Kyle Nunery

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Quartz.NET - Learning the new API

I am starting to look at Quartz .NET as potential task scheduler. I used the older version of Quartz.NET in the past and need to see review the new API. The latest version has a new fluent api. The first thing I check is, “Does Quartz .NET have a

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Boost Your Development, Use Twitter Bootstrap

Twitter Bootstrap is a great css framework to use when building websites. What makes Twitter Bootstrap so freakin awesome? It takes all of today’s best HTML and CSS practices and wraps them up into a very convenient package. I have built 2 websites using Twitter Bootstrap and keep coming

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How to Beat Apple

I am a long time Mac user, going on a little over 3 years as of today. I have been very satisfied with the entire Mac experience. One thing that blew me away when I got my first Mac was that I didn't have to download printer or

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Backbone Cheat Sheet

Model and View References In general, when starting with Backbone it is advised to have a 1-1 correlation of models to views. Every Collection should have a “Collection View” which is simply a Backbone View. Taking a quote from the Backbone website you can see there are 3 distinct approaches

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Good Advice for New Programmers

Zed Shaw [http://learncodethehardway.org/blog/MAY_15_2012.html] recently said: > Never listen to people who try to make beginners feel like losers This is some of the best advice for anyone trying to do something worth while… like learning to program. There are several reasons that advanced

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ASP .NET MVC vs Ruby on Rails

I recently watched the NDC 2011 video comparing ASP .NET MVC versus Rails. It's a great overview for a non Rails developer comparing features of both. Rails was developed in 2004 and ASP .NET MVC was developed in 2009 so Rails has a 5 year head start on

Microsoft Development has Learned It's Lesson

Microsoft has learned it's lesson... finally. With the advent of NuGet and more open source initiatives in the Microsoft camp, it seems they finally get what it takes to make a good development platform and more importantly COMMUNITY. The first step historically of embracing open source in MS

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Entity Framework Rant

Entity Framework by many regards has been a cluster since it’s inception. Entity Framework came out approximately in January of 2008. They say software often mirrors the organization building it and I think that “ism” holds true in this case. When EF came out, there was an already loved

Why Apple Rocks

Apple is a very polarizing brand with many fan boys and haters. This article takes a step back and will objectively list out where Apple differentiates itself from it’s competitors. If you haven’t tried a Mac computer yet then you are likely not aware of many small areas

Top ASP .NET MVC Websites

According to BuiltWith [http://trends.builtwith.com/topsites/ASP.NET-MVC] there are 47,855 websites that they know of built with ASP .NET MVC as of 7/6/2011. BuiltWith has a great top sites [http://trends.builtwith.com/topsites/ASP.NET-MVC] built with mvc page. Stack Overflow [stackoverflow.com]

Follow the Mario Principle

If you want people to use your .NET project or any open source project for that matter, you must follow the Mario principle. Do you recall the first time you played Mario? If you are like me, then you can still here the music in your head and you could

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Mvc Basics: Controllers

I haven't been doing much Asp .net mvc lately so I have decided to do a series of short posts covering mvc fundamentals. They have to be short as I am typing them on my iPhone using the WordPress app.Controllers are a fundamental concept in mvc. The

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NHibernate Features Not in Entity Framework 4 ( EF4 )

I have used NHibernate and Entity Framework for several different projects in the past. There are advantages and disadvantages to using either ORM tool. NHibernate is more mature and has many more data access patterns built in to support more advanced scenarios. List of NHibernate features missing in EF 4:

How to Buy a Million Dollar Software System

I have worked at several large companies that purchased very expensive software systems with varying results. In all cases the evaluation ultimately fell to one individual. The ability to immediately enter a market and be up and running over night is substantial enough that these large systems are worth every

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Psychic Predictions for 2010

1. Apple produces the best development platform for Ruby and Ruby on Rails. 2. iPhone programming becomes super easy with Ruby. 3. Microsoft becomes the premiere provider for jQuery plugins. 4. The solid state drive becomes the norm for servers and not for desktops until 2011. 5. This is the

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Making an Accordion Using jQuery

It’s easy to make an accordion using plain vanilla jQuery.  If you don’t use jQuery UI or would like to use only jQuery then the following code will create the accordion behavior. Theaccordion demo [https://kylenunery.com/Demos/jQuery/demo1_accordion.htm]illustrates what we are building.Given

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5 Cool New Features in SQL Server 2008

SQL Server 2008 is chockfull of cool new features, but here is a list of 5 features that I find very useful for day to day operations. 1. Intellisense, finally! 2. T-SQL Debugger, finally! 3. The ability to run a query against multiple servers. 4. Powershell is now fully integrated.

Design Patterns 101: The Singleton

Quick, give me an implementation of a Singleton in C# or Java. You should be able to do this in under a minute. Take a break and write down your best implementation of a Singleton. Don't look ahead and give it your best attempt¦ How did you do?

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The Best Parts of the Web: Post #1

I have been doing web application development since 2000. During my journey I have used cgi scripts, ASP, and ASP .NET to develop my websites. The one issue I always had was a deep loathing for JavaScript due to the languages quirks and how the browsers implement things differently which

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Improve Your C# Skills With a Book?

The C# language has grown since it’s first implementation into a robust development language. Learning the nuances of the language is the key to becoming a C# coding wizard. One of the best programmers that I know recommended the book Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C#

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Rapid ASP .NET 2.0 Application Development

Users and Role Management For user management and user roles, use the default ASP .NET Configuration tool to add new users and roles. You will need to create a database either by letting the configuration tool create one on your behalf or by using the command-line utility, aspnet_regsql, in

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YUI Starter Kit

The Yahoo UI is a strong JavaScript library that is rapidly gaining popularity due to it’s modularity, compactness, and ease of use. The library is very well documented and numerous resources are available to help the JavaScript neophyte get started. The first website to check out is [http://developer.

How to Launch a Video Game System

To launch a video game system successfully one must do the following things. Before I go into these basic ideas I would like to point out that million and even billion dollar companies have launched systems that the average hardcore gamer would point out as lacking something extremely basic, i.