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Microsoft this week announced the release of Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview and Windows Server 8 Developer Preview. MSDN subscribers can download the software, which includes a new visual image editor with support for Expression Blend. Also announced is Visual Studio Team Foundation, which runs on top of Azure. The release of .NET 4.5 Preview […]

In the previous article we covered many of the basics of rendering some simple 3D cubes, and then we animated them. In this article we are going to take it a few steps further. The first task we are going to tackle is moving around our 3D world. Regulars to these articles will recognize some […]

According to a recent article in the online publication The Register, Apple’s iCloud service could actually benefit Microsoft and Amazon. Although Apple is promoting its own cloud music service, they will be using existing platforms rather than their own infrastructure. Microsoft and Amazon haven’t commented publicly about the iCloud service, but speculation is that iCloud […]

One of the new core APIs that will be included with Windows 8 is called WinRT, and it is primarily used to create Metro style apps along with C/C++, .NET or JavaScript. With the release of Windows 8, Microsoft will be officially dumping the Win32 API. By using WinRT, rather than the Win32 API, developers […]

Introduction Summary MvcScaffolding is a powerful technique for quickly creating basic code and markup templates for ASP.NET MVC applications. You can then modify the code and markup to suit your needs. MvcScaffolding is available as a NuGet package that you need to install in your MVC project. This article demonstrated how a basic CRUD interface […]

Although Microsoft would like you to believe that Windows 8 will be the next big thing, they may not be aware of the changes going on around them. Apple has taken over the spotlight that Microsoft used to be in. Apple’s logo is proudly displayed by iPhone, iPad and MacBook users, but when is the […]

A recent eWeek survey of a jobs index provided a glimpse into the world of programming. The fastest growing programming languages are Groovy, JavaScript and Ruby, but many of the good jobs are still going to Perl, Python, PHP, Java, C# and even old school languages such as Fortran and Cobol. By using the millions […]

Similar to other smart phone operating systems, Windows Phone 7 (WP7) does not allow applications to directly access the local file system as you would on Windows. The purpose for this restriction is to prevent other applications from making changes to your application’s data. Thus, in order to access your application’s data you will need […]

Developers and consumers are excited about an upcoming Xbox 360 user interface (UI) update this fall. According to Microsoft, it will be similar to the Metro UI that can be seen on Windows 8 and the Windows 7 phone. Albert Penello, Microsoft’s director of platform marketing, added that the update will be big, “if not […]

Last week was a busy one for Microsoft, as the company revealed more details about its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, suffered a cloud outage and continued its work to rival the ever-popular Android mobile operating system. Features revealed about the Windows 8 operating system included discussion about support for Hyper-V, as well as faster […]

.NET Parallel Programming involves more than parallel workloads and concurrency safe data structures. Task Parallel Library (TPL) also features patterns and data structures for ordering and arranging a workload’s execution. TPL Continuations play a big part in ordering and arranging a parallel workload. TPL encapsulates a workload and the result of running the workload in […]

Today Microsoft released its Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, which includes RapidStart, a new cloud-based Azure Service tool for implementing a Q&A ERP system using AX 2012. Microsoft is using the cloud service to expedite and ease the deployment process. As in the past, Microsoft is leveraging extended functionality using the strengths of an existing product. […]