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Hi Folks, Just heard about a concept called Extension methods in C# and decided to share that with you all.  As the name implies extension methods adds extra functionality to a class implementation which can’t be modified now. For example if you are using an API and you need to expand some existing functionality. Can you do it ? Yes. You can with Extension Methods. Let’s learn with example. Now   Read More ...

C#

It’s boring to debug the same code again and again. So i decided to try something out of the box this time. Finally end up in doing something in Unity 3D. Well You may or may not aware of Unity 3D. Unity 3D is a game engine to create 3D games with sizzling graphics. But the interesting thing about Unity is it’s freaking easy to handle. Scripting in unity is   Read More ...

3D

I got a  problem with my Nikon L110 camera. This camera operates in 4 AA batteries. But I hardly managed to shoot 20 pics with flash with a fully charged battery set. Finally fixed this issue. Here is the fixes, Make sure you selected the correct battery type in the menu. Update the firmware of the camera to the latest version. Step by step instruction to update the L110 firmware   Read More ...

Misc

MongoDB, As I said in my title it’s just fun to deal with. Believe me you also will say the same at the end of this post. So let’s go into NO SQL World. What is No SQL ? No more sql here pls. This is a world without SQL. So how to perform operations with db ?. Follow with me…… What is Mongo DB ? Mongo DB is a   Read More ...

C#

  Soluto Again an interesting tools. Accidently got to know about this awesome tool which is a real frustration relieve. It’s a PC Anti Frustration utility which helps to analyse and suggest ways to keep your PC as fast as possible in boot up. Soluto UX Another impression factor on Soluto is it’s user experience. It’s Amazingly awesome to play with. Some screen shots  Download Soluto Download article as PDF

Tools UX

Hi all, I’m always passionate about fancy stuffs in programming and WPF is a ultimate platform to go crazy with fancy in C#. Silverlight opens so many ways to create amazing web components and interfaces. So finally i decided to use Silverlight to build a simple Photo Editing Tools which is capable of doing some basic image manipulations. You can see the demo  of  Snap Tweak 1.0. Snap Tweak 1.0 Capable of   Read More ...

C# Silverlight

Let’s see how to test a Private Static Method in C#. It’s better to take a small example and explain. So i’ll go with a very simple code snip. Let’s Create a Simple Private Static “Addition” Method in  a “Math” Class. Now we need to test this method. We can’s use the normal approach here because we can’t access the method from our test project because it’s private. So any   Read More ...

C#

This is a very exciting week for me after the developer preview announcement for windows 8 from Microsoft. Windows 8 going to be a game changer for sure. Other than Windows 8 developer preview, Visual Studio 2011 preview, Metro App Development kit  and much more are released for developer to experience. I’m really excited to go ahead and test those. And the tutorials published on various new development areas like “Metro apps” are really   Read More ...

Windows 8

What is Unit Testing ? Unit testing is testing the basic functionality of modules (methods) to ensure that they are performing as expected. Why Unit Testing ? Unit Test is important in the process of software development to ensure the accuracy of basic functionality during the development period. Unit Testing in VS 2010 Visual Studio 2010 got a very user friendly Unit Testing environment. The Unit Testing frame work used by VS 2010 is Ms-test. Let’s   Read More ...

C#

After writting about .NET Gadgeteer in one of my previous post recognized that i did not say anything about one my favorite hardware prototyping kit (Arduino) to you. I got to know about this prototyping kit from one my colleague and i bought one from ebay (cheap in ebay ). What is Arduino ? Arduino ?  What is that ?  Hmm, Simply it’s a electronic interface board with USB connectivity. Arduino Duemilanove is the mostly used Arduino   Read More ...

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