Upgrades to the development suite include CoreCLR and async programming.
In Part 2 of this series, Eric Vogel covers how to implement authentication and basic authorization with an Azure Mobile Service-backed Windows Store application.
Eric Vogel covers how to create an Azure Mobile Services-backed Windows Store application.
TypeScript has been released under the Apache 2.0 license.
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How to implement a custom Task Parallel Dataflow block.
The difference between Structs and Classes isn't about data vs. code: it's about what happens when you move the data around. And sometimes you want a Struct, not a Class.
In Part 2 of this three-part series on dataflow programming with the Task Parallel Library, Eric Vogel shows you how to create a Windows 8 application that uses a composite parallel data flow.
RAII, or "Resource Acquisition Is Initialization", has become a standard C++ coding practice. Here's why.
How do we as developers present data to a user? In Android, we use the ListView in its various forms.
- By Wallace McClure
- 09/14/2012
The major challenge when working with permutations is that the factorial function gets very, very large very, very quickly. The BigInteger data type was introduced in the .NET Framework 4.0; it enables the writing of effective permutation code.
- By James McCaffrey
- 09/04/2012
JavaScript has been part of the Microsoft technology stable since the 1990s, and its prominence in the next wave of Microsoft products is huge.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 08/31/2012
The Task Parallel Dataflow (TDF) library helps developers tackle complex parallel use cases.
Visual Basic and C# developers can eliminate repetition by customizing the project and item templates in Visual Studio.
Eric Vogel covers some practical uses for the long awaited interfaces, IReadOnlyList and IReadOnlyDictionary in .NET Framework 4.5.
Visual Studio Async is a powerful development framework, but it's important to understand how it works to avoid performance hits.
- By Patrick Steele
- 08/02/2012
See how lambda expressions enhance a common programming scenario.
If your app requires the creation and manipulation of combinations of objects, the BigInteger structure in the Microsoft .NET Framework can offer huge advantages to combination functions.
- By James McCaffrey
- 08/01/2012
How to use lock screen badge and tile notifications in your Windows 8 application.
The operating system will release to manufacturing in August.