The frequency with which Microsoft has changed database access technologies is remarkable, with each new scheme offering the promise that .NET developers have finally arrived at a long-term solution.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
Microsoft's efforts to improve mobile, Web and cloud application development have captured a great deal of mindshare over the past year.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/01/2011
With all the activity around mobile and Web technologies, it's easy to think that Microsoft might take its eye off the ball in the area of line-of-business (LOB) development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/01/2011
Every once in a while, Microsoft toys with the idea of taking its dev tools cross-platform.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 01/01/2011
In 2011 even low-end laptops come with two cores and, at the high end, eight and even 16 cores aren't uncommon.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a critical measure of a team's maturity and development effectiveness.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
An important part of a software testing -- or coding -- effort is the ability to measure progress. One way for doing this is a technique called Earned Value Management (EVM). Find out how easy it is to apply EVM to your own projects.
- By James McCaffrey
- 01/01/2011
Nearly all applications need to open or save data files. Use the common file dialog APIs to easily avoid another unneeded dependency and sidestep some system bugs as a bonus. (Part 2 of 2)
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 12/22/2010
With the new year upon us, Peter Vogel looks back at some of the big changes and advancements in ASP.NET in 2010.
SoftFluent releases near-feature complete version of its visual modeling designer.
- By Michael Desmond
- 12/20/2010
Why tempt fate by making your application dependent upon an easily replaced component? Karl Peterson shows how you can begin reducing external dependencies in your VB apps.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 12/14/2010
If you're trying to decide whether to use Crystal Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services with ASP.NET, you can rest assured that there is no bad choice.
Mickey Gousset finishes out his series on coded UI testing with some useful tips and tricks.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 12/08/2010
Peter moves beyond the basics of setting up a ListView to add databound controls, control headers and footers and turn on updating.
Silverlight 5 offers improvements targeted at premium media experiences and enterprise apps, according to Microsoft. The public beta is slated for the first half of 2011.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/02/2010
Suite of 30 ASP.NET MVC extensions available for DevExpress DXperience subscribers, as part of the DXperience v2010 Volume 2 release cycle.
- By Michael Desmond
- 12/01/2010
BizTalk Server is a blockbuster product, but it's also a sleeper. Andrew Brust explains why BizTalk could be headed for big things in the cloud.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 12/01/2010
A reader responds to "Protect What's Yours" (November 2010), in which Andrew Brust expressed concerns about Microsoft's ability to defend its ground.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 12/01/2010
This complete package takes care of modeling data and managing the resulting designs -- provided you're using entity-relationship modeling to design your databases.
Terry had spent the better part of the past decade digging through the trenches of QuidCorp's flagship application QuidFlow -- a program used to flowchart business processes.