You might know C#, but do you have the knowledge necessary to start building a applications for Windows 8?

Updated: Earlier releases of ASP.NET validation controls depended upon JavaScript, emitted by the ASP.NET web form framework. Unobtrusive validation makes use of the data-* attributes of HTML5 for validation purposes. Bipin Joshi shows you how the new unobtrusive validation features work for Web Forms.

Microsoft is increasing the size of the Microsoft Build Conference in June. For those that didn't register before it sold out, signing the wait list might have been a move that pays off!

Learn how to obtain an outside application's window handle, in order to manipulate that window from inside your program, using either VB.NET or C#.

Learn how to use ASP.NET API attribute to fine tune CORS at the global level, controller level or individual action level.

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The .NET framework 4.5 introduces some new classes in System.IO.Compression namespace that allows you to deal with Zip files programmatically. Using these classes you can create new Zip files, open and modify existing Zip files and extract the contents of Zip files via code. This article examines some of these classes.

SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.

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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...

Learn how to obtain an outside application's window handle, in order to manipulate that window from inside your program, using either VB.NET or C#.

SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.

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.

Microsoft is increasing the size of the Microsoft Build Conference in June. For those that didn't register before it sold out, signing the wait list might have been a move that pays off!

Leap Motion's Controller is likely one of the coolest new devices coming. The target date has slipped, but expectations are for a summer arrival.