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Understanding the different windows in Visual Studio’s debugger is essential for efficient debugging. Read on to learn some of the most commonly used debug windows of Visual Studio.
Supporting Asynchronous IO Operations with .NET Framework 4.5
In .NET framework 4.5 you can write asynchronous file IO operations much easier using the Async methods that are provided along with the IO base class libraries. Read this article to explore more about it.
Introduction to Portable Class Library in .NET Framework 4.5
If you are developer working on applications targeting multiple platforms you might have to create duplicates of underlying class libraries targeting the specific platforms, even if they contain the same functionality, logics or algorithms. In .NET framework 4.5 RC, the Portable Class Library has been introduced to solve exactly that problem.
Thread Synchronization Using Reset Events in .NET Framework
Reset events are the wait handles that help synchronize threads in the middle of some asynchronous threading operations where multiple threads are executing simultaneously. V.N.S Arun examines this often confusing .NET framework topic.
Unobtrusive jQuery Validation Using MVC3 and Razor
Sharpen your form validation skills using unobtrusive validation in MVC3 and Razor.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
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.

Portable Databases
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Creating Simple Classes and Objects with Visual Basic
Learn how to create your own class and create objects representing that class using Visual Basic.
Working with State Machines in the .NET Framework
Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.