The UML modeler is a powerful new tool, especially when it's backed with a code-generation system.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2011
The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event was nothing short of a tablet extravaganza -- and it may go down as the turning point where the PC earned a new lease on life.
C# Corner columnist Patrick Steele concludes his exploration of factory patterns in .NET.
- By Patrick Steele
- 01/27/2011
Peter Vogel prepares to try out the new jQuery templating/databinding functionality to create a simple AJAX-enabled page that allows the user to select a customer and retrieve from a Web service all the orders associated with that customer.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk explores the new BigInteger structure in .NET 4 and how it lets you work with astronomically large numbers.
In part 2 of a series of columns on using factory patterns, Patrick Steele shows how factory patterns can be used to make your applications more flexible.
- By Patrick Steele
- 01/21/2011
Peter Vogel reviews the decision that organizations will have to make in choosing between Silverlight and ASP.NET.
Microsoft's cumulative Feature Pack update for MSDN subscribers adds useful new testing capabilities to Visual Studio 2010.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 01/18/2011
Just as a car factory creates cars on an as-needed basis, we can create "factories" in our code to create objects for our applications' specific needs. In this first article of a series, we'll explain what the factory pattern is and how you can use it in your code to make your applications more flexible.
- By Patrick Steele
- 01/11/2011
Peter Vogel returns to encrypting web.config files in subfolders and encrypting non-standard sections. Sort of everything you wanted to know about encrypting the web.config file but were afraid someone would tell you.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk explores the benefits and drawbacks of commenting source code, and finds that the answer is not as clear cut as many might think.
In our December cover story, "Silverlight Futures," developers expressed their views about Redmond's aggressive promotion of HTML5 and awkward disclosure of a shift in Silverlight strategy.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 01/01/2011
On Dec. 2, 2010, at the Silverlight Firestarter event, we unveiled Silverlight 5.
With all the activity around mobile and Web technologies, it's easy to think that Microsoft might take its eye off the ball in the area of line-of-business (LOB) development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/01/2011
Every once in a while, Microsoft toys with the idea of taking its dev tools cross-platform.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 01/01/2011
Nearly all applications need to open or save data files. Use the common file dialog APIs to easily avoid another unneeded dependency and sidestep some system bugs as a bonus. (Part 2 of 2)
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 12/22/2010
With the new year upon us, Peter Vogel looks back at some of the big changes and advancements in ASP.NET in 2010.
Why tempt fate by making your application dependent upon an easily replaced component? Karl Peterson shows how you can begin reducing external dependencies in your VB apps.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 12/14/2010
If you're trying to decide whether to use Crystal Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services with ASP.NET, you can rest assured that there is no bad choice.
Mickey Gousset finishes out his series on coded UI testing with some useful tips and tricks.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 12/08/2010