By responding to potential threats with thoughtfulness, and a zeal to add value, SQL and Big Data could be big business for Redmond.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 02/01/2012
JavaScript libraries help you build powerful, data-driven HTML5 apps.
"Lean Startup" is all about making sure there's a market for your product before you start writing code.
When Brett was hired on as a senior analyst, he wasn't surprised to learn that the older platforms were built around Visual Basic 6 (VB6), which was no longer supported by Microsoft.
Learn how to implement the new sharing contracts in Windows 8 to distinguish your application.
With a little bit of code (along with a .NET interface and collection), you can integrate the properties on your classes with the .NET user interface controls to simplify your presentation layer.
Papa's Perspective on Kinect, Silverlight and Microsoft's changing relationship with developers.
Team Explorer in TFS 11 has added a "My Work" page to review active work items, track changes and work with the Code Review process.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 01/19/2012
Nick Randolph looks at how you can use a UriMapper to help structure your Windows Phone application.
- By Nick Randolph
- 01/12/2012
In WPF and Silverlight,you can separate your UI logic into a set of Command classes that facilitate loose coupling, testable designs, and reusability.
jsFiddle is a free code-sharing tool that allows you to edit, share, execute and debug Web code within a browser.
Iterators are available for Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2010. In Part 2 of a series, Joe Kunk discusses Visual Basic iterator syntax, demonstrates how iterators are coded, and compares Visual Basic iterators to C# iterators.
Aaron Bjork talks about the importance of simplicity and clear rules in your software process.
Eric Vogel walks through a soup-to-nuts demo for building a Metro-style RSS reader.
If you're thinking about creating a startup, do your homework and learn about lean startup. Don't spend six months coding a product; prove that people want to buy it first.
- By Patrick Foley
- 01/04/2012
Your forms can be built entirely in HTML5, with no JavaScript necessary. Here's how.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2012
Visual Basic development in Visual Studio 11 offers asynchronous methods, iterators, call hierarchy, the Global keyword and Windows 8 Metro-based applications.
When it comes to Windows Phone 7, Microsoft is making headway. But it still has a ways to go, especially in the area of apps.
Readers discuss the December Papa's Perspective column and Andrew Brust's take on the ways Windows 8 will affect Silverlight.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 01/01/2012
Use Test-Driven Development, generate from usage and a free Visual Studio add-in to let you spend more time doing what programmers want to do: writing code that works.