Bipin Joshi discusses the basics of using Data annotation attributes in an ASP.NET MVC application to perform validations at the model level.

WebSockets are intended to build bi-directional connections between a web browser and a server. This must be done in a safe way. In addition, the WebSockets have a huge disadvantage (to say it politely). Read on to learn more.

Hannes du Preez shows you how to disable titlebar buttons and menus in your programs temporarily.

Microsoft made a lot of comments at their latest conference, Microsoft Tech Ed 2013. One thing is clear. Microsoft is moving ahead with their plans around the Cloud and Windows. I summarize many of the tidbits in some of the observations I made.

Sonal Arora examines the programming aspects of SignalR usability scenarios and shows you how to use it in real life setups.

One of the most common types of website attacks is Cross Site Scripting (XSS). Bipin Joshi discusses some of the basics involved in the process of safeguarding your website with ASP.NET MVC.

Can I make real-time web work for my web application? The Answer is yes! Read on to learn more about the Enabler, SignalR.

Learn how to generate SEO friendly URLs in ASP.NET Web Forms applications, using Friendly URLs.

Hannes du Preez shows you how to create a little program in VB.NET that can change the resolution on dual monitors.

The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

Hannes du Preez shows you how to disable titlebar buttons and menus in your programs temporarily.

WebSockets are intended to build bi-directional connections between a web browser and a server. This must be done in a safe way. In addition, the WebSockets have a huge disadvantage (to say it politely). Read on to learn more.

Microsoft made a lot of comments at their latest conference, Microsoft Tech Ed 2013. One thing is clear. Microsoft is moving ahead with their plans around the Cloud and Windows. I summarize many of the tidbits in some of the observations I made.

There is a lot of excitement about new gaming consoles. Microsoft announced the Xbox One. While it has great potential, I jot down ten question that come to mind. 

A lot of people have lots of comments telling Microsoft what is wrong with Windows 8 and with what should be changed or fixed. Many of these people have even loaded and ran the operating system. See if you agree with my perspectives.