Rather than try to ensure that he's getting the right config file for his production and test systems, Peter Vogel lets the application configure itself, using the Managed Extensibility Framework to enable automatic selection of the right connection string
The fixes are part of an eight-release "Patch Tuesday" event next week.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/07/2011
Peter Vogel explains why adding associations to Entity Framework navigations helps you avoid using Joins.
The ASP.NET DataViews are powerful tools when coupled with a DataSource. But you can skip the DataSource and use the DataViews to handle displaying and updating any collection of objects you want, with a few lines of code.
Windows 8, unveiled in September, will change the way Microsoft-focused developers build applications.
- By Kathleen Richards, Keith Ward
- 10/04/2011
Why was F# invented? What are its best -- and worst -- uses?
Use Inversion of Control to decouple views and viewmodels in WPF.
- By Patrick Steele
- 10/01/2011
IComparable and IComparer sound the same and work in similar ways, but there are important differences you need to know.
- By James McCaffrey
- 10/01/2011
If you start "thinking in LINQ" you'll get more done with less code, and what you write will be simpler than using SQL.
Isolator .NET simplifies your unit testing by providing a flexible and convenient way to eliminate dependencies between objects.
HTML5 is a key part of Windows 8, and web development, going forward. This series will show you how to build great HTML5 applications.
- By Brandon Satrom
- 09/26/2011
Peter Vogel introduces you to the new dynamic event model for JavaScript that's available in all the contemporary browsers.
Mickey Gousset dives into modifying the states and transitions of a work item.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 09/23/2011
NServiceBus can help you create more reliable .NET services. It may not be as "free" as it appears, though.
The number of built-in Activities that you can use to create a service that handles a long running service is small. Fortunately, it's easy to add additional Activities that wrap up business logic.
Reading the Visual Basic language specifications may sound boring, but it actually reveals important information for developers.
What will Windows 8 really mean for the future of .NET developers? Four industry experts share their insights.
Scott Guthrie and Jason Zander, corporate vice presidents of, respectively, Microsoft's Server and Tools Business and the Visual Studio Team, today headlined some significant developer focused improvements in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/14/2011
Metro-style apps, HTML 5, XAML and Visual Studio 11 are all in your future.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/13/2011
The Windows 8 Developer Preview is now live.