Unit testing in Windows Store App

In Visual Studio 2012 onwards , there is a new project template called Unit Test Library (Windows Store apps). A Unit Test Library can contain many test classes.Test classes are marked with the TestClass attribute. Test classes contain test methods, initialization code, and cleanup code.Test method — Test methods are marked with the TestMethod attribute. These methods runseparately one by one. Each method has a result that determines whether the...

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Windows 8 Application Architecture

With the introduction of Windows 8 , Microsoft introduced a new Architectural platform to developers to develop new application model called Windows Store App   . It enables developers to develop Applications on different languages.Each programming language has a corresponding app model. The app model is a set of files and design patterns that express an implementation architecture. In windows 8 App Architecture there are some Key thingsApp...

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Binding XML to Default Windows Store template

This Post is about binding data in to default Windows Store application template that provided in Visual Studio 2012 onwards. ( My demo is with windows 8.1 App in Visual Studio 2013 ) Lets begin :)1. Open Your Visual Studio and Create New Project (make sure that you are selecting Visual c# and Windows Store )2. Then add Name and set the path for project and select Grid App (XAML) template . Then create the solution3. Then I'm creating separate folder...

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Web Services What and Why ??

A Web Service is a software program that uses XML to exchange information with other software via common internet protocols. In a simple sense, Web Services are a way for interacting with objects over the Internet.Why? Language Independent.Protocol Independent.Platform Independent.It assumes a stateless service architecture.Scalable (e.g. multiplying two numbers together to an entire customer-relationship management system).Programmable (encapsulates...

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Peek Definition in VS 2013

 What is Peek Definition ?    Peek Definition  enable you to view and edit code without switching away from the code that you're writing. Its just only enables with Visual Studio 2013. Go To Definition is the functionality that did the same thing in earlier versions in Visual Studio but the different between Go To Definition and Peek Definition is Peek Definition shows the code in popup.How to enable Peek Definition ? Option...

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Cloud Computing and Grid Computing

Cloud computing and Grid Computing from prabathsl...

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Consume .asmx Service References Using Windows Strore Apps

Please note that this is not database related post. I'm recently working on windows store app development. In one scenario I have been pushed to consume .asmx web services. At that time there were no other resources to follow for me. I found this methods using some unorthodox way. In last few days several of individuals ask about consuming web services in Store apps specially .asmx.Here we go,1. Add service reference to the project. (Service1)2....

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