Microsoft Azure offers two queuing options: Azure Queues and Azure Service Bus. The first step to understanding Service Bus Sessions, an advanced feature of Service Bus, is understanding the need.
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Adding Sizzle to a Video Slot Game with VB.NET
The final installment of our Slot Game series shows you how to build in a way to win or lose. We will also add some effects for when a win takes place.
Microsoft Azure .NET Queuing Patterns
Learn to utilize more advanced Azure Queuing features like Asynchronous Methods, LockTimeouts, and Message TimeToLive.
Creating a Video Slot game with VB.NET Part 2 - Gameplay
This installment of Creating a Video Slot game with VB.NET shows you how to determine whether or not three pictures form part of a winning line, how to enable the facility to enter an amount of credits, and how to track them during gameplay.
Creating a Video Slot game with VB.NET
Hannes du Preez take you through the steps to create a video slot game in VB.NET.
Working with Queues and Stacks
Apart from Hashtables, queues and stacks are probably the most common Collection classes. This article explains the ins and outs of queues and stacks.
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.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
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How to use Visual Studio 2012 to Download Images from Websites
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SOLID Principles in C# - An Overview
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