Article :: Why Did My Azure Application Crash? Using the Windows Azure Diagnostics API to Find Code Problems

Michael Stiefel shows a variety of ways to use the Windows Azure Diagnostics API, particularly the new Diagnostic Monitor, to find and fix problems in your Azure code.

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Mike Snell and Lars Powers cover the basics of Visual Studio installation; configuration; booting up the IDE; and getting to know the layout of the tool in terms of projects, menus, tools, editors, and designers.

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Article :: Interview with Andrei Alexandrescu (Part 2 of 3)

Part 2 of this interview about the D programming language finds Eric Niebler and Andrei Alexandrescu deep in discussion about structs versus classes, the difficulties of copy semantics, rvalue references, the intricacies of garbage collection, and Andrei's occasional failure in serving as the standard-bearer for policy-based design.

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Article :: Overview of the ASP.NET Framework

Get to know the ASP.NET 4 Framework, including how to build a simple ASP.NET page, how to work with ASP.NET controls and pages, and how to install ASP.NET.

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Article :: Automate Tedious Debugging Tasks Using Debug Analyzer.NET

Today there are mechanisms to automate debugging tasks via custom native debugger scripts or even VB script. Unfortunately, these approaches force us to learn new technologies instead of leveraging what we already know. Mario Hewardt, author of Advanced .NET Debugging, shows you how Debug Analyzer.NET is the solution to that problem by providing a comprehensive set of Debugger .NET APIs as well as a harness with powerful debugger automation features.

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Article :: Introduction to Problem Solving and Control Statements in Visual Basic 2010

Before writing a program to solve a problem, you should have a thorough understanding of the problem and a carefully planned approach. In this chapter, you will learn the theory and principles of structured programming with control statements.

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Article :: Getting Started with .NET Development Using C#

Bart De Smet shows you how to to install the .NET Framework and the necessary tools, namely Visual Studio 2010. Bart then explains how to write a simple C# application, highlights some of the important language elements, goes through the process of building it using various tools, and looks at how you can debug code.

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Article :: Scrum, Agile Practices, and Visual Studio

This chapter covers the characteristics of software engineering and management practices, the "situationally specific" contexts to consider, and the examples that you can apply in Visual Studio (VS). In this chapter, you learn about the mechanisms that VS (primarily Team Foundation Server [TFS]) provides to support the team enacting the process.

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Rant: That's Not Rest.

I’ve asked for an explanation, definition, blog post, book, or any other source of material that can get me up to speed on REST in web development a number of times. It’s a popular subject these days, and there seems … Continue reading 

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Article :: Events in XAML-Based Applications

Matteo Slaviero explores how events management in XAML-based applications changes due to Binding technology and the MVVM pattern. Learn how to work with the ICommand interface, RoutedUICommands, and Triggers.

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Article :: Get Started Using ASP.NET MVC for Your .NET Applications

Programming expert Jesse Smith shows you the easy way to get started with the popular ASP.NET MVC framework. Learn how to build a simple "Hello World" application with ASP.NET MVC in only a few steps.

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Our Ajax Conventions–Validation

As I mentioned in my previous posts, I'm doing a write up of our AJAX conventions and how they're paying off for us. In this series of posts, I'm going to cover a few topics: The AjaxContinuation Clientside Continuations Request … Continue reading 

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Article :: ASP.NET 4 Unleashed: An Interview with Kevin Hoffman and Nate Dudek

Eric Vogel interviews Kevin Hoffman and Nate Dudek, two of the co-authors of ASP.NET 4 Unleashed. Kevin and Nate talk about why you should upgrade to ASP.NET 4, their opinion on the Update Panel, and what HTML5 will bring to the table.

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Article :: All Systems Are Go: An Interview with Rob Pike, the Co-developer of Google's Go Programming Language

Danny Kalev talks with Rob Pike, the co-developer of Google's new Go programming language. In this interview, Pike speaks about the limitations of C++ in large-scale projects, the design philosophy of Go and its unusual type-system, and Go's future.

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Some Thoughts On Functional JavaScript

Just for fun I decided to put together a quick sample of some functional JavaScript – as in, functional programming done with JavaScript. I’m not really very familiar with functional languages other than playing with Haskell a bit and doing … Continue reading 

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Article :: Introduction to SharePoint Development in Visual Studio 2010

This chapter helps you create your first SharePoint solution by introducing you to some of the projects, project item templates, and tools that are in Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint development.

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Our Ajax Conventions–Request Correlation

As I mentioned in my previous posts, I'm doing a write up of our AJAX conventions and how they're paying off for us. In this series of posts, I'm going to cover a few topics: The AjaxContinuation Clientside Continuations Request … Continue reading 

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Article :: Interview with Andrei Alexandrescu (Part 3 of 3)

Eric Niebler and Andrei Alexandrescu conclude their conversation about the D programming language by discussing concurrency, the complications of sharing data, dynamic loading, specification and licensing, and the future of D.

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Huboard – Github issues made awesome

Meet Huboard ! Huboard is a kanban style drag and drop task board built entirely on top of the github api. How to get started Its easy. Go to any of your github repositories and add issues as you normally … Continue reading 

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