Learn about the new database development features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
A Guided Tour of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Database Development
Published 04/13/2010
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Top Ten Things .NET Developers Will Like About Visual Basic 2010
Published 03/23/2010
Paul Kimmel writes about his favorite top ten new features that are being rolled out with this recent Microsoft update of Visual Basic.
Microsoft Offering Deals on Visual Studio Upgrades
Published 03/03/2010
In preparation for the official release of Visual Studio 2010, the software giant is brewing up deals for loyal users that let them buy the new package at a discount as well as to get a new subscription for MSDN.
Comparing the Performance of Microsoft Visual Studio's Web Reference to a Custom Class
Published 02/24/2010
This article compares the performance of using a Web Service proxy class created by Visual Studio vs. a custom created class.
A Tour of WPF in Visual Studio 2008
Published 04/06/2009
Take a look at the various features of Visual Studio for working with WPF.
Slow Chat with the MS Visual Basic Team
Published 08/08/2008
VBForums had a Slow Chat with some of the members of the Microsoft Visual Basic team. Find out what's new and important with VB here.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
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.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
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...
Adding Sizzle to a Video Slot Game with VB.NET
Published 10/10/2012
The final installment of our Slot Game series shows you how to build in a way to win or lose. We will also add some effects for when a win takes place.
Implementing a WCF Message Contract
Published 06/25/2012
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.
