.NET Framework 4.5 has shipped with quite a number of updates and improvements to the parallelism features, many of which Microsoft implemented based on user feedback and common feature requests. This article walks you through a few of these new improvements.
Hannes du Preeze shows you how to add a preview of a selected picture to an OpenFileDialog. Part 2 of this article focuses on the user interface and user interaction with the preview pane.
Hannes du Preeze shows you how to add a window, which will provide you with a preview of a selected picture and other picture specific details, to an OpenFileDialog.
With the RTW of the Visual Studio 2012 IDE in August, Microsoft included some new features and nice enhancements. Read on to learn the top 7 items that caught one developer's eye.
Web applications commonly store data in an RDBMS, however, applications may need to handle data that doesn't fit into traditional row-column format. In such cases Document databases, such as RavenDB, come into the picture. Vipin Joshi shows you how to work with RavenDB in an ASP.NET application.
The cloud is not new. More software is now being built for cloud environments; and thus developers are being forced to adapt. Adaptation need not be painful as long as a developer starts today. Learn about taking the leap; you won't be sorry.
Take advantage of MVC, MVP and MVVM Design Patterns to build applications that are easier to test and maintain.
Hannes du Preez explains how to create a word search game with Visual Basic.NET.
Go end-to-end in building a rich, interactive application for Windows 8. You'll even get the details for tapping into XAML controls that can make your interface shine.
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.
With the RTW of the Visual Studio 2012 IDE in August, Microsoft included some new features and nice enhancements. Read on to learn the top 7 items that caught one developer's eye.
Check out this infographic on the Cloud, including Cloud security.
Are you lacking the design skills it seems a Windows 8 App needs? There are ways to build great looking apps without being a designer.
I fun video about Internet Explorer. Does IE Suck?
