Learn how Visual Studio 11 helps developers find duplicate code throughout their projects and solutions.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 11/17/2011
Learn how to utilize the Roslyn Scripting API to host a C# scripting engine in your applications.
ASP.NET 4 upgrades the support for detecting browser capabilities with profiles for the latest mobile browsers. The good news is that you can use that new information with older versions of ASP.NET.
Twitter has revolutionized social networking. If you're not optimizing it, you're missing out.
Iterators are available for Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2010 after installing the latest Visual Studio Async CTP, and natively in Visual Basic 11.
Peter Vogel looks at debugging from a different specific: One incident whose resolution depended, in part, on understanding who'd already searched for the bug and the history of the bug itself.
Visual Studio provides a rich set of tools for finding bugs, though most developers aren't aware or don't take advantage of all of them.
Microsoft's BUILD announcements about Windows 8 and other technologies are a break from the past.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 11/01/2011
A major validation error in the code resulted in a 60 percent failure rate for an expense form.
Windows 8 is an early preview, but has enough of its shape to show XAML developers that their skills are applicable.
The Windows Azure Marketplace has a hidden jewel: a host of free and nearly free databases ready for monetization.
Microsoft's unveiling of Windows 8 brought back something missing from recent years: excitement.
The October cover story on the unveiling of Windows 8 featured comments about the viability of Microsoft tablets in the market. They provoked a strong response.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 11/01/2011
HTML5 introduces client-side caching for local and session storage. Learn how to boost your app's performance through the new functionality.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 11/01/2011
Aaron Bjork talks about how to motivate your agile teams without getting in their way.
The advantages of using virtualization, and specifically VirtualBox, to develop on the Windows 8 platform.
Joe Kunk sifts through the Windows 8 announcements at BUILD and offers advice on next steps.
How to use global lists in work item type definitions.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 10/21/2011
Peter Vogel describes why he doesn't design service-oriented architectures for his clients: he "facilitates" them.
Software, even the most beautiful software, needs to be developed with an eye toward those who will be maintaining it in the future.