Jun 19 2013

Utilising the render field pipeline when using Glass for Sitecore

Glass Mapper    sitecore

How I invoke Sitecores RenderField pipeline when using Glass.Mapper.Sc without having to use magic string (gimme type safety!)

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Jun 07 2013
2

Getting started with Sitecore MVC as an ASP.NET MVC developer

Glass Mapper    asp.net mvc    sitecore

Sitecore introduced MVC back in version 6.6.0 in the middle of 2012. I'm just now getting started with it. Here's a getting started guide from the perspective of an experience ASP.NET MVC developer. Hopefully it's also useful for people who aren't experienced MVC developers.

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Apr 27 2013

Using HTML5 video and knockoutjs

HTML5    knockoutjs

I've been playing with video in HTML5 for the last few weeks and trying out a few javascript video players. I settled on JWplayer for use with my knockout.js view model.

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Mar 26 2013
2

Why Vettels ignoring team orders was a dog move

formula 1

Sebastian Vettels ignoring of team orders at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix may yet destroy the RBR team as it is today. But what did he do wrong? Did he do anything wrong? And what's this business of team orders?

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Mar 02 2013

Selecting the previous event from a schedule

c#

How I went about selecting the activities / event from a schedule of defined activities when I needed the last performed set of activties.

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Mar 01 2013
2

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Review

ETS2    gaming    pc

It sounds like a pretty dull idea on paper but don't let that deter you, Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a great game and SCS Software have a done a good job of simulating the feel of being on the open road.

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Feb 19 2013

Encapsulating repository queries

design patterns    domain driven design    linq to sql    nhibernate

I've moved away from putting query (eg GetCondition / FindCondition) o n my repositories. Now I create queries objects for each would be method. Why?

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Feb 19 2013

Updated Web Essentials 2012 and now Visual Studio 2012 crashes?

visual studio

Did you just install Web Essentials 2012 version 2.5.1 and now Visual Studio 2012 crashes? The fix is simple. Disable, delete, renable.

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Feb 07 2013

A knockoutjs binding for twitter bootstraps popover

javascript    jquery    knockoutjs    twitter bootstrap

A custom knockoutjs binding for twitter bootstraps popover. This provides declaring popover using knockoutjs, assigning custom html, ensuring only one popover is open at any one time, and closing the popover from a button or link within the popover.

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Feb 05 2013

iRacing Star Mazda Round 1 2013.1 review

iRacing    star mazda

My first race for the Vortex team, racing in iRacing's Star Mazda series. This week visited Spa, in the Belgian forest. I was initially only going for 1 race but ended up doing 4.

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