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An earlier article reviewed the role Task Parallel Library (TPL) BlockingCollection plays in a variety of Producer/Consumer scenarios. BlockingCollection stores and retrieves data from an underlying source that has implemented IProducerConsumerCollection. There are a substantial number of TPL Concurrent collections implementing IProducerConsumerCollection; so most developers will have no need to implement a new Concurrent collection. […]

Developers have eagerly taken in the recent announcements from Microsoft regarding its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Thus far, we know that Windows 8 will include a Metro-based tablet interface, and a traditional desktop interface for laptop and desktop computers. The features that have been revealed about Windows 8 in regards to the tablet arena, […]

Surround Technologies is now working with IBM i shop developers so that they are able to utilize Microsoft .NET web development technologies. The focus of Surround Technologies is the user experience and web service integration layers, as evidenced by its Accelerator for .NET software. Surround Tech’s Accelerator for .NET is a rapid application development (RAD) […]

This month Microsoft held the Windows Phone 7 Game Olympics 2011, an event that actively engaged developers in the Mobile Developers Group of the Philippines to create exciting mobile games using the XNA Game Studio 4.0. Zandra Nicolas, developer evangelist for Microsoft Philippines, discussed the contest, stating that “Through Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Game Olympics, […]

Many developers have taken advantage of the recent release of Windows Developer Preview of Windows 8, and are now starting to create applications for the new OS. To get started, developers will want to install the Windows Azure Tools on the Windows 8 PC, including the Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows 8. There are some […]

Introduction Entity Framework (EF) allows you to program against a model instead of dealing with a database directly. In EF 4.0 (that ships with .NET 4.0) you typically design a model from an existing database visually, using a designer provided for that purpose. EF 4.1 builds on top of what EF 4.0 provided and allows […]

The Build 2011 conference last week was filled with news releases and information, but once the dust settled, more details emerged about the upcoming Windows 8 OS. Although the OS is still in its development stages, it’s apparent that Windows 8 is made up of two distinct parts: Metro and Desktop. Windows 8 Metro acts […]

This week, Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie discussed the future of XAML, and how it relates to Silverlight, his former darling. Guthrie left the Silverlight arena last April to focus on Windows Azure, Microsoft’s premier cloud services platform. Guthrie spoke about the convergence of mobile and desktop applications, stating that “As a personal user, I’m looking for […]

WorkerGlobalScope The sample code demonstrates a Dedicated Web Worker. As the name would indicate, a Dedicated Web Worker is targeted for applications requiring point to point communication. The specification offers an alternative called Shared Web Worker for communication with multiple producers and consumers. A Shared Worker exposes more of the Messaging API components, but the […]

This week Intel announced that it has released RivertTrail, its data parallel JavaScript extension for Firefox, which provides multi-core development functionality for standard applications. Intel said the concept behind RivertTrail was to enable developers to avoid the typical complexities that often arise with parallel programming, including locks and hacks associated with keeping apps “in line.”

Microsoft this week released the Windows Azure Toolkit (WAT), a release that will help to bring the Windows OS and Windows Azure cloud services a bit closer together. This version enables developers to create applications that are optimized for the upcoming Windows 8 OS. As Windows Azure “evangelist” Nick Harris put it, the WAT for […]

The way Microsoft, and the industry, is spinning it, Windows 8 is the next holy grail of technology. This OS upgrade is going to bring together the world of tablets, desktops, laptops and mobile devices, all riding on to of the ubiquitous internet. Microsoft may actually be able to pull this one off. They have […]