Microsoft's new CodePlex Foundation aims to encourage commercial software companies to collaborate and contribute to open source communities.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/10/2009
The European Commission's decision to investigate Oracle's plan to acquire Sun Microsystems is focused largely on the future of the open source MySQL database.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/08/2009
How to avoid the end-to-end integration test problem with the Repository pattern.
- By Benjamin Day
- 09/01/2009
Inaugural event in Redmond hopes to engage developers of mobile applications.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/18/2009
A new but unofficial performance benchmark test by a senior Microsoft developer is spurring debate in the ASP.NET and PHP communities, even as it reveals some surprising findings.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/13/2009
Language design leader Erik Meijer describes new framework as a "breakthrough"in asynchronous programming.
- By John K. Waters
- 08/10/2009
VSM readers honor the best commercial development tools.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/01/2009
Microsoft's VP of the .NET Developer Platform group opens up on a wide range of topics, from debugging Silverlight apps to Silverlight's security model.
- By John K. Waters
- 07/13/2009
Microsoft Group Product Manager Matt Carter talks about what developers can expect from the upcoming version of Visual Studio.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/01/2009
Microsoft Senior Product Manager Doug Seven talks about the next version of VSTS.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/01/2009
Learn how to store and retrieve binary large objects in the cloud with Azure's RESTful Storage API.
- By Roger Jennings
- 07/01/2009
The inventor of the first PC spreadsheet talks about his new book and challenges facing developers.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/23/2009
As applications take flight beyond the desktop, the .NET Framework is trying to keep pace. The programming environment, which debuted in 2002 and today ships with Windows, SQL Server and Visual Studio, remains the consistent foundation for Microsoft's proliferating toolsets.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/02/2009
Despite tough times, developers, ISVs and Microsoft are keeping plenty busy.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/01/2009
The new DataForm control and enhanced support for data-driven applications make it possible for developers to deliver line-of-business applications to any user with a Silverlight-enabled Web browser.
Is Microsoft enhancing your user experience in Visual Studio 2010 and beyond?
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/01/2009
Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for SharePoint makes developing and testing Web Parts almost easy, provided you install it correctly.
RDN Editor Kathleen Richards talks with Microsoft's Kris Horrocks.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/24/2009
.NET developers face adjustments as they start coding for Microsoft's high-flying workflow and collaboration platform.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/02/2009
Create a custom tool to provide a flexible and easy way to generate code on demand.