Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for SharePoint makes developing and testing Web Parts almost easy, provided you install it correctly.
Plus, saying good-bye to RDN.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 04/01/2009
Learn how to create powerful templates that can be called from both client- and server-side code.
- By Steele Price
- 04/01/2009
Run repeatable, automated tests of Web applications as you develop them with this high-end tool.
Learn how to free your application from dependencies and interchange implementations using Managed Extensibility Framework.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2009
Visual Studio now supports myriad development platforms.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/01/2009
A pure relational database in the cloud will be offered by Microsoft via its forthcoming Azure Services Platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/01/2009
Aligning SQL in the cloud to SQL on the ground is about more than just common sense. It's about getting things done.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 04/01/2009
The Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF) publicly launched its "Open Cloud Manifesto" on Monday, but the document, which advocates open standards and interoperability between cloud platforms, generated few sparks after a spokesperson indicated that the CCIF isn't vouching for it.
The Mono Project announced the release of Mono 2.4, an open source implementation of the .NET development framework for the Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and UNIX operating systems.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/30/2009
More than a year after its first community technology preview was released, ASP.NET Model View Controller has finally shipped.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/30/2009
The evolution of IDEs is not keeping pace with hardware advances and significant trends like cloud computing, according to two unlikely bedfellows: the lead developers for IBM's Eclipse tools team and Microsoft's Visual Studio organization.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/30/2009
A Microsoft official took umbrage on Thursday to an "open standards" initiative proposed by a coalition of cloud computing technology providers.
To fully exploit User Controls, you need to treat them as object -- which includes having them fire events. If firing your own events is new to you, here's a step-by-step guide.
RDN Editor Kathleen Richards talks with Microsoft's Kris Horrocks.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 03/24/2009
When it comes to our understanding of Unicode issues, the "Born in the USA!" chant (no matter how you feel about The Boss) can almost amount to a proclamation of cultural ignorance.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 03/23/2009
In his keynote at MIX09, Microsoft's Scott Guthrie pointed to many new features for data-oriented applications in Silverlight 3.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/19/2009
ASP.NET developers don't fully exploit User Controls -- until they start thinking of them as "User Interface" objects.
Jeff continues his exploration of the TfsWorkItemTracking database by showing you how to retrieve a record from a given point in time using some helpful SQL statements.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 03/16/2009
All you need to let your users customize their Web pages is the ability to create UserControls.