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
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
It can be intimidating at first, but it helps you in the long run to run your code against a static code analyzer like FxCop; also learn how to use dynamic analysis to test your forms during runtime.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2007
String handling is one of the most basic -- and important -- capabilities that all developers must deal with. Learn how to take maximum advantage of the way VB .NET handles strings.
- By Billy Hollis
- 04/01/2007
VB's My.Settings class makes it easy for you to remember user-preferred settings; also, what a quirky result in VB's debug window reveals about how its compiler and the .NET runtime work together.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 04/01/2007
Learn about the latest and greatest products available from vendors that provide tools and services for Visual Studio .NET.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 04/01/2007
The belated support for Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista indicates that the coupling of Microsoft's developer tools and operating systems isn't as tight as it has been?or should be.
- By Patrick Meader
- 04/01/2007
The new Visual Studio preview offers functionality with LINQ, AJAX and .NET Framework 3.5.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/01/2007
WPF is an interesting technology with a great deal of future potential, but you face some serious obstacles if you want to use it today.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 04/01/2007
Readers chime in on Dan Fergus' article on generics, including the whereabouts of a missing file.
SapphireSteel Software, Microsoft among others, show growing interest in Ruby's relationship to Visual Studio, .NET
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/01/2007
Check out this alternative IDE for building applications on the .NET Framework using the C# programming language.
- By Peter Varhol
- 03/01/2007
Learn about the latest and greatest products available from vendors that provide tools and services for Visual Studio .NET.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 03/01/2007
A reader details the changes he would like to see in the magazine now that VSM is under new ownership.
CorgentDiagram is a high-end package for designing, programming and hosting charts and diagrams in Windows or Web applications.
Get better performance and productivity by relying on .NET's native string handling capabilities.
- By Billy Hollis
- 03/01/2007
VSM wants to find the rock star developers in our community and write about them. Do you have what it takes to be a Visual Studio All Star?
- By Patrick Meader
- 03/01/2007
There's too much going on in the Visual Studio space for any one developer to keep track of it all?so we're going to do it for you. New downloads available include Visual Studio SP1 and the latest Orcas CTP.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 03/01/2007
Learn about the latest and greatest products available from vendors that provide tools and services for Visual Studio .NET.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 02/01/2007
Mobility is infiltrating the enterprise in a big way; if you aren't creating mobile-based applications today, you soon will be.
- By Peter Varhol
- 02/01/2007