Like JSON, only in binary format, BSON is now easier to parse with built-in media type formatters that are included with ASP.NET Web API 2.2 Client Libraries. Here's how.
Eric Vogel covers some of the new features in ASP.NET MVC 5.1. In this first of a two-part series, he takes a good, long look at some new attribute routing options.
Explicitly setting all the bindings needed to compose your application -- that's a lot of work! See how to use convention over configuration to save time and make your composition easier to understand.
- By Ondrej Balas
- 10/28/2014
Web development is easier when you've got the right tools at hand. Here are 14 tools and extensions for building Web apps.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 10/22/2014
Python 2.1 for Visual Studio adds templates for working with Python-based Web frameworks from Django, Bottle and Flask.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/16/2014
Creating a full-featured extension for the ASP.NET MVC HtmlHelper class sounds like a lot of work. But, because of the way the Microsoft .NET Framework works, it's almost trivially easy. To show that, here's an EditBlockFor method that adds a label, a textbox and a validation message to your ASP.NET View.
Fourth in line of public previews comes with improvements to ASP.NET vNext, the Common Language Runtime, and C++ debugging and C# language constructs.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/09/2014
Here's a grab bag of what you might find useful in the next version of the .NET Framework. It's good news for everyone but ASP.NET Web Form developers.
Peter upgrades his Backbone/Typescript to respond to the event raised when the user selects an item in a dropdown list by retrieving related data from a Web API service.
Lots of decisions go into creating cross-platform apps. Without Xamarin.Forms, the decision process is almost too unwieldy. Here's how it can simplify your mobile development.
- By Wallace McClure
- 09/30/2014
DI containers all serve a similar purpose, but with some differences in syntax and functionality. Ondrej Balas explains the differences between Ninject, Castle Windsor, Unity, StructureMap and Autofac.
- By Ondrej Balas
- 09/25/2014
Dr. McCaffrey walks you through how to use the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, a new front-end for Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, to get a neural prediction system up and running.
- By James McCaffrey
- 09/18/2014
Microsoft's open source JavaScript library debuts with version 3.0 of the JavaScript library for building cross-platform/cross-browser-enabled apps.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/18/2014
A look at some of the tools available to automate the creation of documentation for your Web API.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 09/16/2014
API developers can now use Azure API Management Service to publish APIs for others to use, as well as programmatically monitor usage and health of APIs.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/16/2014