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RavenDB for .NET Developers: Open Source 2nd Gen Document Database

By dlewis On May 29, 2013 · Add Comment
Here is a video of my recent Talk on RavenDB   Another Reason Why RavenDB is Awesome : Ayende!
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ELMAH Log Manager (With Log4Net Support)

By dlewis On April 19, 2013 · Add Comment
Logging is an important part of any application, especially if you ever plan on actually running your code anywhere but on your local machine with your debugger on. Setting up logging for your application can be accomplished by adding in the following modules: ELMAH (http://code.google.com/p/elmah/)  – Will catch any unhandled exceptions your application may bubble [...]
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An Introduction to Administering RavenDB

By dlewis On March 14, 2013 · Add Comment
This article is a supplementary piece to a presentation I will be giving around the Southland at various events and user-groups  introducing people to the Admin side of running a RavenDB server farm.  It is a follow up to the presentation I gave on Getting started with RavenDB which you can read about here : [...]
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Using SQLite in Windows Store Apps

By dlewis On March 6, 2013 · Add Comment
If your building out apps for the new Windows Store Apps one of the areas you will quickly find is lacking is a good local data storage option.  There’s no SQL CE, or other rdms solution built in.  Microsoft suggests using an XML file to store all of your local data… Or to use SQLite.  [...]
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I am not a Cog

By dlewis On February 26, 2013 · Add Comment
I am not a Cog. If you try and plug me into a machine it will break. I can learn from you. But I can never be you. I am not a soldier. I will question what is asked of me. I WILL think for myself. I WILL make mistakes. I WILL never stop dreaming [...]
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Charles Petzold To Present @ VNext in Orange County

By dlewis On January 16, 2013 · Add Comment
Charles Petzold, A highly renounced writer and programmer in the world of all things Microsoft will be making a trip out here next month. For more Information you can visit the meetup site : http://www.meetup.com/vNext-OrangeCounty/events/74808362/
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How to enable case insensitive sorting on the kendo UI grid

By dlewis On November 8, 2012 · 3 Comments
The Kendo UI Grid is a pretty awesome grid control, however if you have been following my series of “enhancements” (read : hacks) on the grid, I’m continuing to find things that are sorely missing.  This article is actually a result of a request I received from a reader asking if I could figure out [...]
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Adding “No Results Found” to the KendoUI Grid

By dlewis On November 1, 2012 · Add Comment
In this post I will continue my quest to Hack the Kendoui Grid in order to bend it to my will to do the things I feel it should already do but does not.  If this is your first time to my site I’ve already written up guides to perform the following: Add Row Click [...]
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Kendo UI Grid Multiselect with Checkboxes and Multipage Support

By dlewis On October 25, 2012 · 12 Comments
In this post we will walk through adding a multi select system to the kendo UI Grid.  The final requirements are the following: Be able to select multiple rows in the grid using a checkbox system Be able to change pages and have the selections remembered from page to page Be able to get the [...]
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Strongly Typed Testing Against JSON Web Services in C#

By dlewis On October 10, 2012 · Add Comment
In this article I will show you how to write unit tests that will test a JSON WebService. This method will accomplish the following: It will come in through the front door emulating the calls against the service in the same manner you will be calling them from your client (web page, windows app, mobile [...]
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