.NET Framework


Test Code Coverage Tool Adds Complexity and Trends Analysis

NCover Inc. is releasing version 3.0 this week of its flagship code coverage analysis tooling for .NET.

Top MySQL Officials Leave Sun

After months of mounting dissatisfaction with the way Sun Microsystems was evolving the MySQL database, the founders of the popular open source vendor have decided to move on.

.NET PRODUCT WATCH: Infragistics' Quince, Coverity Prevent, Gizmox Visual WebGui, More

Infragistics has launched Quince, a new (and free) "interactive [User Experience] UX patterns catalog and community resource to build user interfaces."

DynaTrace Targets Developers, Testers With Continuous App Management

DynaTrace Software this week upgraded its platform to allow developers to monitor, test and troubleshoot globally distributed SOA-based applications.

Channel Gets a Crack at Windows 7

Microsoft has begun aggressively reaching out to the channel to prepare for the release of Windows 7.

Handling Runtime Errors Globally

Unhandled runtime errors hit the best of us. But if you catch them at the Page and Application levels, you'll save yourself a lot of grief.

Microsoft Rolls Out Semblio SDK for Education Developers

Microsoft has released Semblio SDK version 1, a new tool for education developers that's designed to aid in the creation of interactive learning materials.

Forward Compatibility

While moving code backward is nice, what really matters is that code can move forward.

Xenocode Upgrades Application Virtualization Tool

Xenocode, the Seattle-based maker of virtualization tools, today released the latest version of its Virtual Application Studio, a developer-focused authoring environment for virtualizing existing Windows-based applications.

Use Iterators in VB Now

Iterators are a crucial part of modern programming, not least because they provide the basis for collection traversal using For Each loops. Language Integrated Query (LINQ) adds to the importance of iterators, as iterators are the source of IEnumerable(Of T) that forms the backbone of LINQ. Learn how to take advantage of them in your code with several different techniques for creating your own iterators in VB.

Use Lambda Expressions for Abstract Delegates

Lambda expressions are nothing more than convenient syntax for delegates. So why can't you use them where the Framework expects a delegate? And more importantly, what can you do about it?

Where Did All The Developers Go?

If programmers are leaving VB and aren't going to C#, where are they going?

Develop Help Content Like a Professional

MadCap Flare 4.1 offers must-have features for technical writers.

Developers Debate over Future of C#

Developers respond to Microsoft Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg's discussion on the future direction of C#.

Windows 7 Waits on Partner Readiness, Sinofsky Says

Users testing Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta have been asking Microsoft when it will release the final product, but Microsoft isn't saying right now, according to a Windows 7 team blog posted on Friday.

Updating Multiple GridView Rows

Putting updateable controls in the ItemTemplate in a GridView gives developers what they want: the ability for users to change more than one row at a time. The cost is writing some extra code.

Feds Slog Through Windows 7 Documentation

Microsoft's rollout of Windows 7 Beta, the company's newest operating system, has resulted in a stepped-up workload for the Department of Justice effort overseeing Microsoft's compliance with a past federal court antitrust ruling.

Windows Mobile Development Slowed in Second Half of 2008

Growth of the Apple iPhone and Google's Android mobile platforms are cutting into the market for devices based on Windows Mobile and will continue to do so, according to a global survey of developers.

Microsoft Releases RC1 of ASP.NET MVC

Microsoft today made available Release Candidate 1 of its ASP.NET Model View Controller, a design pattern for test-driven development of enterprise-scale Web applications.

Security in Team Foundation Server, Part 1

Mickey covers the basics of project-level and server-level security in TFS.

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