Dan Wahlin walks you through the steps and code for creating a Silverlight application from scratch.
Microsoft wants to help you build cloud data services with its Astoria code-named technology, a free download now in beta.
There are important differences between consumer Web 2.0 applications and next-gen Web apps in the enterprise, said Oracle's Chief Architect Ted Farrell, and developers who want their applications to succeed in the latter environment need to appreciate those differences.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/28/2007
Microsoft released several major updates for its Windows lineup today, including the first release candidate (RC) for Windows Server 2008 and the initial public beta for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.
Although Microsoft had hoped to release a CTP of its newest database server every 60 days, the latest test release will slip, company officials acknowledged this week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/21/2007
Component vendor Infragistics has released a reference application and guidance for Windows Presentation Foundation, the UI development subsystem in .NET Framework 3.0.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 09/19/2007
CodeGear announced yesterday the general availability of its first development tool for Ruby-on-Rails (RoR). The company's new 3rdRail integrated development environment (IDE) comes with several features specifically designed to make it easier and faster for both new and experienced Rails developers to build database-driven Web applications.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/18/2007
Microsoft has re-organized its developer division, tapping .NET Framework head Jason Zander to oversee the team that puts together Visual Studio, the company's flagship development environment.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/17/2007
Parlano brings group chat platform to Redmond's UC stack.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 09/15/2007
A close look at Intersoft Solutions Corp.’s WebUI Studio.NET 2007
Major refresh coming for C++ programming language.
- By Michael Desmond
- 09/15/2007
PerformancePoint Server launch to bolster Redmond’s BI push.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 09/15/2007
Infragistics releases TestAdvantage 2007 Volume 2.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 09/15/2007
Analyst cautions enterprise architects against Google Apps.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 09/15/2007
Research firm eyeballs what’s hot in dynamic languages.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/15/2007
BlackBerry plug-in can leverage Visual Studio.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/15/2007
Anticipated second beta of ADO.NET Entity Framework released.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/15/2007
RIA platform vendor forms new partnership, aims at U.S. market.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/15/2007
Microsoft's pledge to support the VB 6.0 runtime via Vista may not be as promising as it seems -- here's what you really need to know.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 09/14/2007
Is Microsoft Office in danger of having real competition for the first time in a decade? That's the question being asked this week, as the battle for office productivity suites heats up on several fronts.