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Last week Microsoft announced the release of the tech preview of its Project Roslyn, which is the latest and greatest compiler from the Redmond company. Roslyn is a compiler of a different sort, and is known as a compiler-as-a-service. Also known as an open compiler, Roslyn will enable the developer community to access and use […]

Many Windows users have expressed concern that Windows 8, much like Windows Phone 7, could be perpetually locked in landscape mode. Recent news from Microsoft has explained that although landscape mode is the most popular orientation, Windows 8 will definitely be optimized for portrait mode as well. According to a recent blog by David Washington […]

Introduction One of the reasons for the popularity of the web is the graphical user interface offered to the end users. Images, animations, fonts and other interactive effects make a website appealing from an end user’s perspective. However, one limitation that website developers often encounter is drawing graphics in the browser. As a solution, developers […]

Introduction In the world of networking, a socket is defined as an endpoint of bidirectional inter-process communication flow across the Internet. The sockets provide a way for delivering data packets to a process based on a combination of local and remote IP addresses and port numbers. The first version of the Windows Phone operating System, […]

Probably the greatest reason for developers to begin Azure cloud development is the ability to eliminate the requirement to purchase and update hardware and software throughout the lifecycle of the project, as well as long after the project is completed. Although there are many ways to get started, we will look at ASP.NET web app […]

One important aspect of cloud computing that is not overly apparent to consumers is social gaming. By using Windows Azure’s cloud services and development tools, developers are able to effectively create Windows Phone 7 social games. As Microsoft put it, “Gamers expect to be constantly connected with interactive experiences that they can share with their […]

This week Infosys announced its partnership with Microsoft, both of which are pushing cloud computing to the enterprise. Microsoft brings its Azure and Office 365 technologies to the deal, while Infosys brings its connection with enterprises and other verticals to the table. The partnership will enable the two companies to work and collaborate together on […]

Microsoft provided some insight recently at the 2011 SQL PASS Summit as to the future of its Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Professional, lovingly referred to by developers as “Data Dude”. The software eventually joined the Visual Studio 2010 suite of tools. As of the release of SQL Server 2012, codenamed “Denali,” Data Dude […]

Introduction This article will focus on explaining the factory pattern in C#, which is one of the most used patterns in the object oriented programming world. People say that design patterns originally evolved in the civil construction field and were later adopted in the software development field. In simple design, patterns are defined as the […]

This week Microsoft announced the release of the latest version of Windows Intune, its online service that is used to manage remote computers, yet another example of how cloud computing is changing the world–and Microsoft. As Microsoft’s Eric Main put it, “Our vision for Windows Intune is big. We want to take the best of […]

This week it was announced that Orlando, Florida will be the host for DotNetNuke World 2011. The Hilton Orlando Resort will host the event on November 9-11, 2011, where the theme will be “The Cloud, Mobile and Social Revolution.” The conference, which is targeted towards DotNetNuke and Microsoft .NET developers, web designers and open source […]

Microsoft’s mobile business intelligence (BI) roadmap was announced last week at the Microsoft SQL PASS Summit last week. While BI Solutions includes many packages including PowerPivot, Excel, SharePoint and reporting services, the biggest news was that it will be coming soon to iOS, Windows 8 and Android devices. Initially Microsoft plans to enable its current […]