Christos Matskas Using SignalR to Create Mobile Applications SignalR isn't just for web applications. It can also provide the basic real-time communications for a connected Windows Universal Application or even iOS and Android... 16 November 2015 12 min read
Arkadiusz Pachucy Multi-Platform Mobile Development with PhoneGap It seems a great idea to have your application on all the main mobile platforms as well as on the desktop. Nothing beats writing an... 27 July 2015 17 min read
Adam Aspin Mobile BI with SQL Server Reporting Services For users to get the information they need from mobile reports, we frequently have to tailor the way we design those reports to the characteristics... 15 April 2015 30 min read
Dino Esposito RWD, Mobile-first, JavaScript and Performance The easiest way to make a responsive web application perform well is to minimize requests and the amount of data that is downloaded. The most... 28 February 2015 11 min read
Dino Esposito Quick and Dirty Web Data-Binding Sometimes, the sheer byzantine complexity of the typical JavaScript frameworks underlying a typical web application can give you pause for thought. If all you need... 04 February 2015 12 min read
Dino Esposito Auto-completion in HTML-Based Input Forms Are there ever times when the best practice for a GUI is to let the user type-in information using the keyboard? Of course there are,... 13 June 2013 13 min read
Richard Morris Steve Furber: Geek of the Week Professor Stephen Byram Furber CBE, FRS, FREng was one of the designers of the BBC Micro and the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor. The result of... 28 March 2011 12 min read
Joe Celko Getting rid of SQL Code Joe becomes intrigued by the way that experts make errors in any area of technology, and suggests that the problem is more that of mindsets... 20 August 2009 13 min read
Brien Posey An Introduction to Unified Messaging For many years, everyone involved in the administration of offices has wished that there was a way of combining the voicemail, fax, the PBX with... 26 March 2009 15 min read
Amirthalingam Prasanna Some Data with your Application Take-away, Sir? Prasanna is reminded of pizza in cardboard boxes when he explores the possibilities of Synchronization Services for ADO.NET. Data applications are becoming increasingly mobile, and... 09 December 2008 9 min read
Ben Lye Reporting on Mobile Device Activity Using Exchange 2007 ActiveSync Logs In this new column giving practical advice on all things Sys Admin related, Ben Lye takes on the often difficult task of keeping track of... 10 October 2008 6 min read