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January 2008 - Posts

.NET Matters: Stream Pipeline

If your app is encrypting and compressing quite a bit of data, and you have multiple processors available to do the work, is there any way I can get this encryption and compression process to use both processors? These are computationally intensive operations. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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A Custom Expression Encoder Publishing Plug-In

Microsoft Expression Encoder helps you encode and publish Silverlight experiences for the web. In addition, Expression Encoder includes an extensible plug-in architecture -- you can easily write plug-ins that enhance the encoding and publishing process. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:13 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments

WinUnit Simplifies Unit Testing for Native C++ Applications

Have you been frustrated by so-called "engineering experts" who extol the virtues of unit testing, yet can offer little more than hand waving when asked for tool recommendations for native code? In the February issue of MSDN Magazine , Maria Blees introduces Read More...
Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 2 Comments
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{ End Bracket } roundup

Since we started blogging about the MSDN Magazine articles and columns six-or-so months ago, one column hasn't gotten the attention it really deserves. The { End Bracket } column closes out each issue and, as our editor Joan Levinson noted, "We needed Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Create a Language Compiler for the .NET Framework

Compiler hackers are celebrities in the world of computer science. There's a certain intellectual mystique about individuals who dedicate their time to learning and understanding the ins and outs of lambda expressions, type systems, and assembly languages. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:07 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Visual Basic: XML, Reflection, and Generics

LINQ-enabled languages like Visual Basic give you a rich set of query operators that can be applied to various data sources, such as in-memory collections, databases, datasets, and XML. That alone is pretty cool, but Visual Basic 9.0 actually goes beyond Read More...
Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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CLR Inside Out: Using DLRConsole and Marshaling Between Managed and Unmanaged Code

Dynamic languages are traditionally associated with an interactive environment, giving you a run-evaluate-print loop (REPL), and allowing for an explorative trial-and-error approach to programming. The Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) is a dynamic language Read More...
Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 11:15 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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February 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine now online

The January 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/08/02/ . The February issue explores the theme of "extensions" -- extending language support, extending tools, extending applications with new Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Managing Directory Security Principals in the .NET Framework 3.5

Directory services are an important though rarely mastered component of enterprise application development. There has always been some support for directories in the .NET Framework, but the .NET Framework 3.5 provides a new AccountManagement namespace Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Wicked Code: Drag and Drop with ASP.NET AJAX

Hidden away inside the PreviewDragDrop.js file supplied by the ASP.NET AJAX Futures Community Technology Preview (CTP) lies support for rich, browser-based drag-and-drop user interfaces. The model it uses is patterned after the old OLE drag-drop model, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:47 PM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Uncover Hidden SQL Server Data to Optimize Application Performance

Many application performance problems can be traced to poorly performing database queries; however, there are many ways you can improve database performance. SQL Server 2005 gathers a lot of information that you can use to identify the causes of such Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:47 AM by MSDNMagazine | 4 Comments
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HTTP Programming with WCF and the .NET Framework 3.5

Combining Web-centric communication with SOAP and WS-* standards into one service stack and object model is one of the features that makes WCF in the .NET Framework 3.5 so compelling. In the January issue of MSDN Magazine , Justin Smith explains some Read More...
Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 1:29 PM by MSDNMagazine | 3 Comments
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Foundations: Templates for Uncommon Controls

For programmers who enjoy turning common controls into uncommon visual objects, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) offers an exciting feature known as the template. By creating a new template—most often in XAML without a lick of code—you can completely Read More...
Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 12:46 PM by MSDNMagazine | 2 Comments
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Cutting Edge: Customize Controls with AJAX Extenders

Input controls are essential in any application, but Web controls are often little more than wrappers around HTML <INPUT> tags. Clearly, better input controls are needed, especially for anyone who is writing ASP.NET AJAX applications. In the January Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:18 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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