Chris Bennett
11 articles
Java ME
Android Development 101: Tools Review of Android SDK
In this episode of Android Development 101, we delve into the development tools Google provides by with the Android SDK. In a matter of...
Mobile
Android Development 101: ‘Hello World’ in Four Minutes Flat
Start learning how to develop for the Android platform with the Android Development 101 video series. In this first episode, Chris L. Bennett demonstrates...
Architecture & Design
Spruce up your next application with the WPF Ribbon
Introduction
Microsoft Office 2007 delivered a bold replacement for
the tired menu bar known simply as the Ribbon. Up
until recently, the Ribbon was exclusive to Microsoft
applications;...
Microsoft & .NET
Take advantage of the Windows 7 TaskBar in your next project
Introduction
Windows 7 provides many new features, the most visible of these features is the new TaskBar. Just as the TaskBar has a new look...
Enterprise Java
Performance Impact of Using Spring.NET Dependency Injection
Spring.NET provides Dependency Injection (DI)/Inversion of
Control (IoC) as well as several other capabilities including
Data, Messaging, etc. While DI provides a lot of flexibility, it
comes...
Microsoft & .NET
Getting started with Apache NMS Framework and Apache ActiveMQ
Apache ActiveMQ is a very powerful Java-based message queue system with publish/subscribe capabilities that conforms to the Java Message Service (JMS) specification, and also...
ASP
Using ASP.NET ScriptServices with Popular JavaScript Frameworks
ASP.NET 3.5 introduces a new attribute called "ScriptService" in the System.Web.Script.Services namespace. A ScriptService makes it easy to call a web service decorated with...
ASP
Improve the Speed of Your Site by Using CSS Sprites
Reducing the number of HTTP requests and the bandwidth used is and will continue to be a challenge as designers build ever more elaborate...
Visual C#
Take the Pain out of Creating Word Documents by Using C# and XML
In today's web applications, quite often you run into the need to create a Word document that user can download. The two most common...
Microsoft & .NET
Adding Standard Deviation to LINQ
If you have performed much in the way of basic data analysis using LINQ (Language Integrated Query), you probably have noticed that standard deviation...