Multi-targeting your Windows Phone Application to Run on 7.0 and 7.5 (Mango)
Windows Phone Mango SDK allows developers to specify which version of the Window Phone to target for execution. This article explains how to multi-target a Windows Phone application.
Using Facebook and Twitter Helpers in WebMatrix
An ever increasing number of websites are integrating social networks into their pages. Facebook and Twitter Helpers for WebMatrix allow you to easily integrate the respective applications into ASP.NET MVC Razor based websites. This article shows you how.
SpinWait.SpinUntil and the Task Parallel Library
Often blocking and checking is combined with some sort of timeout. SpinUntil, a static method on the SpinWait structure, combines blocking, waiting, and timeouts. New in the .NET Framework 4.0, SpinUntil simplifies many different scenarios involving the Task Parallel Library (TPL). Jeffery Juday shares some common recipes employing SpinUntil alongside TPL.
Add Flare to Your Windows Phone 7 (WP7) App with Simple Animations
Are you having trouble making your apps stand out among similar apps with less functionality? Give your app a face lift with simple animations to your user interfaces.
Integrating Facebook Login with your Website
The most common approach of website authentication is to store membership information into a database and validate users based on their user names and passwords. Bipin Joshi shows you how to use Facebook Helper for WebMatrix to integrate your website authentication with Facebook instead.
Embed the Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Web Browser Within Your App
Looking to add a Help area to your app or a simple way to provide HTML info to the user? Try integrating the Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Web Browser control to create your own mini browser.
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Faster Microsoft C++ Programming With The MFC Class Wizard
During the glory days of MFC and ATL in the 1990s and early 2000s, The Visual C++ class wizard was a highly-used and useful IDE tool that simplified life for developers. The re-introduction of the class wizard, after the absence of a decade, demonstrates commitment to the 'glory day's' ideal and adds simplicity to class management tasks inside the IDE.
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.NET NUTS & BOLTS |
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
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...
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VISUAL BASIC TODAY |
Input and Output with VB.NET 2010
The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.
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PROGRAMMING INSIGHTS |
SpinWait.SpinUntil and the Task Parallel Library
Often blocking and checking is combined with some sort of timeout. SpinUntil, a static method on the SpinWait structure, combines blocking, waiting, and timeouts. New in the .NET Framework 4.0, SpinUntil simplifies many different scenarios involving the Task Parallel Library (TPL). Jeffery Juday shares some common recipes employing SpinUntil alongside TPL.
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