If you want to take advantage of the power of multi-core machines, you need to start creating applications with parallel processing using PLINQ, the Task Parallel Library and the new features of Visual Studio 2010.
The new IntelliTrace feature in Visual Studio 2010 promises to eliminate the pernicious scourge of "no repro" bugs by giving developers a detailed view of what happened during execution when a bug was filed. Here's how you can get started with IntelliTrace.
People demand the best user experience with the technology they use every day -- from PCs and TVs to mobile devices.
- By Dave Mendlen
- 08/01/2010
Daily coding is a lot easier when you know how to use Visual Studio effectively. To optimize your experience with the latest Microsoft IDE, try these practical tips and shortcuts. (Part 1 of 3)
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 08/01/2010
The rumor of the beeping server started out as a hushed whisper between network administrators.
Peter Vogel's June column, "Upgrading to Visual Studio 2010," got readers talking about plugs-ins and pricing.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2010
Daily coding is a lot easier when you know how to use Visual Studio effectively. To optimize your experience with the latest Microsoft IDE, try these practical tips and shortcuts. (Part 2 of 3)
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 08/01/2010
The latest versions of CodeRush and ReSharper take advantage of the new features in Visual Studio 2010.
Daily coding is a lot easier when you know how to use Visual Studio effectively. To optimize your experience with the latest Microsoft IDE, try these practical tips and shortcuts. (Part 3 of 3)
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 08/01/2010
If you've been reading Andrew Brust's Redmond Review columns and Redmond Diary blog, you know that he's expressed concern about the complexity of the Microsoft development stack.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/01/2010
Visual Studio add-in extends support to Mac OS X and features improved debugging and deployment.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/29/2010
Jeff Levinson says the first step toward being more efficient is getting on top of project time tracking.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 07/29/2010
Windows 7 contains a number of UI improvements to the classic taskbar. One very useful feature for quickly launching an application with its associated files is Jump Lists. In this issue, we'll look at how you can utilize Jump Lists in your own Windows 7 applications.
- By Patrick Steele
- 07/29/2010
Microsoft's community program manager for the Visual Studio Managed Languages Team talks about the new capabilities in C# 4 and what we can expect going forward.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/29/2010
CodeFluent Entities model-driven software factory promises to streamline creation of application components.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/27/2010
Visual Studio-based development tool and ASP.NET-based app server enables rich phone applications.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/27/2010
Administrators get no respect, either, in this world of Least Privileged Users. Here's how you can set aside those precautions, and still get at the information your users need.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 07/27/2010
Mickey Gousset introduces the new Microsoft Scrum 1.0 Process Template for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and steps through the installation process.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 07/27/2010
If you're willing to make the mental shift to storing objects instead of data, db4Objects may be the right solution for a distributable local database.
Sometimes, when the user clicks on a menu choice, you want to pass some data based on the page's content. Here's how to dynamically alter a menu control based on the data on the page.