Mickey Gousset offers an introduction to the new Team Web Access console for Team Foundation Server 2010.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 04/25/2011
This is the first installment of a new online column written by Aaron Bjork, senior program manager at Microsoft working on Agile experiences and tooling within TFS. This month Aaron looks at daily standup meetings.
The popular, open source Nuget Package Management system makes quick work of installing, configuring and updating third-party components in.NET projects.
Mobile Corner columnist Nick Randolph walks through a template that can get your first Windows Phone 7 application up and running fast.
- By Nick Randolph
- 04/19/2011
If you want to do a better job of managing your configuration settings than just throwing random data into appSettings, you can extend your config file with your own custom XML and actually edit your settings.
There are times as a developer that you will want to be able to delete all the data from a database as efficiently as possible. Unfortunately, doing so may not be as easy as it seems.
The Async CTP and async and await keywords allow C# (and VB) developers to easily create more responsive applications. Here's how to get started with the Async CTP.
Mickey Gousset walks through the improved Administration Console in Visual Studio TFS 2010.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 04/06/2011
New VSM columnist Nick Randolph kicks off his Mobile Corner column by showing how to build a YouTube search app using Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend.
- By Nick Randolph
- 04/01/2011
The Microsoft Model-View-ViewModel pattern is an indispensable tool for developing applications for Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 and Windows Presentation Foundation. Benjamin Day helps you avoid architectural pitfalls and create unit-testable and maintainable applications.
- By Benjamin Day
- 04/01/2011
How to translate C# code into expression trees to eliminate strings, standardize parameter validations and interact with other data structures.
- By Patrick Steele
- 04/01/2011
Windows Identity Foundation turns authentication over to token servers, reducing demands on developers while preparing the way for a service-oriented world. It also integrates with the authorization mechanisms you're already using.
When the big merger was announced, the IT staff of both corporations was a little bit nervous, and with good reason: The day after the announcement, many redundant positions were eliminated.
Peter Vogel introduces a new column on application development in the real world, and begins by advocating for Language Integrated Query.
Peter Vogel introduces a new column on application development in the real world, and begins by advocating for Language Integrated Query.
Nick Randolph continues his introduction to Windows Phone 7 development with a look at some of the tools and resources available to developers.
- By Nick Randolph
- 03/29/2011
WebMatrix is an exciting new tool for creating ASP.NET Web applications. Unfortunately, Visual Basic developers face an additional challenge because Microsoft only surfaces C# templates. Here's how to get access to the VB templates.
VSM Web columnist Eric Vogel kicks off his first C# Corner installment with a walk through creating an application using asynchronous programming.
Mickey goes through an example of shelvesets and why they are a nice feature in Team Foundation Server.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 03/23/2011
Peter Vogel takes a look at Razor and the productivity gains in generating views that ASP.NET MVC 3 provides to developers.
VSM columnist Nick Randolph kicks off his new Mobile Corner column with an introduction to Windows Phone 7 development and a look back at the origins of Microsoft's new mobile platform.
- By Nick Randolph
- 03/16/2011
On VB columnist Joe Kunk says coding errors can lead to trouble, but the vast majority of big mistakes are due to poor or misguided project management.
Mickey Gousset introduces us to a new, free tool for visualizing work item information in Team Foundation Server 2010, providing state visualization, work item analysis and dependency analysis.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 03/11/2011
VSM columnist Peter Vogel builds an ASP.NET application that is too clever by half, and finds himself at odds with the very environment he is supposed to be leveraging.
This month's Ask Kathleen column answers your questions about the new Razor view engine in Microsoft's Model-View-Controller framework. Part 1 of 2.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 03/01/2011