Sharing code across platforms – Immo Landwerth discusses the two options both dramatically improving following announcements at Build, to producing cross platform applications with shared code
Migrating from NHibernate to Entity Framework – Jimmy Bogard discusses a recent migration from NHibernate to Entity Framework, discussing the history of the two projects, the equivalences and equivalents between the two, discussing his motivations for the move.
C# Vectorization with Microsoft.Bcl.Simd – Sasha Goldshtein takes a detailed look at the new BCL support for CPU Vector instructions (SIMD), looking at how you can program against a vector abstraction and have the compiler / JITer translate those into CPU instructions for your processor.
One Reason Why NCrunch Is Worth The Cost – Ian Nelson discusses why NCrunch has become a critical part of his tooling, allowing him to be more productive as a developer by cutting the feedback cycle significantly between code and test.
"Windows Phone 8.1 for Developers" series with 19 posts so far… – Greg Duncan highlights an impressive series of posts from Robert Hedgate, Andreas Hammar, Alexander Persson , Johan Silfversparre, Johan Olsson, Andreas Ekberg, Lars-Håkan Jönsson and Peter Mataic looking at all aspects of the Windows Phone 8.1 platform development.
Searching for Strings in SQL Server Databases – Phil Factor takes a look at a variety of different techniques for performing searches across SQL Server databases, apart from the use of Full Text Indexing.
Using Page Object Models in UI Test Automation – Jason Roberts discusses some concepts in UI Test Automation discussing the role of Page Object Models, Logical Functional Models and Test Scripts.
No Backend – Nathan Gloyn discusses the concept of ‘No Backend’ in the world of Frontend Web Applications, discussing having front end applications standing along, communicating only with existing services.