Power BI Query Editor Value and Table Columns Data stored as part of a transactional data processing system, for example a database to information on package deliveries, is often difficult to work with when it comes time to explore that data or create reports. This is because of a process called normalization. Data Normalization WhenRead more
This blog features a walk-through of an app that was developed in Visual Studio 2015 using Xamarin and deployed to an Android mobile device. I will be getting and displaying stock information by calling a public web service and passing in a Stock Ticker. The web service is one of the first ones that cameRead more
AngularJS, a JavaScript framework, tends to be a popular tech topic lately. In this blog we will continue the Angular JS discussion by building up an AngularJS filter and directive to assist in the formatting of numeric HTML elements. Let’s keep the example simple so that it can be run directly in a browser. TheRead more
I recently was asked to develop a dashboard application for tracking the data flow metrics for a large financial firm. Having had no experience developing a ‘dashboard’ application, I began to do some research into how I could do this efficiently and with a minimum amount of effort designing the user interface. Like most applicationRead more
Introduction Currently there are four (4) native numeric data types in C#, including Integer, Float, Double and Decimal. This blog will discuss why using the Double data type over the Decimal datatype to significantly improve performance with almost no loss in computational accuracy. Integer (Integral) Data Type An integral data type [1] is used toRead more
Recently, I was involved in a project where we had a mobile application that needed to make calls to a server, and the client wanted to authenticate against their users’ Windows username and password. Given the application and the client’s requirements, both the mobile developer and I agreed that the best (and simplest) solution wasRead more
A Stored Procedure is a group of SQL statements that form a logical unit and perform a particular task. They are used to encapsulate a set of operations or queries to execute on a database server. Using Stored Procedure for Business Applications Contemporary business applications rely on using Stored Procedures to efficiently manage data fromRead more
AngularJS offers a clean, yet flexible, method of interacting with data. As someone who’s had a decent amount of experience with Windows Presentation Foundation’s MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern on the native side of things, that’s something that I’ve often found lacking in a lot of web environments. To see what I mean, first start off withRead more
LINQ can be extremely useful for sorting, listing and filtering data within a C# application. This blog demonstrates ways one can apply the concepts of Microsoft LINQ in software development.
Recently, I was in the office and was asked to look at a reported bug in an ASP.NET MVC 5 application that another developer was debugging. Under development was an ASP.NET MVC 5 application that was constructed to support the entering, tracking and approving of employee labor hours for a major enterprise. The application wasRead more
