Articles filed in category 'Product News'

  • An Introduction to Visual Studio .NET Whidbey
    Yair Alan Griver surveys the upcoming Visual Studio .NET Whidbey, outlining a broad set of enhancements across languages, the .NET Framework, and the development environment. He emphasizes continued cross-language interoperability, new language features (generics, partial types, iterators, anonymous methods, and more across VB, C#, C++, and J#), framework improvements (Windows and Web client capabilities, device support, data access, and Web services), and a strengthened...See More
  • Have You Xiine It?
    Article on Xiine by Markus Egger July/August 2007
  • Introducing the Microsoft Sync Framework: Next Generation Synchronization Framework
    The Microsoft® Sync Framework is the new framework and runtime for adding synchronization, roaming, and offline capabilities to applications. It supports peer-to-peer scenarios, works with devices and services, and is agnostic of data types, stores, and protocols. In this article, I’ll cover the high-level vision for the platform as well as the enabled scenarios made possible by the framework for developers, ISVs, and OEMs.
  • Review: ASP.NET Web Matrix
    Michiel van Otegem presents ASP.NET Web Matrix as a freeware, Microsoft-backed tool designed to demystify ASP.NET for developers coming from ASP, offering an easy, integrated environment with ready-made pages, drag-and-drop controls, code builders, and a light local server (Cassini). He emphasizes its community integration, rapid setup, and emphasis on prototyping and learning, while noting shortcomings for enterprise-scale development and collaboration. Van Otegem sugge...See More
  • VFP 8: A Great Tool For Data-Centric Solutions
    Eric Rudder talks about VFP 8.
  • VFP 8: Visual FoxPro's Biggest Update Since Version 3.0
    Ken Levy discusses VFP8.
  • What's New in Visual Studio .NET 1.1?
    Visual Studio .NET provides a new set of features designed to improve and enhance the development experience. Most of these changes have to do with user ergonomics and are typical of a minor release of a Visual Studio product. Only a few of the changes are related to the underlying platform. This article assumes you are familiar with Visual Studio .NET 1.0 and it presents only the new features of the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) of Visual Studio .NET 1.1, fo...See More