tony patton

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Reverse engineering your .NET applications

May 18, 2013 6:30am PDT

The .NET Framework makes it easy to reverse engineer an existing application. Discover what techniques to use to deter prying eyes from deconstructing your code.

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Streamline CSS development with LESS

May 16, 2013 9:07am PDT

LESS is a dynamic stylesheet language that extends standard CSS. The result is leaner code that is easier to maintain.

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Improve web page load time with yepnope.js

May 10, 2013 11:03am PDT

The yepnope.js library offers a simple approach to asynchronously and conditionally loading web page resources. Here's a basic usage guide for yepnope.js.

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Embrace the JSON standard in your C# code

April 16, 2013 7:16am PDT

Looking for a leaner approach than XML for formatting and sending data? Then give JSON and even Json.NET, a tool for working with JSON data within C#, a try.

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VsVim brings the power of vim to Visual Studio

March 27, 2013 9:18pm PDT

Learn how to put VsVim, an adaptation of vim that works with the Visual Studio IDE, into action.

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Be progressive with Modernizr and ASP.NET 4.5

February 25, 2013 4:02pm PST

Rolling out applications that use HTML5 and CSS3 requires planning and some help via JavaScript. Here's how Modernizer integrates with ASP.NET 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012.

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CSS developer/designer interview cheat sheet

January 21, 2013 12:00am PST

This list of open-ended proficiency questions and answers will come in handy for hiring managers interviewing CSS developers and designers -- and it will be a useful interview prep tool for the...

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CSS interview questions and answers

January 10, 2013 12:12pm PST

Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these sample CSS proficiency interview Q&As and code snippets useful.

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OData standardizes data exchange on the Web

January 4, 2013 1:05pm PST

Organizations needed a way to exchange or expose data, so Microsoft developed the Open Data Protocol. Learn how the Web protocol works.

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JavaScript developer interview cheat sheet

December 17, 2012 12:00am PST

This list of open-ended proficiency questions and answers will come in handy for hiring managers interviewing JavaScript developer candidates -- and it will be a useful interview prep tool for the...

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ASP.NET developer interview cheat sheet

November 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

This list of open-ended proficiency questions and answers will come in handy for hiring managers interviewing ASP.NET developer candidates -- and it will be a useful interview prep tool for the...

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ASP.NET development interview questions and answers

October 22, 2012 9:46am PDT

Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these sample ASP.NET proficiency interview Q&As useful.

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SQL Server database developer interview cheat sheet

October 3, 2012 12:00am PDT

This list of open-ended proficiency questions and answers will come in handy for hiring managers interviewing SQL Server developer candidates -- and it will be a useful interview prep tool for the...

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SQL Server database developer interview questions and answers

September 28, 2012 5:41pm PDT

Development hiring managers and potential interviewees may find these open-ended SQL Server proficiency interview Q&As useful.

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C# developer interview cheat sheet

August 20, 2012 12:00am PDT

This list of open-ended C# proficiency questions and answers will come in handy for hiring managers interviewing developer candidates -- and it will be a useful interview prep tool for the...

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Build web application CSS layouts with the YAML framework

August 9, 2012 1:41pm PDT

The CSS framework YAML provides developers and designers with a starting point for their web application and design work. Tony Patton suggests giving YAML a try.

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Amazon brings NoSQL to the masses with DynamoDB

June 27, 2012 7:06am PDT

Amazon's new cloud offering called DynamoDB overcomes some of the scaling limitations of SimpleDB. Learn more about the DynamoDB NoSQL system.

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TechEd 2012: Microsoft's new flexible and open strategy

June 13, 2012 12:02pm PDT

Tony Patton's TechEd 2012 overview covers Microsoft's support for open source projects and tech, Windows Azure, Linux, Hadoop, disparaging remarks about IE, and more.

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Move code to the cloud with Cloud9

June 11, 2012 9:22am PDT

Cloud9 is a cross-platform development environment that allows you to build applications in your browser. See if this IDE fits your needs.

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Take your JavaScript skills to the server with node.js

May 28, 2012 7:31am PDT

The node.js framework makes JavaScript programming easier by embracing real-time application development with an event-driven, non-blocking I/O approach.