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Microsoft recently announced a new tool which enables developers to port Android apps to Windows Phone, making the transition to Windows Phone 7 development much easier. The tool was designed to help Android developers understand the Windows Phone 7 environment and enable them to port their existing applications to the Windows platform and Marketplace. There […]

While Microsoft may not feel at home in a mobile world, it seems to be giving hints and indications that it will be dumping .NET and focusing on HTML5 and JavaScript. While it’s great to see Microsoft take HTML5 more seriously, dumping .NET may be a premature decision that will come back to bite them […]

Hiding an asynchronous or parallel process behind a seemingly simple synchronous method call is common practice for a developer trying to simplify an object’s usability. Task Parallel Library (TPL) is a good choice for the Parallel Computing data structures often required for such a process. However, like all development, following patterns and conventions eases the […]

When you purchase or download a commercial or open source .NET library, you expect it to feature an integrated help system. If you are considering the development of such a library, adding such an integrated help system shows that your product was created by a pro, and encourages other developers to continue working with your […]

Next week Microsoft will be releasing a patch with 16 updates to fix a large number of security vulnerabilities. This release corrects flaws and exploits in Windows, IE, Office, Microsoft .NET Framework, SQL Server, Visual Studio and Silverlight. Last month’s Microsoft Patch Release only repaired a total of three flaws in Windows and Office PowerPoint. […]

Introduction Smartphones have evolved from being stylus driven to being gesture driven. Ever since Apple launched the IPhone, gesture based input has become the dominant form of interaction with these devices. When Microsoft released Windows Phone 7 in November 2010, the latest offering from Redmond had full support for gesture based input. Both the application […]

Apple has been talking a lot recently about its new iCloud service, and is said to be building huge datacenters to accommodate a high volume of new iCloud users. An interesting side note to the story is that, according to a report from InfiniteApple, they are using Microsoft Azure as well as Amazon’s AWS cloud […]

Microsoft has recently announced plans for a suite of SQL Server Development Tools (SSDT)–thus far codenamed “Juneau”–which will allow developers to work in a familiar Visual Studio environment for SQL Server. The package will include tools from Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, as well as some new elements. Developers will be able to use Juneau to […]

1. Introduction Most large-scale projects start from a small project, and gradually evolve into larger ones. The issues one might face in a large-scale project may not be very prominent when the project size is small; therefore most of the projects, which initially start small, may not handle those issues properly when its size grows. […]

Results from a recent international survey of developers has shown that app developers are more interested in developing for Windows Phone 7 than for Apple’s iOS, while interest in Android development remains at the top. Microsoft’s tools and recent deal with Nokia seem to have generated more interest from developers. Developers expressed an interest in […]

Microsoft has been giving bits and pieces of details about Windows 8, its upcoming operating system, over the last month. Developers are eager to learn more, and have specific questions about Windows 8 that they want answered now. From what has been shown by Microsoft, Windows 8 will be focused on tablets, and will appropriate […]

It’s pretty much a given that you’re going to have to deal with input and output when writing computer programs. The real question is what kinds of input and output (I/O) will you need to process. If we’re talking about a console program, you’ll probably have to either process the command line itself to determine […]