A new, free tool from JNBridge connects .NET developers with HBase, the database for Hadoop.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/16/2012
Microsoft has three goals for the latest iteration of its flagship IDE.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/15/2012
Update 1 is part of Microsoft’s new strategy of offering "continuous value" on a quarterly basis, in addition to Service Packs. The company released the final CTP on Monday.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/10/2012
Eric Vogel covers how to create an Azure Mobile Services-backed Windows Store application.
The key decisions -- the "architectural" decisions -- in user interface design aren't technical ones. The good news? Just two principles that drive those decisions. The bad news? You won't like either of them.
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
Fewer obstacles, agile improvements and continuous feedback in Visual Studio 2012 with Team Foundation Server remove your team's roadblocks to higher-quality software and maintenance.
- By Brian Randell
- 10/02/2012
In a mobile world, software developers can no longer ignore UI design.
- By Billy Hollis
- 10/02/2012
TypeScript has been released under the Apache 2.0 license.
Microsoft released Visual Studio 2012 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 during the final month of the summer, providing developers with the next wave of tools designed for building Windows 8 applications.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 10/01/2012
The new "Apps for Office" model allows developers to build add-ins for Office that are implemented with HTML5 and JavaScript.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 10/01/2012
Microsoft's Build show is just around the corner, and developers need to know the future of Windows 8.
If you want the flexibility to work with almost any e-mail system -- on the client or the server -- then Aspose.Email is probably your solution.
Get a preview of the upcoming conference in this issue.
How to implement a custom Task Parallel Dataflow block.
The difference between Structs and Classes isn't about data vs. code: it's about what happens when you move the data around. And sometimes you want a Struct, not a Class.
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.
RAII, or "Resource Acquisition Is Initialization", has become a standard C++ coding practice. Here's why.
Traditional software company Adage Technologies adapts to the sea change that is Windows 8.
Save yourself some work by using templates in Visual Studio.