New Book on WF 4.5
Congratulations to Bayer White on his recently published book, Pro WF 4.5 !
View ArticleThe Windows Phone Map Control
This blog post was authored by Mike O'Malley, a program manager on the Windows Phone developer tools team.- AdamOne of our main goals of the new Windows Phone map control is the seamless integration...
View ArticleYou are not your code.
I'm a lousy programmer. However, I am less lousy than I was last year, and significantly less lousy than I was 20 years ago. Even still, there's a lot of crap on my GitHub and Bitbucket repos - but I'm...
View ArticleAfter the Jump
This is a follow up to Jumping Into C++, a first-hand account of my experiences writing my first modern C++ application. It was a simple exercise that turned out to be not so simple and much more...
View ArticleIntegrating Mozilla Persona with ASP.NET
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2 is coming soon, but one of the features of ASP.NET that you can use TODAY is support for Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Facebook logins out of the box with ASP.NET...
View ArticleBuilding High Performance Windows Phone Apps
This blog post was authored by Mini Nair, a program on the Visual Studio team.- JonathanMobile phone users expect the apps running on their phones to perform well at all times and be of super quality....
View ArticleASP.NET MVC, Data Access, and Deployment Content Maps Published
We are pleased to announce the publication on the ASP.NET site of three guides to ASP.NET documentation resources: ASP.NET MVC 4 Content MapASP.NET Data Access Content MapASP.NET Deployment Content...
View ArticleOData for Team Foundation Service
Last week I wrote about accessing TFS using OData and how this makes writing device apps against TFS easier. Friday, we published the OData support on our online service – Team Foundation Service at:...
View ArticleSending Email from a LightSwitch SharePoint App using Exchange Online
About a week ago I showed you how to get started building SharePoint 2013 apps with LightSwitch HTML Client Preview 2 by signing up for a free Office 365 developer account and working through the...
View ArticleIn The Community: Meet Marius Bancila
In the Community is a regular series spotlighting members of the C++ / developer community. This week, the spotlight is on Marius Bancila, a developer and C++ MVP. Marius has been developing desktop...
View ArticleJavaScript memory analysis for Windows Store apps in Visual Studio 2012
In Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, we introduced a JavaScript memory analysis tool for Windows Store apps to help developers, you, build apps that do not leak memory, so that these apps are more reliable,...
View ArticleCrash reports help you certify your Windows Store app
As the Windows Store continues to grow and offer app builders a significant market opportunity, we want to clarify the app certification process, so you know what to do to get your app into the Windows...
View ArticlePsychic Debugging of Async Methods
These days it’s not uncommon for me to receive an email or read a forum post from someone concerned about a problem they’re experiencing with an async method they’ve written, and they’re seeking help...
View ArticleExploratory Tests Auto Created from Product Backlog Item Acceptance Criteria
I was chatting w/ Anna Russo at the ALM Summit and just found she has done another GREAT tool for Testers - Auto Create Test Cases from PBI Acceptance Criteria Here is the excerpt from her Visual...
View ArticlePlex is the media center software ecosystem I've been waiting for
I've blogged about my Synology 1511+ NAS before and how I have added a few things to it like CrashPlan Cloud Backup and even discussed it on my podcast. When you have a headless server in your home,...
View ArticleGetting started with ASP.NET WebAPI OData in 3 simple steps
With the upcoming ASP.NET 2012.2 release, we’ll be adding support for OData to WebAPI. In this blog post, I’ll go over the three simple steps you’ll need to go through to get your first OData service...
View ArticleMore on Symbol Improvements in VS2012 Update 1
Hi, my name is Dmitri Leonov and I am an engineer on the VS debugger team. A couple of months ago with the Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, we shipped debugger improvements some of which were related to...
View ArticleCTP for Visual Studio Update 2 now available
As I have mentioned, the Visual Studio Updates are a new mechanism we are using to provide ongoing value throughout the year to our Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server customers. These updates...
View ArticleGetting Started with Git in Visual Studio and Team Foundation Service
Getting Started with Git in Visual Studio and Team Foundation ServiceBy Matthew Mitrik (MS), Andy Lewis, and Martin WoodwardToday we announced the availability of Git for Visual Studio and Team...
View ArticleAnnouncing Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2)
Today we released the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2). It’s exciting to see the next update of VS working it’s way to completion. There’s going to...
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