Learning by example is a great way to get up to speed on new coding techniques. Microsoft has delivered a ton of examples available for download to help you see concrete illustrations of specific features of the new Metro style apps. Read on to learn more.

HTML 5 has become more popular and jQuery, not to be left behind, is providing timely support for HTML 5. V. N. S. Arun discusses the data attribute features of HTML 5 and the support offered by jQuery with a few examples.

LINQ is a natural fit for parsing web log files. Chetan Jagatkishore Kothari and Shalini Nautiyal provide an overview of analyzing a log file using LINQ based Log Parser.

Learn how to use Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) and the Pyvot add-in to create and manipulate Excel data as well as how to generate a histogram using NumPy and SciPy.

JQuery templates are used to bind the JSON formatted data collection onto the HTML containers on a web page in an easy and effective manner. Read this article to learn about JQuery templates and different things that you can do with it.

Leverage the new features in Silverlight 5 to design and develop powerful LOB applications with intuitive user interfaces.

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...

The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.

If WCF and ASP.NET MVC had offspring it would be named ASP.NET Web API. Like WCF, Web API is built for Web Service development. Only instead of building on WCF data structures; Web API embraces an MVC style experience. The result makes Web Service development more accessible to ASP.NET developers and gets WCF developers closer to HTTP.

Do you have to pay to use a programming language? Google is getting sued for using Java. Can we use C# without paying?

While nearly everyone seems to agree that Microsoft simplified the numbers of editions of Windows 8, there seems to be confusion on how to count the Windows 8 editions.

Gartner predicts that by 2013, "Cloud computing will grow to 20% or more of the total IT budget. As a developer, where do your Cloud skills current stand? Have you built your first application yet? Have you even taken thirty minutes to follow one of the walkthroughs that are available?