A look inside the critical technologies and tools that will shape .NET development over the next year.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/02/2011
After a watershed year in 2010, .NET developers can finally put their programming skills to use to create and sell apps for the Windows Phone 7 platform, introduced last February and available in Windows Phones in the United States since early November.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 01/01/2011
Microsoft's latest announcements make it clear that, when it comes to delivering applications over the Web, the choices for the .NET developer are ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC.
Cloud computing solutions vary considerably, yet claim superior privacy, security and scalability over on-premises deployments that also require the expense of an IT department to manage them.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
The frequency with which Microsoft has changed database access technologies is remarkable, with each new scheme offering the promise that .NET developers have finally arrived at a long-term solution.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
Microsoft's efforts to improve mobile, Web and cloud application development have captured a great deal of mindshare over the past year.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/01/2011
In 2011 even low-end laptops come with two cores and, at the high end, eight and even 16 cores aren't uncommon.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a critical measure of a team's maturity and development effectiveness.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
An important part of a software testing -- or coding -- effort is the ability to measure progress. One way for doing this is a technique called Earned Value Management (EVM). Find out how easy it is to apply EVM to your own projects.
- By James McCaffrey
- 01/01/2011
Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) lets you expose interfaces and classes in your Silverlight apps without having to expose the real implementation. See how it works.
- By Sandrino Di Mattia
- 01/01/2011
For many Silverlight programmers, the most exciting news about Windows Phone 7 is its support for Silverlight as one of its two programming interfaces (the other is XNA).
- By Charles Petzold
- 12/01/2010
Anyone doing ASP.NET development probably admits, openly or not, to introducing or stumbling upon a security issue at some point during their career.
With HTML5 promising native support for video and animation, what can developers expect from Silverlight in the months to come?
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/29/2010
Visual Studio Magazine readers pick the best developer tools and resources.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/01/2010
Popcap's director of mobile engineering talks about the pros and cons of developing its games for the three top smartphone platforms: iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7.
Sit back, relax and revel in the joy that you weren't involved in these 10 projects.
- By Alex Papadimoulis, Mark Bowytz
- 10/13/2010
ASP.NET MVC and test-driven development show the future of delivering reliable applications. While Visual Studio 2010 enables you to integrate server-side testing into ASP.NET development, client-side testing presents a challenge.
Working with the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 process template.
MonoTouch developer and book author Wallace McClure discusses the evolving arena of Mono-based application development for the iPhone.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/29/2010
The industrial-strength Microsoft ORM is finally ready for prime time. Are you?
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/01/2010