.NET Framework


Innovation in the Margins; Adaptation in the Spotlight

Andrew Brust on Microsoft's whistle-stop demo tour.

Developer Fail: A Few Precious Seconds

Power user Alice strikes; can the code save our programming hero?

Test Cases and Test Suites with Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Mickey Gousset discusses test cases and test suites, and how they relate to test plans in Microsoft Test Manager 2010.

Acceptance Criteria: Get Everyone on the Same Page

Microsoft's Aaron Bjork explores how to use acceptance criteria to get everyone on your team running the same play.

Display Loading Progress Using Data Binding

Mobile Corner columnist Nick Randolph walks through how to use data binding to automatically display a progress bar when loading data in Windows Phone 7.

Insider: Thinking About SOA

Practical .NET columnist Peter Vogel ponders some of the assumptions and decisions that go into building out an SOA, and wonders if there might be better approaches.

Reactive Extensions: Just What the Doctor Ordered (Part 2)

In Part 1, VSM columnist Eric Vogel covered the basics of the Reactive Extensions (Rx) library. In this installment he explores how to observe asynchronous methods, tasks and events, as well as how to compose observable sequences using LINQ.

Microsoft Updates Windows Live SkyDrive with HTML5 Support

HTML5-based version of Microsoft's free cloud storage service boasts new features and a more Windows-like interface.

Creating a Test Case with Microsoft Test Manager 2010

Inside TFS columnist Mickey Gousset delves into how to create a test case using Microsoft Test Manager 2010.

ASP.NET: Configuring WCF for REST with JSON

If you want to extend your ASP.NET application to include RESTful calls that return JSON results to JavaScript code in an AJAX page, here's how to manage your URLs to reduce errors, integrate with ASP.NET MVC, and pass objects from your browser to your server.

Microsoft's Purchase of Skype Approved by FTC

Redmond's $8.5 billion deal gains quick approval by the FTC, but obstacles remain.

Automate Microsoft Excel with Visual Studio 2010

Enhancements in the .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 make Office automation solutions easier than ever to write and deploy. Here's an Excel automation scenario that reflects solutions that I've seen requested by multiple clients.

Style Your Application with Windows Phone 7 System Resources

Nick Randolph walks through how to leverage the built-in system resources to style your application in line with the Windows Phone 7 Metro design language

Microsoft Releases Kinect SDK for Windows Beta

Pre-release development kit for building gesture-based C#, VB and C++ applications available for download today.

Raking in the Rewards of Codified Build Scripts: Albacore

Build scripts are finally being treated as first-class development citizens, thanks to tools like psake, FAKE, and Rake + Albacore. Ian Davis explores the Ruby-based, open source Albacore DSL.

Microsoft Releases Android to Windows Phone API Mapping Tool

Microsoft extends developer guidance and API mapping tools to Android and iOS developers.

Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate Adds jQuery Controls

NetAdvantage Ultimate 2011 Volume 1 includes a jQuery control toolset, new theme support, extended support for ASP.NET and WinForms, and enhanced Microsoft Word interoperability.

17 Free Tools for Visual Studio

We look at 17 of the best free Visual Studio and .NET tools and add-ins.

Microsoft Demos Windows 8 at D9 Conference

Microsoft on Wednesday revealed details about the new Windows 8 operating system, including its Windows Phone-like UI.

W3C Announces Last Call for HTML 5 Spec

HTML 5 enters bug reporting phase, though final endorsement of the specification remains more than two years away.

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