Unit tests essentially check the behavior of a particular unit of the code or the function and are…
    • Mon, Jul 27 2015

  • Step by Step creating Hello World Native Android App using Xamarin

    Dhananjay Kumar

    If you are a beginner with Xamarin, this post is here to help you get started. Step by step, we’re going to show you how to create a native Android app using Xamarin.

    Xamarin allows us to create native Android and iOS apps using C#. In this post, we’ll assume you have downloaded and installed Xamarin, and we’re going to create the app in Xamarin Studio. Let’s see how it’s done:

    Step 1: Create…

    • Wed, Jul 22 2015

  • How to Write Unit Tests in C# - Webinar Recap

    Dhananjay Kumar

    On July 10th we hosted a webinar on “How to write Unit Tests in C#” for the Indian region and we’d like to share the presentation and recorded webinar with you now! In the webinar, we covered:

    • Setting up a the test project
    • Write your first unit test using MS Test
    • Setting up environment for NUnit test
    • Write unit tests using the NUnit.
    • Understanding Red – Green Tests, Test Setup, Test Teardown,…
    • Fri, Jul 17 2015

  • How to Unit Test Private Methods in MS Test

    Dhananjay Kumar
    Before we start to see, how a private method can be unit tested using the MS Test? Let us discuss whether it is a good idea to test a private method or not?  Often I have seen there are two school of thoughts,

    1.       Private methods should be tested.

    2.       Private methods should not be tested.

    To put these things in perspective, let us consider a system under test (SUT) Salary class as shown in the listing below.
     
    names…
    • Thu, Jul 16 2015

  • How to create an Azure-based real time Chat Application using Firebase and jQuery

    Dhananjay Kumar

    In this post, we’re going to show you step by step instructions on how to create a Chat application that’s similar to a group chat messenger where many people at any given time can read and send messages with the group. In this example we’re going to use the following technologies:

    1.      Firebase

    2.      HTML

    3.      Bootstrap

    4.      jQuery

    Eventually we will host the application on the Microsoft Azure website…
    • Tue, Jul 14 2015

  • Exploring Angular’s “Controller as” Syntax and the vm Variable

    Dhananjay Kumar
    Often, I hear developers ask “What is the ‘controller as’ syntax and how it is different from the $scope object approach of controller creation?” In this post we will learn about controller as syntax and compare it with the $scope object approach of controller creation. 
    In AngularJS 1.2, the “controller as” syntax was introduced, and made controller code creation more readable. Let’s see both…
    • Thu, Jul 2 2015