http://www.msdnmagazine.com Thank You for subscribing to our RSS Feed. en-us © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:47 GMT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:30:47 GMT 1440 "http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/images/tnlogo.gif" http://www.msdnmagazine.com http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73977785-e837-4b97-9e87-85d4f1e06485 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73977785-e837-4b97-9e87-85d4f1e06485 February 2010<br/><br/>Glenn Block explains how the Managed Extensibility Framework, a new library coming in .NET Framework 4.0, tackles the longstanding issue of building applications and components that can be reused and extended by others. Learn how to build apps that can use new functionality introduced by developers, framework authors and third-party extenders. Glenn Block 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a33552b-8c88-41e9-8c08-520e925ec85c http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/4a33552b-8c88-41e9-8c08-520e925ec85c February 2010<br/><br/>VPL, part of Robotics Developer Studio is intended for novice programmers, but is also useful for testing and prototyping. We write a simple serial port service that allows you to send and receive data. Trevor Taylor 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/23d3d3f9-a6b2-41d5-ba2e-d67eac5c2622 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/23d3d3f9-a6b2-41d5-ba2e-d67eac5c2622 February 2010<br/><br/>Silverlight provides support for dynamic languages such as IronRuby and IronPython. We’ll walk you through the creation of a custom Silverlight control using Bing Maps and IronRuby. Ashish Ghoda 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/450ab500-c51e-4b15-9e6c-ed6e24c4c4cb http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/450ab500-c51e-4b15-9e6c-ed6e24c4c4cb February 2010<br/><br/>Learn all about Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform at the architectural level and how it addresses enterprise cloud computing concerns including economics, security, storage and more. Included are an Azure pricing table and a sample cost calculator. Hanu Kommalapati 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c29ce47b-3ee6-4856-876d-73cda4744dc2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c29ce47b-3ee6-4856-876d-73cda4744dc2 February 2010<br/><br/>MVP has become a dominant pattern for UI design, but there are many interpretations of how to implement MVP. We take a look at some MVP-extending pattern and pull them into a holistic view of UI architecture. Haozhe Ma 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73839add-f44c-40cf-af8f-b6429233bd8f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/73839add-f44c-40cf-af8f-b6429233bd8f February 2010<br/><br/>Changes are coming to MSDN Magazine. They begin this month, with the unveiling of a number of new, monthly columns. Keith Ward 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0797f26-b48f-4610-a2f3-95d98d380f0f http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/f0797f26-b48f-4610-a2f3-95d98d380f0f February 2010<br/><br/>Dino Esposito builds upon his exploration of new data binding features coming in the ASP.NET Ajax Library, explaining how to implement the predictive fetch design pattern. Dino Esposito 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5956b0c-1aa4-47a2-8eb2-ea2424f64df7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/c5956b0c-1aa4-47a2-8eb2-ea2424f64df7 February 2010<br/><br/>Windows Mobile 6.5 is the first version of the OS to expose gesture support to developers. Marcus Perryman explains how five touch screen gestures are handled, detailing message routing, the physics engine and some handy tips and tricks. Marcus Perryman 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6cddbf7-ed77-45e9-b4e3-9295432f7aba http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/e6cddbf7-ed77-45e9-b4e3-9295432f7aba February 2010<br/><br/>Learn about enhanced TimeSpan formatting and parsing features coming in the .NET Framework 4, and some helpful tips for working with TimeSpan values. Ron Petrusha 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b19ea0bb-1992-42a0-adb4-387160d773c7 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/b19ea0bb-1992-42a0-adb4-387160d773c7 February 2010<br/><br/>A good case could be made that computers should not make noise except in response to a specific user command. We’re going to ignore that and show you how to play custom sounds in a WPF application. Charles Petzold 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8919ae84-5233-4d8d-9de8-6d0fd1dc9d53 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/8919ae84-5233-4d8d-9de8-6d0fd1dc9d53 February 2010<br/><br/>Many companies starting out with the SDL are doing so in combination with a security compliance program. We’ll show you some best practices and pitfall we’ve seen when employing SDL principles for compliance. Brad Hill 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/748514fa-47ac-4c69-9e9f-7ba7985d5280 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/748514fa-47ac-4c69-9e9f-7ba7985d5280 February 2010<br/><br/>There are many ways to test WCF services, but the socket-based approach is flexible and very useful for security and performance testing. We show you show you how to test a WCF service using a network socket based approach. James McCaffrey 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56d35956-86b2-4853-b233-ece33e3f8ae2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/56d35956-86b2-4853-b233-ece33e3f8ae2 February 2010<br/><br/>People aren't computers; keep this in mind when developing software. When developers confuse people and computers, bad things happen. David Platt 2/3/2010 00:00:00 GMT