.NET Framework


Porting a Silverlight App to a Metro-Style App

Many developers are worried about the compatibility of Silverlight with Metro-style applications. This project shows that those fears are overblown.

The Survival of Microsoft's Fittest

A certain Darwinian evolution is taking place at Microsoft. Some product species are more fit, with better chances for survival. You can understand and work with Microsoft's changes, rather than being passively impacted by them.

Exploiting the .NET Validation Frameworks

Implementing one of three interfaces can turn your business classes into self-validating components that seamlessly integrate into WPF, Silverlight and ASP.NET MVC applications -- and can be easily extended to other environments.

Readers React: Silverlight's Future

Readers react to a column discussing the future of Silverlight.

Visual Studio 11 Beta Released

Along with Visual Studio 11, betas of the .NET Framework 4.5 and two versions of Team Foundation Server were released.

Storyboarding in Team Foundation Server 11

Storyboarding in Team Foundation Server 11 is a quick and easy way to build UIs with a tool everyone knows -- PowerPoint.

Visual Studio 11 Beta Coming Feb. 29

Also being released is the beta of the .NET Framework 4.5.

The Strategy Pattern in .NET

Eric Vogel shows you how to use a common software design pattern that allows an app to dynamically pick an appropriate method at runtime.

MIX: a Missed Opportunity for Microsoft?

Was there confusion at Microsoft's Web-focused show? Sure. But from Papa's Perspective, that wasn't a bad thing.

Construct XAML Forms at Runtime with Resource Files

WPF makes it very easy to load non-executable resources at run time -- including a complete UI in XAML. Here's how to leverage that functionality to create applications that you can customize without recompiling.

Building a Windows 8 Metro App, Part 3: Putting it Together

Eric Vogel covers how to use the Windows 8 local data storage APIs to cache application data.

IntelliTrace Moves Beyond Development in Visual Studio 11

IntelliTrace can only be used in development environments in Visual Studio 2010 but that changes in the upcoming IDE. Learn how to use the new IntelliTrace in Production features in the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview.

ASP.NET: Empowering Your Master Pages

You can use your Master Pages just to structure your pages. Or you can integrate them into your application with custom code that your content pages can access.

Clean Up NuGet Dependencies With Chewie

Chewie is a domain-specific language that uses PowerShell to tame NuGet installations.

Demystifying the C# Yield-Return Mechanism

You can write cleaner, more efficient code with Yield-Return; the key is knowing the right situations for using the statement.

Making Do with Absent Foreign Keys

The absence of foreign key properties in classes adds some challenges to working in disconnected apps.

Simplify Your Projections with AutoMapper

Tired of mapping your classes from one format to another? A convention-based, open source library can help alleviate some of those coding headaches.

Creating the Perfect ASP.NET UI with Web Parts and User Controls

Web Parts and User Controls let you easily build customizable UIs with the same tools you use to create inflexible user interfaces -- and implement an MVC-like pattern in ASP.NET.

Arrested Development: VB6 Now and Forever

When Brett was hired on as a senior analyst, he wasn't surprised to learn that the older platforms were built around Visual Basic 6 (VB6), which was no longer supported by Microsoft.

Big Data and SQL Server: Disruption or Harmony?

By responding to potential threats with thoughtfulness, and a zeal to add value, SQL and Big Data could be big business for Redmond.

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