Async and Await in C# 5.0 are designed to work with the Task Parallel Library and to maintain code structure a lot simpler. Read this article to learn about them.
HTML5 lets you drag files from Windows Explorer or Desktop and drop them on a predefined area of a web page, from where you can upload them to the server using jQuery.
Programmers don't get much recognition and Microsoft understands that, which is why they've introduced Visual Studio Achievements. Visual Studio Achievements is a fun way to earn Achievement Badges that you can show off to your fellow employees or even your boss.
jQuery UI, which works on top of the jQuery library, provides in-built features for web developers but it doesn’t stop there. jQuery UI also allows you to extend or create custom UI features. Learn about the in-built features and test a couple of code samples.
HTML 5 has become more popular and jQuery, not to be left behind, is providing timely support for HTML 5. V. N. S. Arun discusses the data attribute features of HTML 5 and the support offered by jQuery with a few examples.
LINQ is a natural fit for parsing web log files. Chetan Jagatkishore Kothari and Shalini Nautiyal provide an overview of analyzing a log file using LINQ based Log Parser.
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...
There are millions of Namespaces in the .NET Framework. Coming from a VB 6 background, I was accustomed to arrays and arrays only. Luckily all has changed with .NET, in that the .NET Framework supports Collections, which as its name implies, is a collection of objects that you can store in a certain manner.
WCF implementations normally take two different approaches; a Document style or an API style. Document style implementations are more flexible and often easier to extend and version. Also, Document style or rather, Message Contract service implementations, work well between systems with a shared message assembly. Jeffrey Juday guides you through architecting a WCF Message Contract implementation.
