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.
One key change that will smooth your transition from ASP.NET to Windows 8 is to think like a designer from the outset.
- By Brandon Downing, Phillip Stewart
- 06/05/2013
At TechEd, Microsoft reveals the next release of Visual Studio will be available later this year.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 06/05/2013
The new version of the .NET-focused unit-testing product aims to quickly find and fix bugs.
- By Katrina Carrasco
- 06/04/2013
While there are several tools available to monitor your application's performance, when it comes to improving your UI, it's your understanding of your users that's critical to finding problems.
MSDN subscribers get a host of new benefits as well, including credit toward Azure time, making cloud-based development free in some cases.