There's a well understood UI design process that you can use to get to the "right" UI for your application. And it starts by inventing people.
Part 1 of this article introduced four new T-SQL functions available in SQL Server 2012. Part 2 has the rest.
Creating connectable Web Parts is a good thing for you and your users -- and the default interfaces that come with SharePoint form the architecture you should use to create those Web Parts.
What's next on the data frontier? Microsoft will take us into the world of in-memory transactional databases and big data. And if you know how to write code and queries against SQL Server, then you already have the necessary skills to play there.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 01/02/2013
The latest version of SQL Server expands its capabilities. Here are four new things developers can do with it.
We rounded up readers' development misadventures for the December 2012 cover story, "Dev Disasters -- Why They Happen, How to Overcome Them".
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 01/01/2013
What Redmond needs to do in the new year to build on the momentum of the raft of 2012 product releases.
Eric Vogel covers how to use the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) to extend a Windows Store application.
How can Agile teams put price tags on features? Gregg Boer covers two methods that teams can use to estimate costs.
Diego Dagum provides an overview of C++ templates, and how its generics differ from C# and Java.
Peter returns to creating a provider WebPart, but this time passes SharePoint list data from one WebPart to another.
Learn how to use the Fragments API in Mono for Android to create an application UI for multiple screens, such as a handset and tablet.
- By Wallace McClure
- 12/13/2012
A free tool to reduce coding for developers who like to surface T-SQL database recordsets in a simple collection of customized POCO objects.
The IWebPartParameters interface provides a flexible way for one WebPart to select the data it wants from another WebPart. And, since implementing that interface doesn't require much code, you should consider using it on all your WebParts.
Learn how to effectively create UI automation tests that verify whether a Windows application is performing as expected.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 12/04/2012
Because SharePoint lists are automatically turned into connectable Web Parts, you can integrate your own Web Parts with any existing SharePoint list by implementing the default interfaces provided by SharePoint.
Readers share opinions about Priority Queues and the Surface tablet.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 12/01/2012
The Build event last year was really just a sneak-peek of this year’s show; the promise of Windows 8, hinted at then, became the reality of Windows 8 now.
.NET developers are database developers. Whether using ADO.NET, the Entity Framework or data binding, .NET devs work with transactional data as a matter of course.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 12/01/2012
How to use the new Windows Phone 8 SDK to build applications across both Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8.
- By Nick Randolph
- 11/30/2012