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March 2008 - Posts

SQL Server 2008 - All For You Sweepstakes

So I'm not generally one for random promotions - just like I'm that guy who will predictably break the chain in an email forward.  However, I do want to let you know about the SQL Server 2008 "All For You" Sweepstakes for a couple reasons. Read More...
Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 12:16 PM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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CLR Inside Out: Improving Application Startup Performance

as waiting for an application to start is frustrating to many users, focusing on your client application's startup performance can greatly enhance your customers' first and lasting impressions of your handiwork. And because startup performance matters Read More...
Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Tame Your Software Dependencies for More Flexible Apps

When your application design is too tightly coupled, every class is directly or indirectly coupled to every other class in your design. Making changes in this type of system is difficult at best because a change in any one class can have a ripple effect Read More...
Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Office Space: Simplify SharePoint Development with STSDEV

To simplify the task of setting up SharePoint projects and deploying components, Ted Pattison and some other SharePoint MVPs created a simple code generator for SharePoint development that could automatically produce all the source files needed for a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Security Briefs: Buffer overrun defenses in Visual C++

There are a number of reasons for the many buffer overruns in production C and C++ code. The languages provide direct access to vulnerable memory, but developers also make mistakes, and there have historically been few defenses offered by compilers. In Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:23 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Building Web apps with the ASP.NET MVC Framework

The ASP.NET team has been listening to developers' needs and started development of a new Web application framework that sits side-by-side with the Web Forms you know and love. This new framework is based around the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern, Read More...
Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 9:47 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Extreme ASP.NET: Controls for Silverlight and Data-binding

In the March 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine , in our Extreme ASP.NET column, Fritz Onion explains how the new ListView control can literally replace all other data-binding controls in ASP.NET . Fritz demonstrates how ListView makes several data-binding tasks Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:44 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments

March 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine now online

The March 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online. In the March issue, we delve into some under-the-hood development topics that maybe aren't as flashy to your end users, but are likely to help you write faster, more dependable apps that your Read More...
Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 8:41 AM by MSDNMagazine | 2 Comments
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Wicked Code: Silverlight Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices

Silverlight is a new cross-browser, cross-platform solution from Microsoft that helps you build rich Internet applications and rich, immersive media experiences in the browser. In the Launch issue of MSDN Magazine , Jeff Prosise shares a list of best Read More...
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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F# Functional Programming Techniques in the .NET Framework

A recent entry into the Microsoft .NET Framework family, F# provides type safety, performance, and the ability to work like a scripting language, all as part of the .NET environment. This functional language was created by Don Syme of Microsoft Research Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Test Run: Custom Test Automation with Team System

Custom test automation scripts have the advantages of being quick to write and providing maximum flexibility. However, a downside to using custom test automation is manageability. Your testing effort can become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of test Read More...
Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments

Apply Test-Driven Development to your Database Projects

Visual Studio Team System Database Edition, also known as DBPro or Data Dude, introduced a product lifecycle methodology to database development. DBPro also introduced a database unit-testing designer that makes it easy to either generate or write T-SQL-oriented Read More...
Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Office Business Apps with Visual Studio 2008 and VSTO 3.0

Visual Studio 2008 includes VSTO 3.0, which lets you begin solution development for both Office 2003 applications and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, such as developing Microsoft Outlook customizations. In the Launch issue of MSDN Magazine , Steve Fox Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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Team System: Team Foundation Server (TFS) check-in notes and policies

In the past editions of our Team System column, Brian A. Randell has used the Team Foundation Server (TFS) version control and work item tracking APIs to build a Microsoft Word 2003 add-in that provides support for check-ins and work item association Read More...
Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments
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