July 2009

Editor's Note: Viva la Evolution!
The Web is a dynamically changing environment where technology changes behavior, and behavior drives technological innovation. This month, Howard Dierking describes this cycle in context of the Microsoft Developer Network.

Toolbox: Static Analysis Database Tools, Managing Remote Computers, and More
If you want to apply static analysis to your databases, connect to remote computers, find out more about the Entity Framework, or just check into some cool podcasts for your daily commute, then you'll want to read more about these latest tools and resources. Scott Mitchell

CLR Inside Out: Building Tuple
This article covers the introduction of a new type, called System.Tuple, and other new additions to the upcoming release of the Microsoft .NET Framework 4. Matt Ellis

Basic Instincts: Stay Error Free with Error Corrections In Visual Studio 2010
Error corrections are an essential part of the Visual Basic coding experience. This article explores the many error correction features offered by Visual Basic and provides a glimpse at the future release of Visual Studio 2010. Dustin Campbell

Cutting Edge: Dino Esposito on Comparing Web Forms with ASP.NET MVC
In this month's column, we’ll explore the pros and cons of both ASP.NET Web Forms and ASP.NET MVC. Dino Esposito

Test Run: Request-Response Testing with F#
This month we show you how to use F# to perform HTTP request-response testing for ASP.NET Web applications. James McCaffrey

Foundations: Securing the .NET Service Bus
This column shows you how to secure the .NET Services Bus and also provides some helper classes and utilities to automate many of the details. Juval Lowy

Silverlight: Composing Applications with Silverlight and Prism
Cobra, a descendant of Python, offers a combined dynamic and statically-typed programming model, built-in unit test facilities, scripting capabilities, and much more. Feel the power here. Ted Neward

RESTful XHTML: RESTful Services with ASP.NET MVC and XHTML
This article describes how to use XHTML and ASP.NET MVC to implement REST services. Aaron Skonnard

Scale Out: Distributed Caching and Scalability
Developers frequently face issues related to scalability bottlenecks when they have applications that need to handle a lot of load. This article describes the role of a distributed cache in building scalable applications. Iqbal Khan

Service Station: SOAP, REST, and More
This month's column answers frequently asked questions about implementing REST. Jon Flanders

Extreme ASP.NET: Guiding Principles for Your ASP.NET MVC Applications
In this column, the author lays out some guiding principles that you should follow when working with the ASP.NET MVC framework. Scott Allen

Wicked Code: Taking Silverlight Deep Zoom to the Next Level
With the help of Silverlight Deep Zoom and a remarkable control named MultiScaleImage, you can create scenes with many levels of zoom. Jeff Prosise illustrates with what else but the Mandlebrot set. Jeff Prosise