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.
In the upcoming versions of Microsoft Web development tools, ASP.NET makes data binding more flexible while ASP.NET MVC makes creating AJAX applications and building mobile applications easier, among other goodies in both environments.
The company's latest product suite offers powerful data components, mobile UX and metro-themed controls across multiple platforms.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 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.
PowerPoint Storyboarding, a new feature of Visual Studio 11, brings new dimensions to UI design.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 05/01/2012
Visual Basic 11 contains many enhancements you may not have noticed.
Migrating a photo-sharing Windows Phone application to run under Windows 8.
- By Nick Randolph
- 04/16/2012
When Microsoft talks about application lifecycle management (ALM), it's always in the context of its Visual Studio IDE, especially with Visual Studio 11.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/16/2012
Our cover story this month on Agile development comes at a good time, coinciding with the recent release of the Visual Studio 11 beta.
The MVP Summit, from which I've just returned, is a very important event.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 04/01/2012
Our March 2012 cover story, "More Power," offered a tour of the productivity tools in Visual Studio 11 (still a code name) just in time for the release of the beta previews. Readers share their initial reactions to the updated beta tooling.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 04/01/2012
Microsoft today unveiled a new cloud-based build service for its upcoming hosted Team Foundation Service.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/27/2012
Eric Vogel walks through how to send and receive push notifications in a Windows 8 Metro application.
10 questions and answers to help understand the Roslyn complier-as-a-service project for Visual Basic and C# developers.
Visual Studio 11 is packed with new features to help you be a more efficient, productive developer. Here's your guided tour.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 03/01/2012