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Visual Studio 2012 Launch

2012-09-24T08:34:11.00Z

Discussion about the fantastic launch of Visual Studio 2012. For feedback contact [email protected], call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

An Introduction To F# Type Providers

2012-09-24T08:24:34.00Z

Type Providers are a new core feature in F# 3.0, the latest version of F# released with Visual Studio 2012. Keith Battocchi investigates.

An Introduction to testing with the Model-View-Presenter pattern for Web Forms Development

2012-09-24T08:24:34.00Z

In this article, Ravi introduces the Model-View-Presenter pattern for Web Forms development, and how it compares to MVC. Then he demonstrates how to get started with it, by creating a page in a test-driven fashion

Jason Zander Ships Visual Studio 2012!

2012-08-07T00:57:21.00Z

Carl and Richard talk to Microsoft VP Jason Zander about the release of Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5. Jason addresses many of the key points around building Studio 2012 - the deep integration with Windows 8, how the teams worked together to allow the C++/XAML, C#/XAML and HTML5/WinJS developme.

Continuous Integration Using NuGet And TeamCity

2012-07-16T11:33:45.00Z

Xavier Decoster demonstrates how to incorporate the creation and reuse of NuGet Packages into your Continuous Integration build setup using TeamCity

Micheal Learned Tours Us Around Studio 11

2012-07-16T10:53:20.00Z

Carl and Richard talk to Micheal Learned about the new ALM features coming in Visual Studio 11.

How to disable uppercase/capitals menus in Visual Studio 2012

2012-06-11T13:45:13.00Z

Simple registry fix to turn off the upper case menu bar in Visual Studio 2012

Kevin McNeish Builds iOS apps with XCode

2012-02-25T01:38:26.00Z

Kevin McNeish is here to show Visual Studio developers how easy it is to build an iPhone or iPad app with XCode.

The HTML5 History API and ASP.NET MVC

2012-01-27T08:40:06.00Z

The HTML 5 History API is one of the newer kids on the HTML 5 block. This article based on chapter 4 of HTML5 for .NET Developers shows you one way of getting history integrated with your .NET server-side web applications.

An Introduction To Practical AOP Using PostSharp

2012-01-23T14:02:59.00Z

In this article, Brady Gaster introduces the concept of Aspect Oriented Programming and how it can reduce code smells in your work. He uses PostSharp to refactor out logging, timing, transaction and GUI update code into separate and automatically executing Aspects

Neil McIsaac Develops SharePoint in the Cloud

2011-11-15T15:04:57.00Z

Carl and Richard talk to Neil McIsaac about building SharePoint sites in the cloud. The conversation starts out talking about the state of SharePoint development - that the combination of SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 really works! Neil also talks about Silverlight's role in SharePoint a.

Using NuGet Packages

2011-10-29T20:56:26.00Z

NuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to pull in libraries, components, and most importantly their configuration into your visual studio project. In this article, based on chapter 5 of ASP.NET MVC 3 in Action, the authors discuss NuGet and show you how to use it to add functionality to a project.

Roslyn CTP shows early preview of Compiler as a Service

2011-10-22T23:59:56.00Z

Use Roslyn's APIs to manipulate code structures and more

Inside Visual Studio Performance and PerfWatson with Phil Price

2011-10-21T01:32:07.00Z

Scott goes directly to the source and talks to Phil Price from the Visual Studio team. Why is VS sometimes slow? When it is slow, what's really happening? What is PerfWatson and how will it help them make VS faster? All this and some hints in interesting improvements in the next version of Visual.

Web Testing with MbUnit and WatiN Part 2: Controlling Localhost and IIS Express

2011-10-07T12:40:49.00Z

One important aspect of web testing which is not so often discussed in blogs or articles is how to run tests against a web project running in debug mode on the local host. Microsoft provides two options to let you debug web projects locally: the Visual Studio development server and IIS Express. In this second part of our series on writing web integration tests, we’re going to demonstrate how to use the WebTestServer class to start either server from within a running test suite.

Web Testing with MbUnit and WatiN Part 1: Keeping Your Tests Legible

2011-09-27T09:50:58.00Z

Gallio, MbUnit and WatiN are a good choice of tools for writing web integration tests. Not only are they powerful tools but they allow us to write much cleaner and more concise tests than you might think. In this article we'll see exactly how clean and concise you can get.

Understanding LightSwitch with Beth Massi

2011-08-28T15:22:15.00Z

In this episode, Keith sits down with Beth Massi to discuss LightSwitch. LightSwitch is a simplified, self-service development tool that enables developers to build business applications quickly and easily for the desktop and cloud.Thanks to our guest this episode Beth Massi is a Seni.

Building an HTML5 application with WebSharper Sitelets, Part 1

2011-08-12T20:08:53.00Z

In this article, we're going to look at using WebSharper, a web development framework for .NET, to build a small web application from scratch that features an HTML5-based clock.

Launch of Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 with Beth Massi

2011-07-29T02:37:23.00Z

CodeCast Episode 109: Launch of Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 with Beth MassiIn this episode of CodeCast, Ken Levy talks with Beth Massi, a senior program manager at Microsoft on the BizApps team who build the Visual Studio tools for Azure, Office, SharePoint, and LightSwitch. Beth is also a.

LightSwitch 2011 released

2011-07-27T13:30:09.00Z

Final version of LightSwitch now available