Here's the least complicated method for determining how long a given process has been running or how much CPU time it's actually consumed. This technique is used here to establish how long Windows has been running.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 05/05/2009
Microsoft announced that it is seeking customers willing to test their databases in a cloud-based data connectivity project.
Covariance and contravariance are precise terms that describe which conversions are safe on parameters and return types. Learn practical definitions for those terms, what new constructs will be supported in C# 4.0 and how to live with the current limitations until Visual Studio 2010 is adopted by your organization.
Learn how to create and debug templates using Microsoft's T4 templating language.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2009
Products to Lower cost application performance maintenace and drive ODBC harder.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2009
Despite tough times, developers, ISVs and Microsoft are keeping plenty busy.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/01/2009
The new DataForm control and enhanced support for data-driven applications make it possible for developers to deliver line-of-business applications to any user with a Silverlight-enabled Web browser.
The release candidate (RC) of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, can be downloaded today by Microsoft TechNet and MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscribers.
Peter has been experiencing culture shock as he adapts to working with JavaScript, starting with the discovery that JavaScript isn't an object-oriented language.
Work Item Templates allow you to work faster and more effectively with your TFS Work Item Tracking system.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 04/27/2009
Having looked at how to prepare an e-mail object, Peter turns his attention to getting the message mailed to someone.
Microsoft has been looking to fill jobs associated with Windows 8, its next operating system beyond the current Windows 7 beta.
Need to extract binary data from the registry? Here's a quick primer on reading and interpreting structures stored there.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 04/20/2009
On April 28, Microsoft plans to release SP2 for Microsoft Office 2007, along with SP2 releases for some of its server products.
The MailMessage object that's part of .NET lets you send e-mail notifications to your users and supports all the customizations you'd want in e-mail.
Need to work but can't connect to your Team Foundation Server? That's where Team Foundation Version Control comes in.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 04/14/2009
Microsoft this week rolled out the next community test version of a distributed cache platform code-named "Velocity" that promises to speed up .NET-based applications.
Embarcadero Technologies has released a new suite of tools aimed at developers looking to tune Java and SQL code in data driven applications.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/08/2009
Zend Technologies will release its commercial-grade server for PHP applications on Tuesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 04/06/2009
The WebClient class gives you a straightforward way to access distributed service data without having to worry about a lot of asynchronous complexities.