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Visual Studio comes with an interesting tool for unit testing as described in this blog about Writing Unit Tests in Visual Studio for Native C++, but this solution had the following disadvantages due to using C++CLI: Intellisense not supported for C++CLI. Assert is designed for .Net languages , and using it for native C++ induce […]

It won’t be the first time that scientists have used Microsoft software for data analysis, but it may be the first time Microsoft has released a data analysis tool specifically designed for scientists. The tool, code named “Daytona,” was designed to enable scientists to run a variety of algorithms on the Azure platform. By using […]

Many developers use the Chart control in Visual Studio 2010 for their charting applications, but if you’re just getting started, the documentation is incomplete and difficult to follow. That said, you can learn to use the Chart control in a few short minutes! To begin, obviously you need to know how to get your data […]

Microsoft’s “Roslyn” compiler-as-a-service (CaaS) project has not received much press, and developers haven’t heard much about it–yet. But at the annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit this week, developers will learn how they can use Roslyn to expose the code analysis from Visual Basis and Visual C# compilers. The goal of Roslyn is to create a […]

Many developers have considered the use of cloud services for business continuity and disaster recovery planning. GMA Consulting this week announced that they have done just that, that is, they created a new disaster recovery portal service using SharePoint and Windows Azure technologies. One of the directors of GMA Consulting, Ben Grey, discussed the need […]

Introduction The Windows Phone platform limits application development to either Silverlight based development or XNA based development. While these platforms will work for most of the application scenarios, there are still scenarios where you might want to refactor some of the application logic into a dedicated functionality that resides outside the application and can be […]

Microsoft this week announced its Windows Azure Cloud Appliance, a new appliance that can be used by Microsoft partners to provide new cloud services in their data centers. The primary use of the appliance’s server capacity will be for business apps. By combining Windows Azure, SQL Azure and specific hardware designed for Microsoft infrastructures, developers […]

The President of Microsoft Windows Phone Division, Andrew Lees, recently discussed the future of Windows at the 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference. Lees discussed Windows Phone 7 pricing, Windows 8 and microchips, and the use of a common user interface across all Microsoft operating systems and devices. Windows Phone 7 provided the basis for the common […]

Introduction Regular Expressions provide a standard and powerful way of pattern matching for text data. The .NET Framework exposes its regular expression engine via System.Text.RegularExpressions Namespace. The Regex class is the primary way for developers to perform pattern matching, search and replace, and splitting operations on a string. Many beginners avoid using regular expressions because […]

For developers who are creating Windows Phone 7 charting applications, the release of TeeChart for .NET Chart for Windows Phone 7 will be welcome news. This release includes speed enhancements which improve the speed that charts are loaded on a Windows Phone 7 device. Director of Development at Steema Software, Marc Meumann, discussed the release […]

When you see SQL Server MVP Paul Nielsen switch from using SQL Server to SQL Azure mid-project, you know SQL Azure is starting to make a serious impact. As Nielsen saw it, there was a major opportunity to reduce the project’s startup and operating costs, and he wasn’t about to pass that up. Nielsen, like […]

Many developers (and end users) have wondered if Microsoft would be releasing a Windows Phone 7 tablet, and today Microsoft answered the question with a definitive denial, stating that tablets are more a type of PC, than a phone. After pointing out the obvious, Microsoft continued by promoting the concept of a “unified ecosystem” that […]