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April 10, 2011
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Creating a Simple Windows Azure Application
By Vipul Patel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 09-Mar-11

To get on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud computing bandwagon, you need to understand how to develop applications targeting the platform. Discover how to create your first “Hello World” cloud application.

Explaining Cloud Computing to Your Pointy Haired Boss
By Brian Prince
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 18-Feb-11

Any day now your pointy-haired boss is going to ask you about this cloud stuff. Do you have a strategy? Can you even define it? Discover how easily it is to explain the cloud to your boss, and begin to start a longer discussion on all aspects of cloud computing.

Scala vs. F#, Round 2: Application Programming Features
By Edmon Begoli
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 01-Jul-10
How do Scala and F# compare when it comes to application development features such as frameworks, object orientation, and runtime properties?

7 Popular Open Source Projects for .NET Developers
By Jason Gilmore
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 25-Jun-10
Get an introduction to seven open source solutions embraced by millions of .NET developers around the globe.

Video: Storing Blobs in Microsoft Azure with the Zend Framework
By Jason Gilmore
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 25-Jun-10
Learn the fundamentals behind storing BLOBs within the Windows Azure cloud using the Zend Framework's Zend_Service_WindowsAzure component.

Distributed Application Communication Using WCF
By Matt Goebel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 30-Dec-09
Learn how to define, implement, configure and host a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and then consume the service in a client.

Spruce up your next application with the WPF Ribbon
By Chris Bennett
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 28-Dec-09
Is it time to give your next application a major user interface face lift? Try the WPF Ribbon as used in Microsoft Office 2007.

Rapid UI Prototyping with Microsoft Expression Blend 3
By Vlad Kofman
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 21-Dec-09
In today's environment prototyping your UI can be paramount. This article will show users how to use the Microsoft Expression Blend 3 prototyping tool and discuss the differences between static, interactive and convertible prototypes.

Incremental Intellisense Improvements in VS2010
By Paul Kimmel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 18-Dec-09
Learn about the history of debugging and evolutionary improvements in Intellisense in VS2010.

Creating Windows 7 Jump Lists With The API Code Pack and Visual Studio 2008
By Jani Järvinen
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 15-Dec-09
One of the most clearly visible new features in Windows 7 is the new taskbar. Read on to learn how you can use jump lists from your C# applications with help from the Windows API Code Pack.

Dynamic Language Support in the .NET 4.0 Framework
By Mark Strawmyer
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 11-Dec-09
The focus of this article will be on the dynamic language support (DLR) that will be released as a part of the upcoming 4.0 version of the .NET Framework.

Declaring Anonymous Types in VB
By Paul Kimmel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 07-Dec-09
Using an anonymous type in VB, which is essential for technologies like LINQ, means that the compiler will generate a class for you based on context and named initializers saving you time and effort. To learn more read on.

Dynamic Programming with Lambda Expressions
By Paul Kimmel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 25-Nov-09
Add ultimate flexibility and power to your programs with function parameters and Lambda Expressions.

Installing SQL Server 2008
By Greg Larsen
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 20-Nov-09
Need your server and your site up and running quick? Let Greg Larsen show you what you need to know to get SQL Server running and configured.

Building in the Cloud with Azure Storage and the Azure SDK
By Matt Goebel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 12-Nov-09
Learn how to use Windows Azure, Azure Storage and the Azure SDK to quickly and efficiently build cloud applications

Take advantage of the Windows 7 TaskBar in your next project
By Chris Bennett
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 29-Oct-09
Looking to enhance your applications support for new features in Windows 7? In this article we'll demonstrate several of the new features of the TaskBar and show you how to take advantage of them.

Improved COM Interoperability
By Mark Strawmyer
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 26-Oct-09
Learn about the COM Interoperability improvements comingwith the next release of the .NET Framework and how theywill make your COM Interop such as Office applications mucheasier.

Constructing your First PowerShell Provider
By Jeffrey Juday
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 23-Oct-09
PowerShell, it seems, is going to be here for awhile. So today we'll focus on a few of the major PowerShell Provider concepts.

Real World REST Using Jersey, AJAX and JSON
By Bob Reselman
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 09-Oct-09
In this article Bob Reselman gives us a brief overview of REST, and explains the basic operational concepts behind Jersey.

Converting Data to XML with LINQ to XML
By Paul Kimmel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 05-Oct-09
Sometimes when you have all kinds of data what you really need is XML. LINQ to XML let's you employ functional construction to convert your data into XML.

Setting Up Azure and Deploying Your First Application
By Matt Goebel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 02-Oct-09
Learn how to use Windows Azure to setup and deploy your first application hosted in the "cloud."

Tuning and Testing Enterprise Web Services with SoapUI and JMeter
By Vlad Kofman
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 25-Sep-09
Need to take some of the frustration out of troubleshooting your web services? Read on to find out how.

Using new location-aware data types in SQL Server 2008
By Jani Järvinen
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 21-Sep-09
Learn how leverage location based data using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 from C# applications and combine them with interactive maps.

Implementing Skins and Themes for ASP.NET
By Paul Kimmel
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 18-Sep-09
Skins and themes make it much easier to quickly, uniformly, and easily change the way your web application looks.

Understanding and Benefiting from Code Contracts in .NET 4.0
By Jani Järvinen
| Microsoft & .NET Article Published 04-Sep-09
One of the fundamental programming challenges is managing state. Chances are you have written dozens and dozens of methods that at the beginning check that certain conditions are met, and that another set of conditions is met when the method returns. With Code Contracts in .NET 4.0, you can make things considerably easier. Read on to learn how.

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