SQL Server 2008 – How to Delete Everything from a Database
Sometimes you might want to delete everything (tables, views, functions, stored procedures) from a database without having to drop the entire database. But to do the deletion manually by hand can be...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2010 – .NET Framework 3.5 Target Error and Fix
Suppose you have an existing ASP.NET 4.0 C# application and for whatever reason you need to re-target it to ASP.NET 3.5 C#, you will likely encounter the following error when you do the Build ->...
View ArticleLaw of Software Development
Brook’s Law Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. Conway’s Law Any piece of software reflects the organizational structure that produced it. If you have four groups working on a...
View ArticleHow to run ASP.NET MVC 3 on GoDaddy Shared Hosting
This article shows you how to get your ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor application up and running on the GoDaddy Windows shared hosting. If you follow the steps in this article, you will be able to get your...
View ArticleSQL Server Statistical Functions – VAR, VARP, STDEV, STDEVP
SQL Server offers the following statistical functions. VAR Returns the statistical variance of all values in the specified expression. VARP Returns the statistical variance for the population for all...
View Article5 Visual Studio Keyboard Tricks
Ctrl+. You’ve got an error on line and see the little red bar that marks the SmartTag that provides the options for fixing the problem. You don’t have to fiddle with the mouse to display the dropdown...
View ArticleHow to Change Visual Studio 2012 ALL-CAPS Menu to Mixed-Case
After installing the new Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, you may find yourself looking at and hating the ALL-CAPS MENU that Microsoft has decided to employ. This blog article will show you how to change...
View ArticleC# Regular Expression Cheat Sheet
Character Description \ Marks the next character as either a special character or escapes a literal. For example, “n” matches the character “n”. “\n” matches a newline character. The sequence “\\”...
View ArticleUsing jQuery to Designate a Submit Button as Default Button
This article shows you how to assign a Submit button as a default button in an HTML form that has more than one Submit buttons. A default button allows the user to press ENTER to submit the form....
View ArticleHow to Avoid Burnout for Freelancer Developers
Adequate Sleep We often hear about developers who burn the candle at both ends by working on their apps at all hours of the night with zero sleep. But this is dangerous! There’s nothing wrong with...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Internal URLs Guide
Google Chrome ships with a set of internal URLs that you can access for various purposes. From displaying internal information to downloads, looking up crashes or the browser’s experimental features...
View ArticleComparison of AngularJS vs Backbone.js vs Knockout
Compare AngularJS Backbone.js Knockout File Size ~142 KB total (compressed and minified) ~ 7.3 KB total (gzip / minified) ~21 KB total (gzip / minified) Version & Licence V1.4.2 & MIT...
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