It isn't news that developers don't like documenting their code. But you have good reason not to. And if you are documenting code, try to stop! It's not too late.
The products are "go-live," so Microsoft will support them in production.
The latest update includes mostly bug fixes.
Eric Vogel covers the recent changes to the SignalR persistent connection API.
Eric Vogel covers shows how to use the Facade pattern to create a simple unified interface for a collection of interfaces in a .NET application.
The upcoming Build conference spurred the action.
Knowing where you are -- and where you want to go -- are the keys to using the matrix.
It's a centralized hub for partners (including Microsoft) that extend apps.
Learn how Team Foundation Server 2012 and Kanban go together.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 06/21/2013
In this month's column, Peter Vogel takes a single -- and common -- problem and looks at all the technologies you can use to solve it, from getting the data design correct through handling updates and finishing with a UI built in ASP.NET MVC.
The big update in the latest version is the introduction of generics.
Microsoft provides a solution for compatibility issues with the NuGet package restore feature.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 06/18/2013
Set up a TDD environment for test applications by choosing and integrating a toolset that works with Visual Studio. It's not a completely satisfying solution, but it's enough to start building an application.
Harness the power of query expressions to develop powerful frameworks.
- By Chris Eargle
- 06/17/2013
Microsoft also announces that every Azure customer gets a free 20MB database to use for a year with Web Sites and Mobile Services.
Updated dev tools bundle focuses on touch, enterprise and enabling "occasionally connected" devices.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 06/13/2013
The company calls this ability "round-tripping," and says that Visual Studio 2013 will be able to load projects as far back as Visual Studio 2010.
James McCaffrey explains what neural network activation functions are and why they're necessary, and explores three common activation functions.
- By James McCaffrey
- 06/07/2013
Sometimes you need more than roles to effectively manage authorizing user requests. You can do that without moving to claims-based security in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 by creating your own user object.
At Computex, Microsoft also showed off a growing number of devices for its newest OS.