Extension methods bring together old and new ways of working with data, and open the doors to new language opportunities.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 05/01/2007
A reader asserts that new isn't necessarily better, merely different; and a reader explains how the editor in chief used the term jump the shark incorrectly in a recent editorial.
Learn about the latest and greatest products available from vendors that provide tools and services for Visual Studio .NET.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2007
Get a foundation for understanding advanced JavaScript concepts.
Explore the new user experiences offered in Windows Vista.
Call a combo box across assembly boundaries with generics and enums; add contact information with Assembly Information; and drill down on FxCop spelling rules.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2007
The Microsoft Synchronization Services 1.0 API for SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition and the new Sync Designer in the Orcas March 2007 CTP team up to generate a local data cache that synchronizes incrementally and bidirectionally with SQL Server Express.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2007
Recent Microsoft Office Business Applications RAP release helps
guide development on 2007 Office System.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/01/2007
Editor in chief Patrick Meader explains why the magazine (generally) forbids discussion of third-party products, while allowing authors to discuss non-Visual Studio-specific tools from Microsoft.
- By Patrick Meader
- 05/01/2007
Unify the efforts of your entire software development team by automating infrastructure.
Build more efficient application with WPF.
Get your system ready for device development and build a device application.
Create your own fully functional ASP.NET DataSource control.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 05/01/2007
Connected Health Framework is Microsoft’s latest move toward SOA.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/15/2007
Microsoft’s Expression Studio suite grows as release candidate of Expression Blend and beta 2 of Expression Design ship.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/15/2007
BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation CTP release showcases Microsoft’s newest business process management offering.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/15/2007
As official Microsoft support for VFP comes to an end, loyal developers rally around the venerable programming language.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 04/15/2007
Beginning Developer Learning Center is Microsoft's latest attempt at winning over young coders.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 04/15/2007
An early glimpse of MIX07 shows focus on commercial Web technologies, new AJAX capabilities in ASP.NET.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 04/15/2007
A review of Vincent Maraia's book on the best practices for Microsoft's software configuration.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- 04/15/2007