Handling exceptions in the Task-Based Asynchronous Pattern has become much easier with the latest version of the Microsoft .NET Framework.
- By Patrick Steele
- 06/03/2012
The Microsoft JavaScript Upshot library provides a simplified API for retrieving data from the server and caching it at the client for reuse. Coupled with Knockout, the two JavaScript libraries form the pillars of the Microsoft client-side programming model.
Use the Microsoft Sync Framework to synchronize data changes between SQL Server 2008 Standard, SQL Server 2008 Express and SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5.
As more JavaScript libraries spring up and battle to survive, developers stand to benefit from great solutions that fit a variety of needs.
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Once Windows 8 tablets are available, how will Microsoft overcome the ironically incumbent status of Apple's competing devices?
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 06/01/2012
During a trip to a local retailer, VSM Editor in Chief Keith Ward noticed dramatic improvements in Windows Phone merchandising and the salesperson's knowledge of the latest devices.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 06/01/2012
Writing code for the same mobile app across various platforms gets old in a hurry. Fortunately, there are solutions.
- By Wallace McClure
- 05/30/2012
C++ pointers earned a bad reputation for causing memory leaks, but new smart pointers release memory as it stops being referenced.
Peter Vogel continues his exploration of WCF 4.5's support for WebSockets by writing the code to accept data from the client and then return data to the client whenever that data becomes available.
All indications now point toward an October release of Windows 8.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk shows you how to create and extract "almost" .ZIP files in .NET Framework 4 and standard .ZIP files in .NET Framework 4.5.
While we often talk of how we can leverage OSS to deliver a higher-quality product, rarely do we talk about how we can give back to the OSS community.
Eric Vogel shows you how to simplify the consumption of your API by adding a fluent interface design.
Persisting user settings in Windows Phone is something every mobile developer needs to know how to do. Nick Randolph walks you through the process.
- By Nick Randolph
- 05/08/2012
Peter introduces WCF 4.5's support for WebSockets first by describing why you care and then by setting up to build a bi-directional service using Windows Server 8, and Visual Studio 11.
Talent and great ideas aren't enough. If you want to succeed as an entrepreneur, you gotta have hustle.
- By Patrick Foley
- 05/03/2012
While Windows Communication Foundation 4.5 has lots of little improvements, the ASP.NET Web API is a very big change. You'll probably end up taking advantage of both, so here's what's in the pipeline for you.
Microsoft System Center 2012 is out, and Microsoft .NET Framework developers everywhere are cheering.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 05/01/2012
PowerPoint Storyboarding, a new feature of Visual Studio 11, brings new dimensions to UI design.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 05/01/2012