Understanding Database Initializers in Entity Framework Code First
Bipin Joshi shows you how to use the inbuilt Entity Framework Code First database initializers in your application and how to create your own database initializers.
A Beginner's Guide to PLINQ
Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) has been introduced in .NET Framework 4.0, as part of the parallel programming features. In most scenarios Parallel LINQ is supposed to increase performance but in some cases a sequential operation would be a better option. Read on to learn more...
Understanding the New Cryptographic APIs in Window Phone Mango
Windows Phone Mango provides application developers with a new set of cryptographic APIs, which they can leverage in their applications to store credentials in an encrypted fashion. In this article, we learn more about these APIs and how we can use them.
Simplest Window Service
Learn how to convert an app into a service without much of an effort using this simple, two-step, yet powerful Windows Service class called CSvcHandler.
Working with .NET Framework 4.0 Tuples
Tuple is a very useful type introduced in .NET Framework 4.0. This article offers an insight into the Tuple class, and shows you how to create a data structure and different ways of using it in a .NET program.
PayGol Android SDK - Payment Model using SMS
PayGol provides a micro-payment model using SMS messages. PayGol Android SDK can easily be integrated into any Android application or game to monetize your work using this simple technology.
More Daily News...
More Visual Basic...
 |
USING VC++ .NET |
MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
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.
 |
.NET NUTS & BOLTS |
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
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...
 |
VISUAL BASIC TODAY |
Input and Output with VB.NET 2010
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.
 |
PROGRAMMING INSIGHTS |
Creating OData Entries in WCF Data Services
To fully exploit Open Data Protocol (OData) with WCF Data Services there are classes and interfaces a .NET app must instantiate or implement. Using a sample WCF Data Services application, this article explains how to implement data creation on an OData Endpoint.
A Windows 8 Developer Preview was released several months ago and an updated preview is due to be released any time (word on the street is end of February). When you look at Windows 8, and you consider statistics such...
Microsoft officially announced that a new Kinect for Windows device will be released on February 1st along with a commercial license for using the Kinect SDK. This new device shouldn't be seen as simply a toy any more than a...
It is New Year's Eve, which is a great time to look back. I recently had a discussion with a few people about an interesting topic. Have you heard of Next Generation Web Services (NGWS)? If you search for Next...
|
|
|
|
All
