.NET Framework


Updating Data with the dataContext and WCF Data Services

Peter moves on from simply retrieving data from the server using the dataContext and dataView to doing updates, deletes and inserts.

SharePoint Q&A: Microsoft's Arpan Shah

We speak with Microsoft's Director of SharePoint Tools and Technologies about SharePoint 2010 and its impact on .NET developers.

Four Use Cases For SharePoint 2010 Development

Vishwas Lele is chief technology officer of Applied Information Services and a Microsoft Regional Director. He offers four use cases that make SharePoint 2010 a compelling target for application development.

SharePoint Developer Q&A: Vishwas Lele

Visual Studio Magazine spoke with Vishwas Lele, a veteran SharePoint application developer, Microsoft Regional Director and chief technology officer of Applied Information Services, about his thoughts on developing apps for SharePoint 2010.

Use Mocking Frameworks to Improve Code Quality

C# Corner's Patrick Steele dives into mocking frameworks and how they can help you write more efficient and testable code.

A Seat at the SharePoint Table

Stop me if you've heard this one before. Microsoft takes a popular application, builds it out into a platform, then refines and extends the opportunities for developers to code against it.

Cover Story: Office Alignment

Why Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 are poised to unleash a new wave of developer innovation.

Windows 7 Native Development with Visual Studio 2010

New APIs and native support for resources like the Ribbon UI, the Windows 7 Taskbar and parallelism boost native development.

Readers Respond: Of C++ and HTML 5

The language and library improvements outlined in Sumit Kumar's April 2010 article, "The Evolution of C++ in Visual Studio 2010," didn't alleviate a few readers' perceptions that C# and Visual Basic will win out at the expense of Visual C++/CLI.

Andrew Brust Explores Microsoft's Office Alternatives

Microsoft Office 2010, the new version of Redmond's flagship productivity suite, offers great value through important new features. But could they be doing better?

What's New in Visual Basic 2010

With the release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, it's time for Visual Basic developers to start leveraging the new capabilities of Visual Basic 2010.

VS2010: Raising the Bar for SharePoint and Office Development

When the Visual Studio Team started developing the latest version of the product, we knew that improving support for Office and SharePoint was paramount.

Review: Visual Studio 2010

Is it worth upgrading to the latest version of Visual Studio 2010, even if you're not going to move to .NET Framework 4? And if you are upgrading, what will you get?

Upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2010

Mickey explores what's involved in upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2010.

Retrieving and Displaying a Single Object with dataView and WCF

Continuing his investigation of what works and doesn't work with the AJAX library and .NET 4, Peter Vogel continues to explore how to retrieve data from the client... and discovers that it can be very easily done.

Use Microsoft Word as a Report Writer from Silverlight 4

On VB columnist Joe Kunk shows you how to use the power of Silverlight 4 COM automation and local file system access to turn Microsoft Word into a report writer for Silverlight.

Microsoft Launches Pre-Release Updates of AppFabric, BizTalk

Microsoft Application Infrastructure Virtual Conference highlights integration between new cloud-savvy, .NET middleware and Microsoft's integration server.

Using the dataView and dataContext: What Doesn't Work (Yet)

Peter Vogel discusses what you can't do in marrying ASP.NET server-side controls with client-side data access.

SharePoint's Secret Sauce: Business Connectivity Services

Why Microsoft's new technology for surfacing diverse backend data sources and processes in SharePoint and Office could spur robust application development.

Resco Updates Mobile Development Components

MobileForms Toolkit maker updates two products, and announced upcoming support for Silverlight-based Windows Phone 7 development.

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