CodeGuru Staff

Australian Microsoft developers are paying 83 percent more than developers in the United States for access to Microsoft subscription services using the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) platform. Microsoft uses MSDN as a development platform with access to software repositories, tech support, hosted platforms and other developer tools. By looking at Microsoft’s global pricing lists that […]

This week Microsoft released updates for three of its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) tools: Threat Modeling, MiniFuzz and RegExFuzz. The updates allow developers and partners in the industry to create applications with built-in security functionality. Microsoft’s SDL tools and methodology have been an industry standard since 2008, and have already been downloaded 700,000 times by […]

Microsoft’s opening keynote for their Tech Ed event this morning featured an Azure Services, Rugby-themed demonstration provided by Intergen. The demo featured the Australian Rugby Union (ARU), and enables ARU officials, videographers and journalists to share content using the Microsoft Cloud platform. The demo, which also included integration with Office 365, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online […]

The latest (and last) obstacle in Microsoft’s path before the release of Windows Phone 7 Mango is now taking place–developers can now submit Mango applications to Microsoft for certification. Beginning August 23rd, the App Hub started officially accepting Mango app submissions. Along with the certification news, Microsoft also announced the availability of the Windows Phone […]

Introduction Wikipedia describes Model-View-ViewModel as an architectural pattern, which is based on the Model View Controller Pattern. It was originated at Microsoft. The principal behind MVVM is that a user interface designer might have requirements that are different from a traditional developer who would focus more on the business logic of the application. The MVVM […]

HTML is the backbone of the web, and HTML5 will continue that role–and if Microsoft has anything to do with it, it will also play a large role in the development of Windows 8 applications. We’ll take a look the HTML5 specification and talk about how developers can ensure that their ASP.NET apps are HTML5 […]

Developers have been using Visual Studio for the development of SQL Server database apps, but recently, Microsoft has been updating and improving the database tools that are included with Visual Studio. These tools allow the developer to explore databases, create new database projects, look at schema, data, work with tables and more. The Visual Studio […]

In C++, initializing objects is not done in the same manner in all contexts. The rules for initialization and constructors are not really simple and developers sometimes have to write lot of explicit code for initializing objects. Fortunately the new C++ standard comes to the rescue, offering a uniform initialization syntax and semantics. The way […]

The connectivity between Windows Phone 7 and Xbox Live has always been something that Microsoft has promoted, but the actual experience has itself has been a bit lacking. This week, however, Microsoft and the Kinectimals team demonstrated the true potential functionality in a demo at GameFest in Seattle. The demonstration consisted of moving a furry […]

Mobile applications have presented a new opportunity for IT pros who are also programmers, as businesses–small and large–are eager to find decent mobile developers. If you have been considering the jump into the mobile goldrush, there’s still time to make your descent. Tech companies aren’t the only ones looking for mobile developers–even product and service […]

If you need to just play MP3s in your application (for example, play a short MP3 during the application splash screen), Mp3 class is a no frills C++ MP3/WMA DirectShow player class, for such simple needs. The original code is from Flipcode‘s contributor, Alan Kemp. The original code needs a bit of tweaking to include […]

Most of the time, when a company is scheduled to release a software update or new version, we get the news that the update or release has been re-scheduled for a later date. This time we have to give Microsoft the credit they deserve–they have not only beat the schedule, but Mango is now in […]