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This Week’s Topics
- Comments from the Editor
- Recently Published Books
- New & Updated Articles on CodeGuru
- Using T-SQL CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY
- Is Azure the New Silver Lining?
- Common Pitfalls of COM Interoperability in .Net (not yet reviewed)
- VIDEO: Modeling in M
- Using T-SQL CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY
- Hottest Discussions
- New Articles on Developer.com
- 3D Displays, Color Distance, and Edge Detection
- Integrating Twitter Into the Zend Framework
- Take the Pain out of Creating Word Documents by Using C# and XML
- 3D Displays, Color Distance, and Edge Detection
Comments from the Editor
It seems like we are starting to get into the swing of things for 2009. On Codeguru, we made a change this week at the request of a number of Of course, we are also reviewing the Python forum that we had previously created. This forum was Let me know in the feedback forum or via email if you like these Until next week… Brad!
The holidays are over and the shock of the bills seems to have settled. As
such, we can once again begin to look forward.
members. On the discussion forum, we have added a new area that is focused
on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation
(WCF), and Work Flow (WF). Primarily these are the technologies that were
introduced with .NET 3.0. It seems that there is enough discussion around
these areas now that they warranted their on sub-forum. You can find this
forum at https://www.codeguru.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=99. Stop
in and ask your questions or share your answers!
created with the understanding that if it got traffic, then it would
remain. If it doesn’t, then we will merge it into one of the more general
programming forums. If you are doing Python work, then there are several
other members that would be thrilled to have you stop by that forum and
post.
changes. As I’ve stated in the past, if enough people request an
additional forum, then we will do what we can to add it – provided it
relates to Codeguru!
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Bradley L. Jones
www.CodeGuru.com
webmaster@codeguru.com
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Recently Published Books
For those of you keeping up by reading
books. The following are just a few of the new books that have been
recently released. If you’ve read any of these, feel free to write a
review to be posted on CodeGuru. See the submission
guidelines.
Pro
Silverlight 2 in C# 2008
By Matthew MacDonald for Apress
600 pages for $49.99
Active
Directory Administrator’s Pocket Consultant
By William R. Stanek for Microsoft
Press
340 pages for $29.99
New & Updated Articles on CodeGuru
Following are short descriptions of new
articles on CodeGuru. If you are interested in submitting your own article
for inclusion on the site, then you will find guidelines here.
Using
T-SQL CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY
By Paul Kimmel
Elevate your SQL game (a
little bit) with CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY.
Is
Azure the New Silver Lining?
By Jani Järvinen
By now, you have heard
of Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform. But, what does
Azure provide for developers and users, and how can you benefit from it in
your .NET applications? Read on to find out.
Common
Pitfalls of COM Interoperability in .Net (not yet
reviewed)
By
supreet_hvr_1980
Discover some of the common pitfalls of using COM
Interoperability in .NET as well as best practices that could help you
steer clear of these pitfalls.
VIDEO:
Modeling in M
By
Jeffrey Juday
Learn how to build basic models using MSchema and the
Microsoft Oslo SDK CTP.
Discussion Groups
Check … HOT THREADS …
out the CodeGuru discussion forums
Forums include Visual C++, General C++,
Visual Basic, Java, General Technology, C#, ASP.NET, XML, Help Wanted, and
much, much, more!
Set-like
collection in C#/.NET (C#)
Removing
duplicates from a linear singly linked list (VC++)
New Articles on Developer.com
3D
Displays, Color Distance, and Edge Detection
By Richard G. Baldwin
Learn about color
distance, projecting 3D coordinates onto a 2D display plane, and edge
detection. Understanding these concepts will help you to better understand
modern image processing.
Integrating
Twitter Into the Zend Framework
By W. Jason Gilmore
Integrate Twitter
into your Zend Framework-powered website with ease. Just use the
Zend_Service_Twitter component!
Take
the Pain out of Creating Word Documents by Using C# and
XML
By Chris
Bennett
Learn how to create Word documents in your application without
using Office Interop or third-party libraries.
