I remember a time, not that many years ago, when I doubted Microsoft's bet-the-company strategy around .NET. For all its breadth, the impetus for the Microsoft .NET Framework wasn't breathtaking innovation.
- By Michael Desmond
- 07/01/2010
Readers respond to our May 2010 review of Telerik RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, debating the quality of the company's product documentation.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 07/01/2010
Creating your own module for managing menus is not only ridiculously easy, but opens the door for adding any other enhancements that you can think of.
When searching for a "forms over data" applications contender, SharePoint just might be your best bet.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 07/01/2010
ALM should be attainable and affordable -- that's why we've included Team Foundation Server 2010 with nearly every MSDN subscription purchased with Visual Studio 2010.
ASP.NET 4 adds a wealth of features for client-side developers, including new ways of instantiating controls, a new infrastructure for managing libraries and some minor but much-needed tweaks. And there's more.
We explore the WCF service boundary after upgrading sample applications to Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 07/01/2010
Peter considers two solutions for keeping items in the sitemap off of your Menu or TreeView controls. But he's also wondering if there are more solutions out there.
On VB author Joe Kunk talks about his impression of C#.
Patrick Steele looks into C# Code Contracts under .NET 4 and how they can streamline code validation.
- By Patrick Steele
- 06/22/2010
Patrick Steele shows how you can realize major performance gains when working with large images by using memory-mapped files.
- By Patrick Steele
- 06/22/2010
Bola Rotibi looks at the evolution of software development frameworks and some of the good, and bad, that they've delivered over the years.
- By Bola Rotibi
- 06/22/2010
Peter Vogel closes out his eight-part series on creating an AJAX-enabled ASP.NET application.
A reader sets up a Web service for tracing, but can't find the trace logs, despite the lack of any error message.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 06/16/2010
On VB author Joe Kunk provides a look into the code behind his automated source code backup solution.
An Overview of Project Management with Team Foundation Server 2010.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 06/16/2010
Jeff Levinson looks at how Team Foundation Server 2010 can streamline and improve the management of software projects.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 06/16/2010
On VB author Joe Kunk looks into how an automated source code backup utility can provide a vital, extra level of protection in team-based projects.
Mickey Gousset covers more utilities included in the Team Foundation Server Power Tools April 2010 Edition.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 06/15/2010
Kathleen Dollard explains the choices developers face when building applications in MEF.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 06/14/2010