Stepwise guide to localize a Windows Phone

Windows phone has been slowly and gradually gaining the market and place in the minds of windows phone programmers. Also, many ASP.NET programmers are keen to learn the facets of windows phone programming.

In order to localize a Windows phone,  the windows phone programmers need to separate the localizable resources from the rest of the code by creating the language-specific resource files. Here is the step-wise guide:

1. Create a Windows Phone 7 application project
2. Add a resource file for the default language of your application.
3. In the same resource file, add the strings that you want to be localized
4. Copy the resource file once for each additional language that you want your app to support
5. Translate the strings in the additionally added files
6. Edit the project file to define the additional languages the app will support
7. Set the mode of the Access Modifier file to ‘public’
8. Whenever you want to show a localized string in your app, you will have to bind to a specific property of the global resource that we have just defined

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Dotnetnuke: Features & Significance

Dotnetnuke is an open source Content Mangement System based on Microsoft .NET framework development. It is basically written using VB.NET, although the majority of ASP.NET developers has shifted to C# ever since the version 6.0 of dotnetnuke is out in the market.

Dotnetnuke is ideal for creation and maintenance of professional websites, which demands constant and frequent updates. The architecture of DNN is very much of open source nature, hence it allows to be acted as single, integrated access point for distributed communities, digital contact as well as online collaboration.

Here are some of the catchy features:
> User friendliness – as the WYSIWYG user interface featuring drag-and-drop mechanism
> Extensible – easy customization of content modules, skins, data providers, templates
> Scalable – high performance portal infrastructure with minimal hardware requirements
> Unrestricted nature – free usage allowed in commercial and non-commercial environments
> Community Ecosystem – active open source community for training and support

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Why to shift from ASP to ASP.NET?

The era of ASP.NET programming in the IT world has made many many programmers and customers to migrate from traditional ASP programming platform to ASP.NET programming platform. These up-gradations and provoked thought processes support them to make their business operations more effective and easy. They both too work on the same web server, hence future compatibility too is not a problem.

Here are some of the standard reasons for shifting from classical ASP to ASP.NET programming:
> Integration of any 3rd party APIs and code structures becomes relatively easy using ASP.NET
> Both ASP and ASP.NET share the same web server, so compatibility is also not an issue
> ASP.NET can manage thrice the number of requests and hits as compared to classic ASP
> Lot of features are getting automatic in case of ASP.NET, and hence requires very fewer amount of efforts comparatively
> Stability and scalability of the system gets increased in case of ASP.NET technology platform

Thus, there are a plenty of advantages associated for all the ASP.NET programmers to shift them to from classic ASP to the upgraded versions.

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JQuery – a powerful Javascript Library

JQuery is a very popular and an open source Javascript library. It is used impressively in many of the applications, and we shall start by looking at the current state of the art Javascript technology, which is used very rampantly by the java programmers and the designers.

Basically, the following tasks could be performed by the Java programmers with JQuery:
> Selecting and Manipulation of HTML elements with JQuery
> Addition of animations to the web pages
> Use of JQuery UI to add a custom theme to the website
> Extending JQuery with the available plug-ins

JQuery focuses to ease all these problems by providing a lightweight library that adds many advanced and cross-browser functions to the standard language.

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Integration of Java and .NET

At times, the Java developers may need a platform where they have to integrate Java along with ASP.NET. We are narrating this blog post keeping the beginners in mind. This article describes how we can call some java methods from .NET code and vice versa. This can be achieved via relatively simple ASP.NET application which interacts with Java Applets while performing any other operation.

Two different Integrated Data Environments can be used for this application:
1. Visual Studio 2005 (and further)
2. Eclipse

In Java programming, the main thing or concept behind the scene here is the Applet. The Java developers  need to create a JAR file which contains one applet and then call the java methods using applet from .NET. Once you are able to retrieve the data using the JavaScript, it is up to the programmers to decide how one can use it on the server side.

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Need of Web Services Development in Java

In Java programming, a Web service is a software system identified by a URL, whose public interfaces and bindings are defined and described using XML. These systems may then interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its definition, using XML based messages conveyed by internet protocols.

The community of Java programmers, engineers, architects, and developers represent a merging of at least all the major sources of inspiration, with various ideas taken from other sources as well. Several streams of thought and practice have converged to produce an amalgam of what we think of as "Web services", including:
> "Distributed Objects" or "Application Integration" -- exchange of programming objects or invocation of software functions over a network.
> The World Wide Web itself - accessing human readable documents and posting requests for information, products, or services via the HTTP protocol.

The excitement over Web services is based largely on the potential for a combination of XML, the Web, the SOAP and to-be-defined protocol stacks during the Java projects development architecture design.

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Authentication of an ASP.NET Web application

Form authentication is the most commonly used authentication methods of all in ASP.NET programming. Depending on the Client requirement, as a programmer one might want to consider using the SSL throughout the site or at least on the login page. But overall, this approach is not so secure as it sends the User’s credentials to the server in clear context.

Lack of password policy, passing incorrect internal messages to the browser, using cookies and other insecure means to store the Users’ credentials, etc. are the possible deficiencies with decision of authentication policy in ASP.NET programming.

A web application’s authentication in ASP.NET can be further enhanced with the following:
> Password policy… enforcement of a password policy including strong passwords, password expiration, and possibly locking User accounts after some unsuccessful login attempts.
> Hashing of password… if you manage your authentication store, make sure to hash your all the passwords for the system
> Brute Force Attacks… introduction of a random delay of a few seconds on every login attempt will make the brute force attacks impractical to execute

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Why Help Desk Management System?

Technically, a help desk system software is defined as an automated and structured path for all the Users of an organization to solve out their daily queries and concerns related to hardware, resources management, HR department, attendance, etc. It lets every User create tickets online, auto generated email notifications of tickets posted and resolved, allows Users to post and review ticket status, rectifies tickets, etc.

This article talks specifically about the need of having installed a standard help desk management system with their networks. Here are some of the logical reasons like why any Company or organization should opt for a help desk management system software:
> It supports the concerned departments by generating scrutinized reports, in process of making statistics-based decisions
> Inclusiveness of managing multiple incidents and workflow automations
> Supports organization to restore normal service of operation quickly
> Configuration of workflow as per the manual process
> Employees can use their unique login credentials and then access the system
> It provides structured and prompt handing of all changes in the IT infrastructure
> Easier generation of statistics with interactive dashboards and reporting modules
> Avoidance of any possible ambiguities as everything is online

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Key Components of Web Services in ASP.NET Programming

We have already published one blog post article with an introduction of web services, somewhere around the last month for ASP.NET programming. Basically, they are the software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interactions over an established network.

A web service in ASP.NET development is built with the following components – XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. Their roles can be defined as:
> UDDI… Universal Description, Design, and Integration – provides a directory of services on the internet
> WSDL… Web Services Descriptional Language – here, the web services for a program are defined in terms of formats and message ordering
> SOAP… through this, the web services consumers can send/receive messages using XML
> XML & HTTP… they are built using the available open internet protocols

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Software Solutions Development process at SPEC INDIA

SPEC INDIA provides their Clients with innovative and best software solutions for automation of the current manual process, improvisation of data search and gathering quality, and improved assure regulatory compliance. We follow a smart process from the standard software development life cycle. SPEC INDIA is an ISO 9001:2008 certified software solutions provider company India, just completing 25 years of their presence in 2012!

The custom software solutions which we develop at meet sure to the department’s unique needs. Our process involves discussion of the challenges and current processes to develop a set of requirements,; and then, creating a custom software solution that meets those requirements. Obviously, there are many points of concern in outsourcing the software quality work to a firm based outside of the premises, but many of the requirements will be highly understood considering the range of professionals we have and the experience they have collectively.

The software solutions can be small, single-user, street smart solution to more complex, giant and multi-user software solutions.

At SPEC INDIA, our team of around 175+ professionals in total is enough to take care of any simple to complex requirement for custom software applications development as well as any enterprise custom software development. In case you have any requirement, feel free to drop us an email at our email id lead@spec-india.com, and our Business Development Executive will address you within 24-48 hours.

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Procedural programming in ASP.NET

Procedures – in ASP.NET programming terms are referred to as the collection of routines, subroutines, methods, or functions that contain a series of the computations steps or the logic of a program. Any given procedure might be called at any point during a program’s execution, including by other procedures or itself. It is also known as imperative programming; whereby the ASP.NET programmer specifies the steps that the program must take to reach the desired state.

The in-general advantages of the procedural programming are:
> The ability of the code to be strongly modular or structured
> Re-use of the same code at different places
> It is an easier way to keep track of program flow as compared to a collection of simple statements

Concluding, the procedural programming in ASP.NET programming is often a better choice than simple sequential or unstructured programming in many situations which demand some lesser level of complexity or which require rampant maintenance.

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Code Access Security in ASP.NET

The ASP.NET security model provides code access permissions and code identity permissions. The code access security is the part of the ASP.NET security model that determines whether or not the code is allowed to run, and what resources it can use when it is running.

The CLR implements the Code Access Security based on the ‘evidence’ gathered about assemblies. Evidence includes such things as:
> Strong Name
> Publisher
> From where the assembly is being loaded
> The URL of the source directory, if in case the assembly was downloaded from the web

The administrator of the configure CAS policy in ASP.NET programming to restrict the resource types that the code can access and the other privileged operations it can perform. The Code Access Security allows the code to be trusted to varying degrees depending on where the code originates and on the other aspects of the identity of the code. The Code Access Security can also help minimize the damage that might result from the security issues or loopholes in the code.

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Data Validation guidelines for ASP.NET applications

Data validation in ASP.NET programming is all about avoiding data cleanup tasks on the backend by avoiding bad data coming in. The ASP.NET validation controls and third party validation controls help you receive the right data in the right format. ASP.NET provides some nice controls to perform validation.

A controlled and centralized web framework can offer many advantages related to security to the web applications. In ASP.NET application development, it needs to be backed up with the page-specific security measures to ensure proper data validation. Here are some guidelines on employing proper data validation:
> Avoid the database write actions against the URL parameters
> Ensure that every POST action is actually done from an internal application page
> All the possible exceptions should send only user-friendly messages to the browser
> Any webpage displaying data on the browser that cannot be guaranteed to be safe should be encoded using the server.htmlencode. This will certainly prevent any malicious cross-site scripting attacks
> All the web pages should enforce strict data validation on any piece of data
> Consider the regular expressions as a great way to constrain input in ASP.NET

Thus, these were the basic guidelines to for effective implementation of data validation for ASP.NET programmers.

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Introduction to Web Services in ASP.NET

From the books of programming, a web service is a service provided and invoked with the support of internet by using different web protocols, and with a standard interface description. It can also be explained as programmable application logic. They are very simple and easy to understand concepts in the context of ASP.NET programming. As such the usage of the web services are irrespective of the programming technology platforms… they can be used as a programmed logic in any platform, object model, or programming language used to implement that service.

An ASP.NET web service is a software system designed to support all the machine-to-machine interaction over a network. They have an interface described in a machine-process able format. The other systems interact with the web services in a fashion prescribed by its description using the SOAP messages, typically conveyed using the HTTP with an XML serialization in coordination with the other web-related standards.

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What is ADO.NET?

This article holds some important information and introduction to ADO.NET (ActiveX Data Objects for .NET). ADO was for the first time released in 1996 and it represented a new way of dynamically retrieving data from any database in ASP.NET programming.

ADO.NET is an object-oriented set of libraries that allows you to interact with data sources. Commonly, the data source is a database, but it could also be a text file, an Excel spreadsheet, or an XML file. But overall, it is used as a way to interact with a data base. ADO.NET is sometimes considered an evolution of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) technology, but was changed so extensively that it can be considered an entirely new product.

Thus, ADO.NET is the .NET technology for programmers to interact with data sources. You have several Data Providers, which allow communication with different data sources, depending on the protocols they use or what the database is.

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Common ASP.NET Application Security Flaws

For highly secure ASP.NET Web applications, such as Internet banking sites, you may want to implement a more secure solution for user authentication than the user name and password combination. You can use client-side digital certificates to verify the identity of the user. In addition, you can map client-side digital certificates to Windows accounts on the server if necessary.

There is a wide array of attacks that ASP.NET web applications need to protect against but most security holes are due to flaws in the following:

Authentication... makes easier for attackers to reveal the User’s credentials, or worse to dig down the application’s authentication altogether. The secure password policy, brute force attacks and password hashing are the part of authentication mechanism.

Authorization… Allowing logged-in users to perform actions without authorization verification. This can possibly be ensured with all ASP.NET web pages in a consistent manner.

Data validation… is all about trusting data submitted by the User and then acting upon it. It is generated by the lack of data consistency throughout the web, and failing to encode the data sent to the server.

App configuration… is about using some default configuration on the application and hosted server. Different applications require different configurations but the focus of this section is on those that fall under the responsibility of the web developer.

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Managed Code in ASP.NET

In ASP.NET programming, the term Managed Code is used to describe the code that will execute only under the management of a Common Language Runtime Virtual Machine. In the same reference to context, the code that does not depend on the Common Language Runtime is known as unmanaged code.

Increased security, and structured and convenient code are the main benefits of managed code. Moreover, it also supports in process of quality assurance practices in process of ASP.NET programming.

The code which is not managed can bypass the ASP.NET framework and make direct calls to the operating system. A point of concern here can be like the Managed code cannot be accessed outside of the runtime environment. It also cannot call any function directly outside the runtime environment.

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Exception Handling in ASP.NET

Exceptions or errors are unusual occurrences that happen within the logic of an application. The CLR has provided structured way to deal with exceptions using Try/Catch block. While errors occur in ASP.NET programming, they either get handled or needs re-look at the code. While an unhandled exception propagates, the User may be redirected to an error page using different ASP.NET configuration settings.

The programmers can control the exceptions that get thrown and prevent a redirection. Error or exception handling in ASP.NET can be further categorized into 2 categories as below:

• Handling exceptions as and when they are thrown
• Redirecting the User to an error page when errors go unhandled

Logically, as a ASP.NET developer, you cannot program for every possibility. Hence, they are imminent.

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Metadata: Concept in ASP.NET programming

Metadata – typically means the data within the data files. With reference to ASP.NET programming, meta data is the binary information which describes the characteristics of a resource. This information includes the description of the Assembly, data types and members with their security permissions, declarations, implementations, references to other types and members, etc.

In ASP.NET programming, the metadata describes all classes and class members that are defined in the assembly, and the members which the current assembly will call from another assembly. Moreover, the metadata eliminates the need for interface definition language (IDL) files, header files, or any external method of component reference.

During the compilation of any program, both the metadata and MSIL are together wrapped in a Portable Executable files. Now, when the program is running, the JIT compiler of CLR uses the metadata and converts the MSIL into a native code. And when the code is executed, the runtime loads metadata into memory and references it to get the information about the code’s classes, members, inheritance, and so on.

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ASP.NET Strong Names

In ASP.NET programming terms, a strong name consists of the assembly's identity — its simple text name, version number, and culture information (if provided) — plus a public key and a digital signature.

In particular, strong names satisfy the following requirements:

They guarantee name uniqueness by relying on unique key pairs. No one can generate the same assembly name that you can, because an assembly generated with one private key has a different name than an assembly generated with another private key.

Strong names protect the version lineage of an assembly for ASP.NET programmers. It can ensure that no one can produce a subsequent version of your assembly. Users can be sure that a version of the assembly they are loading comes from the same publisher that created the version the application was built with.

Strong names provide a strong integrity check. Passing the .NET Framework security checks guarantees that the contents of the assembly have not been changed since it was built. Note, however, that strong names in and of themselves do not imply a level of trust like that provided, for example, by a digital signature and supporting certificate.

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Satellite Assembly in ASP.NET Programming

A compiled code library used for deployment, version, and security is known as assembly in ASP.NET programming terms. A single assembly can consist of one or more files. Microsoft’s Visual Studio does not support using different languages in one assembly.

A classic .NET framework assembly contains resources specific to a give programming language. With usage of the satellite assemblies, one can place the resources for different languages in different assemblies. The correct assembly s then loaded into memory only if the User selects to view the application in that language. Overall, the assemblies must contain culture-neutral resources. If as a ASP.NET programmer, you want to localize the assembly, then you should go for satellite assembly.

A process assembly represents a process that will use classes defined in library assemblies. There are basically two types of assemblies: process assemblies (.exe) and library assemblies (.dll).

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Multithreading in ASP.NET

In ASP.NET programming, there are indeed many operations which demand to run in parallel with the main code, but demand very high CPU usage. The examples include acquiring a database and waiting for the results, any heavy 3rd party software integration, etc. – hence, here the ASP.NET programmers are suffering a heavy and loaded input/output operation. Thus, the application will be dead with no response until this time consuming operation completes.

A common solution for this problem in ASP.NET programming in multithreading.

Multithreading is a technique that can be used to perform time consuming tasks in a separate additional thread other than the main application thread. The .NET framework provides you with a class library that allows you to use multithreading and asynchronous programming techniques. In multithreading technique, you can use the thread pool to conquer the new thread, or you can also create it manually. Actually, it depends on the level of control you want to have over the new thread.

Thus, by using multithreading, you can use 2 threads in parallel – the main one, and the newly created one. Both are running in parallel, and this certainly improves the performance and responsiveness of an application.

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Basic FCL Namespaces in ASP.NET Programming

We had already introduced our readers to the Framework Class Library in ASP.NET via one of the article in the first week of January. The .NET framework class library is a library of classes, interfaces, and value types that provide access to functionality of the system. All the types in the Framework Class Library are Common Language Specification (CLS) compliant.

The .NET framework contains a lot of namespaces, and each class is arranged in a namespace that best describes its purpose. All the basic FCL classes are located in the root namespace System. The classes, which are provided by any 3rd party developers are recommended to follow the standard NameSpace format of CompanyName.TechnologyName.

Structure of a Namespace:
A basic fully qualified classname example would be System.Collections.ArrayList. The part to the left of the last dot is generally the namespace, while the part to the right of the last for is the classname.

The FCL is based on the common type system. The common type system allows the framework to operate with the multiple languages within a managed runtime.

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