Re: DDD Melbourne

Missed out today as well. Well here's hoping for the final release next week On 6 June 2016 at 11:11, William Luu wrote: > There's still 2 rounds of ticket sales to go. The next is on June 13th, > and then 20th. So you still have opportunities to buy tickets from the site. >

Aggregate list of Microsoft events in Australia

-for-microsoft-training-events-camps-conferences/ I hope this helps some of you discover / attend more local events! *-David Burela* Victorian State Manager http://SSW.com.au

Re: Recruiter advice for Job Seeker.

*That said recruiters are best way of getting contract work if that's what you're after* Perfectly timed. Today I started looking for contract work. Do people have recommendations for where to look for contract work vs. a standard office job? Are recruiters the main way for this? -David Burela

Is it time to open source Silverlight?

/22/is-it-time-to-open-source-silverlight/ -David Burela

Re: NBN Petition

We could solve all of Australia's problems with FTTB (Fibre To The Boat) http://fttb.org/ -Burela On 5 November 2013 06:45, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors *Sent:*

Re: NBN Petition

270,000 signatures. Lets hope that they continue with a fast NBN, rather than providing us with something that is already obsolete. -David Burela On 11 September 2013 00:12, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, There is an online petition firing off at the moment, if anyone

Re: compression library

-stable.aspx -David Burela Infragistics On 3 October 2013 22:52, anthonyatsmall...@mail.com wrote: Thanks people J Anthony Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups

Re: Using async/await without .NET Framework 4.5

*Fist pump* I'd been hanging out for this one for ages. Glad it was finally released. On 24 October 2012 18:06, Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: David, This is good news. The idea that good ideas can/have to be implemented in the BCL and not just the language is great for those of

Re: VS2012 doesn't support setup projects

VDPROJ has been dead for a few releases now. For proof, TFS doesn't even work with it at all (so you can't use it on build servers). I've had to use WiX for the last few years, to ensure that build servers at client sites could dump out .msi files at the end. -David Burela On 6 October 2012 13

Is this thing on?

Test post, because a LOT of people are reporting that they can't post to this list. -David Burela

XDDN Melbourne 16 May - Metro Design 101

, building experiences and sippin' on Red Bulls. Alex is also a Microsoft recommended Windows 8 Designer. 5:30pm Pizza networking 6:00pm Start for talks Hope to see you all there! -David Burela

Developer Blog Banter #3

that people can have a play with?* Next month I'll re-ask the Share your current technology stack. So for this month try to focus on a *single* interesting thing you've worked with, and share it with us! -David Burela

XDDN around Australia

want to attend, such as Agile or Alt.Net groups. Please join the group for your city, as the old event sites (such as EventBrite) will be slowly decommissioned over the next few weeks. -David Burela

Re: installer/updater applcations

Alternatives to click once. Well a bunch of people are working on this project, but isn't in a final stage yet. https://github.com/xpaulbettsx/NSync Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything else that is as easy to setup as Clickonce (even with all its problems) On 5 April 2012 08:54,

Re: installer/updater applcations

But those are just installers and don't help with the update process later on. On 5 April 2012 10:36, David Loo loo...@hotmail.com wrote: I use Inno Setup for some of my projects, it's packed with features and it's free for commercial use. I use to use Nullsoft Installer long time ago, but

Re: The cost of putting small websites online

such as Jekyll. Then you just need the DNS entries https://github.com/aeoth/Wp7JekyllTemplates#readme -David Burela On 2 April 2012 16:12, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Godaddy has .com registration for about US$6/year, and free DNS ** ** Agreed with David

Re: The cost of putting small websites online

-benefits/ On 2 April 2012 17:31, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote: The TC on the MSDN credits for Azure, don't they state that you can't put production sites on it, only development sites? -David Burela On 2 April 2012 16:58, Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) andrew.coa...@microsoft.com

The cost of putting small websites online

? Is there another way to go about this? How do you guys go about creating small landing pages like this? (Buying your own server seems a very heavy handed way to go about it, and I don't want to become a full time sys-admin looking after my own server) -David Burela

Windows 8 Developer camps

of presentations, and a chance to sit in a room and hack away with other passionate developers. Register if you're interested. The Melbourne one is this weekend -David Burela Senior Consultant

XDDN Melbourne - March - Windows 8

Hi all. If you are in Melbourne, XDDN is doing a session on Windows 8 next week (Wed 21st March) http://xddn-melbourne-march2012.eventbrite.com/ -David Burela

Re: Barcode printing recomendation for label printers?

The only printers I've ever heard of being used, are Zebra ones. About 6 years ago at one job, and then again this week at another client. -David Burela On 2 March 2012 21:45, Peter Maddin petermad...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have only used Zebra printers for barcoded label printing. They use

Re: SelectMany and Flatten

I only discovered that one myself a few weeks ago while studying for my final MCPD exam. Had no idea that it existed, but now it makes so much sense that it does. Thanks for sharing it Greg! -David Burela On 2 March 2012 09:29, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Just a Friday morning heads up

Windows 8 Consumer preview

with WinRT development. Hopefully now we'll start seeing more frameworks on NuGet like Caliburn.Micro. And I'm looking forward to the app marketplace. It will finally be worthwhile creating desktop applications. -David Burela Senior Consultant Hazaa

Re: Windows 8 Consumer preview

Rules for publishing are pretty much the same as the WP7 app store. With an additional requirement that the app must be written in WinRT as a Metro app (you can't distribute desktop applications directly through the marketplace) -David Burela On 1 March 2012 17:02, mike smith meski...@gmail.com

Re: The way NuGet works

I don't understand how it makes anything trickier. Deployment is easy, all the assemblies are set as copy local = true. having 3mb of files isn't a problem with source control, but there are strategies around how you can make it NOT check those files in if you are worried. On 25 January 2012

Re: EF4 and SQLite - more clues

Which version of EF are you using? 4.0, 4.1, 4.2? Did you install the latest version via NuGet? Did you make sure that all the EF references are set to copy local = true? On 19 January 2012 00:19, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: I took the bother of writing a simple test harness app that read

Re: SQLite FK constraints warning

Along these lines. Did you guys see the link to the new full managed C# version of SqlLite? http://code.google.com/p/csharp-sqlite/ On 11 January 2012 16:12, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Now it’s coming back a bit. I remember a bulk load was running for over 4 hours and I wondered what the

Microsoft BUILD / Windows 8

with multitasking is going to work in this world of new immersive style apps. Reading a webpage in the chromeless immersive app and then trying to chat with someone on MSN, is a jarring experience. -David Burela

Deploying from TFS

scripts to xCopy still the best bet. How about the new web packaging option in VS2010. How well does that play with TFS2010 / TFS Deployer? -David Burela

Re: Installed CLR versions

Does this help? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/951856/is-there-an-easy-way-to-check-net-framework-verison-using-c -David Burela On 16 June 2011 16:54, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: Apart from the utility clrver.exe (and the latest, v4.0.30319.1 is needed to report both 2.0

Programming model in Windows 8

+ Javascript. There are even talks that you can use the Direct UI Xaml and Javascript together, similar to how Silverlight 1 acted in the browser. -David Burela

Re: [OT] ying phones outright

Depends which model The best WP7 in Australia in Australia is the Omnia 7 (AMOLED screen). Those are unlocked so you can just pick them up from optus or telechoice. (I got one from each place). Telechoice is probably a good bet for buying out right -David Burela On 9 June 2011 14:31, Stephen

Re: MXUG Coding Competition Dataset and Comments

I'm not interested in recipe coding, but Melbourne Muggles is on next week, if you're interested http://www.meetup.com/melbournehp/ On 7 June 2011 23:03, Noon Silk noonsli...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Data is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28596024/recipes%282%29.zip The guidelines are:

Re: In Melbourne in June, who's interested in a geek dinner?

*thread bump* On 13 May 2011 13:46, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Just try and keep me away from any dinner and drinks! Let us know when, when you know-- I'll be in Melbourne that long weekend of the 10th/13th (have

Melbourne SDDN - Thursday 27th April

Hi all. A reminder that tomorrow night is Melbourne SDDN (Silverlight Designer Developer Network). There are 2 talks (upcoming WinPhone7 updates), free pizza, and a chance to talk to other fellow xamlites. details here: http://sddn.org.au/meetings/melbourne/melbourne-april-meeting/ -David

Re: Azure on Windows 7

the web platform installer, click VS2010 SP1, Azure tools, silverlight tools, sql express, etc. Walk away for 15 minutes and it is all configured correctly. If you do continue to have issues with your system, I would really recommend just starting with a fresh install. -David Burela On 6 April 2011

Re: HTML vs Silverlight - comparative effort?

My general rule of thumb is: *Public facing* - technology choice defaults to ASP.Net MVC *Internal Line of Business app* - depends on how interactive you want it to be. I usually default to Silverlight because of the ease of doing animations, visual bling, etc. -David Burela On 29 March 2011 13

Re: GetCurrentMethod possibly returning the wrong method (was Re: Raising property changed events)

Had no idea about that. Thanks for following it up! On 25 March 2011 11:19, Mark Hurd markeh...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for that clarification. However GoogleDesktop found my previous recollection discussing this was in the Microsoft NewsGroups, which now Googling for the subject of that

Raising property changed events

to increase compilation times by heaps. -David Burela

Re: Easy util to browse a DBF

Excel On 23 March 2011 12:40, Grant Molloy graken...@gmail.com wrote: try database.net.. Deals with lots of different database sources and can run from USB stick. http://fishcodelib.com/Database.htm http://fishcodelib.com/Database.htmI haven't tried it... On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:47

Re: Kinect SDK from Microsoft

The question now of course, is will those Kinect powered Windows 7 applications be written in WPF, or HTML5 On 22 February 2011 10:48, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Microsoft will be releasing an official SDK for the Kinect next month Will allow you to create Kinect

Re: Any news on the rumor that .Net Source Code will become available

That's cool! On 22 February 2011 11:21, Noon Silk noonsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Noon and David, So is the source code browsable without being in debug mode? Seems promising:

Re: Kinect SDK from Microsoft

Yes, you can do it already with homebrew SDKs. The Kinect just uses a USB cable. On 22 February 2011 11:47, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:49 AM, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.comwrote: The question now of course, is will those Kinect powered Windows 7

Re: Which IoC container should I use?

guys. Maybe I should give it a look. -David Burela On 22 February 2011 04:54, David Kean david.k...@microsoft.com wrote: It entirely depends on what you are looking for in an IoC container, for composition I personally use MEF[1] but that's likely a bias because I worked on it. I've also

Re: Something for Friday

Another good article for a Friday. How technical people derail conversations by saying well actually http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html On 18 February 2011 08:18, Winston Pang winstonp...@gmail.com wrote: Oh wait, I just read it again haha I get it. Nice On Fri, Feb 18,

Re: Online Shopping Mall Platform

If you are creating an online shopping mall, then you probably need to put VRML into the technology stack also On 17 February 2011 11:34, Grant Molloy graken...@gmail.com wrote: thanks for the tips guys.. I've found this mob http://www.cs-cart.com which have a full MALL version of their

Re: LINQ extensions

Last year when I was presenting on WP7, I did have someone in the audience ask me once when Microsoft would get VS2010 running on Windows Phone 7. I can't even imagine what it would be like trying to write code with a touchscreen and predictive text. Or how he'd want to debug code. On 17

Re: Databases for Windows Phone 7.

there is final confirmation that IE9 will be coming out later this year. will bring HTML5 support to WP7 http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/feb11/02-14MWC.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/feb11/02-14MWC.mspx On 14 February 2011 12:48, David Connors

Re: Databases for Windows Phone 7.

February 2011 08:52, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote: there is final confirmation that IE9 will be coming out later this year. will bring HTML5 support to WP7 http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/feb11/02-14MWC.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/feb11/02

Re: Databases for Windows Phone 7.

There is a new open source DB that was just released as 1.0 http://sterling.codeplex.com/ http://sterling.codeplex.com/http://www.sterlingdatabase.com/ http://www.sterlingdatabase.com/only a 75kb .dll to include -David Burela On 7 February 2011 10:18, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Handling 3rd party assemblies with build servers

Ok, so I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary. Looks like it is only tools like DevExpress that REQUIRE that you install it onto the build server that messes things up. -David Burela On 8 February 2011 21:05, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.com wrote: +1 for a Third party/dependencies

Re: Databases for Windows Phone 7.

I haven't tried it myself., but I keep hearing that Perst is the best DB available for WP7. http://mobileworld.appamundi.com/blogs/andywigley/archive/tags/Perst/default.aspx I thought you had to pay for it, but he has the source code for it in one of those posts -David Burela On 2 February 2011

[PDC] Day1 keynote

service I've got the full notes available on my blog http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/my-notes-from-pdc10-day-1-keynote/ -David Burela Senior Consultant Hazaa

Free beta certification exams for Silverlight 4 Azure

to take the exams later http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/free-silverlight-azure-beta-exams/ -David Burela

The 2nd Developer Blog Banter has been posted

/30/developer-blog-banter-1-what-is-your-preferred-technology-stack/ -David Burela http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/developer-blog-banter-2-how-do-you-test-your-applications/Senior Consultant Hazaa

NuPack

to bring in my standard tool chain. However I don't think it will be good as a discovery tool. It will be so clogged up with random libraries that it will be hard to just browse through them. -David Burela

Re: NuPack

October 2010 15:41, silky michaelsli...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:17 PM, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote: [...] What does everyone think of it? I guess I don't even really understand the problem. Why aren't all your references in a \lib folder in the same

Child table loading with LinqToSql

integrity on the tables (I can't add it in). This means if the there isn't a matching record in the child table, then the product will not be selected. Does anyone know how to change this to be a left join? -David Burela

Re: Child table loading with LinqToSql

This has been solved. For anyone that is interested, it has to do with the foreign key in the DBML. If the foreign key is not nullable it will do an inner join. If you make the field nullable then it will do a left join. On 23 September 2010 10:28, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote: I

Melbourne Nerd dinner tomorrow (Thursday 9th September)

Hey all, there is a nerd dinner tomorrow night in Melbourne at the Elephant Wheelbarrow. On Bourke St. It seems to be a list minute thing Hope to see you all there http://www.nerddinner.com/2977 -David Burela

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

I am surprised no one mentioned iPad. I use it to read all of my books / white papers / PDFs / etc. It is the only apple product that I own, and it is the perfect digital information pad -David Burela On 25 August 2010 09:58, PENNYCUICK, Chris chris.pennycu...@deta.qld.gov.au wrote

Re: Properties

because you can then easily change the functionality at a later stage (like adding logging, property changed events, etc). -David Burela On 25 August 2010 13:09, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: About the only time fields might be preferable is where you want to read a file (a bitmap, say

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

I had it all in threaded view. The original thread finished so I responded. Wasn't until 5mins after I posted that I saw that someone had started up a new thread instead of continuing the previous one :-( -David Burela On 2 September 2010 14:23, David Burstin david.burs...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Win Phone 7 RTM

services support. -David Burela On 2 September 2010 14:24, Nick Randolph n...@builttoroam.com wrote: I’ve done quite a bit and so far the tools are awesome – working in VS/Blend kicks the pants off XCode/Interface builder. However, there are some curly bits around tombstoning that suck, as does

Re: Any LiveMesh users? How get the files back after release of Live Sync?

This happened to me. I had to use a 2nd machine, uninstalled live essentials. installed live mesh. Resynced it all down. copied it over to the other machine to sync it back up into Live Sync. then paved my machine afterwards. On 2 September 2010 15:15, Michael Nemtsev nemt...@msn.com wrote:

RE: Introducing the Developer Blog Banter

://davidburela.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/developer-blog-banter-1-what-is- your-preferred-technology-stack/ -David Burela Senior Developer Hazaa From: David Burela [mailto:david.bur...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 30 July 2010 11:18 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Introducing the Developer Blog Banter I'm

Introducing the Developer Blog Banter

/30/developer-blog-banter-1-what-is- your-preferred-technology-stack/ I hope many of you will participate, I look forward to seeing the wide range of responses! -David Burela Senior Consultant Hazaa

RE: Visual 2010 XAML Design View delays

If I recall, Paul Stovell showed how to do this at Code Camp. I think he said that you right click the xaml file (in solution explorer), click 'open with'. Then set the default to open in just the code editor. -David Burela -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: How To do something every so often

But would one of them be easier to implement with the .Net 4.0 parallel extensions? -David Burela Senior Consultant Hazaa -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Les Hughes Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2010 3:48 PM