Learn how Visual Studio 2012 makes exploratory testing quick and easy.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 11/27/2012
Custom proximity search, a new feature in SQL Server 2012 Full-Text Search, is facilitated using the NEAR operator.
Importing a snippet into Visual Studio and then using the snippet is a snap.
Peter finishes up his discussion of using the Fakes Framework with TDD in Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate by looking at mocking properties and why you'd want to pass a shim as parameters.
In Part 3 of this series, Eric Vogel covers how to implement user-level authorization and push notifications using an Azure Mobile Service.
Using shims in Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate lets you easily bypass code—no matter how deeply buried—to test just the parts of your application that you want to test.
A priority queue assigns a priority to each element. Knowing how to build them is important in solving many coding problems.
- By James McCaffrey
- 11/02/2012
Use the LongListSelector control to conveniently display large amounts of data in your mobile apps.
- By Nick Randolph
- 11/01/2012
Much emphasis has been placed on the new async capabilities in C# 5.0. However, there are smaller smaller -- but still useful -- features of which you may not be aware.
- By Patrick Steele
- 11/01/2012
ASP.NET provides a wealth of options for dynamically integrating JavaScript into your client-side pages. And by adding T4 into the mix, you can generate, at runtime, exactly the client-side code that your page needs.
Data-binding parameters that you can use when wiring up the contents of your Windows Phone application.
- By Nick Randolph
- 10/29/2012
FileTables, a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2012, is a unique table that reflects metadata of files in a specified folder.
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.
One of the major reasons that developers don't like TDD is because, inevitably, it leads to mocking—which can be time consuming. Microsoft has created the Fakes Framework just to simplify the whole process.
Learn about Android's sensors by building a simple compass application.
- By Wallace McClure
- 10/18/2012
Visual Studio Magazine Contributing Editor Joe Kunk explains why he thinks his Surface tablet will kick his iPad's butt.
The Converter attribute can be added to the binding syntax to augment the data at the point it's data bound.
- By Nick Randolph
- 10/16/2012
Eric Vogel covers how to create an Azure Mobile Services-backed Windows Store application.
Data binding is central to Windows Phone Development. Here's a refresher for old pros, and an introduction for newbies.
- By Nick Randolph
- 10/02/2012
Tracking down performance problems in your application can be a frustrating experience. Reduce your stress levels with custom counters.
- By Benjamin Day
- 10/02/2012
How to implement a custom Task Parallel Dataflow block.
Set up and use create a simple Windows Phone program that connects to Azure Mobile Services.
- By Nick Randolph
- 09/24/2012
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.
Save yourself some work by using templates in Visual Studio.
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