We look at 17 of the best free Visual Studio and .NET tools and add-ins.
Will emerging developer tools and hybrid Platform as a Service features ramp up project and data deployments to Windows Azure?
This article will introduce you to the concept of exposing parts of your application logic as lambda properties. By making these properties read/write, you can plug in specific functionality with more control than subclassing.
For MegaCorp's end-of-quarter presentation, the VP of marketing arranged a demo for a feature that he had contracted an outside consultant to add to the new version of the company's customer-facing online application.
When Scott Guthrie, former corporate vice president of the .NET Platform at Microsoft, left the Developer Division to head up a new Windows Azure business unit, I was more than concerned.
Readers respond to the May cover story (".NET at the Crossroads") on the direction of C# and Visual Basic.
A walk through the Windows Phone 7 application lifecycle with some tricks to effectively handle tombstoning.
Windows Communication Foundation has steadily evolved to better support SOA and Web services. Here's how to get the most out of your WCF-based services architecture.
On Nov. 2, 2001, Microsoft and the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) reached a settlement in the antitrust action against Redmond. The terms of that decree expired in May.
Test-first development is an approach to software development that focuses on results: Tell me the expected outcome, not the requirements.
XapOptimizer can substantially shrink the size of your Silverlight XAP files, giving your users faster downloads. While the result is almost magical, there are reasons to be wary.