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.NET for Metro style apps
.NET is now a core part of several Microsoft platforms, and each has focused on specific subset of APIs. A lot of thought has been put into crafting each API surface area. Many of you have asked how t... more
Tuesday, Apr 17 Brandon Bray
Async in 4.5: Worth the Await
Developers often ask for guidance on how to write responsive user interfaces. Reading most books about the .NET Framework over the past ten years, you’ll see coverage of the asynchronous programming m... more
Tuesday, Apr 3 Brandon Bray
Improving Launch Performance for Your Desktop Applications
Application performance is something we hear about all the time. It almost always falls into one of the top three issues when we aggregate all of the feedback channels from .NET developers. While perf... more
Tuesday, Mar 20 Brandon Bray

CLR Inside Out

The Common Language Runtime

CLR Inside Out: New Features and Improved Performance in Silverlight 4
Silverlight 4 brings a number of important changes including new GC modes, improved startup performance, and new base class features that enable new o... more
Friday, Oct 1
CLR Inside Out: F# Fundamentals
F# is a new, functional and object-oriented programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. To help you get started using it, we take a look at... more
Monday, Jun 7
CLR Inside Out: Production Diagnostics Improvements in CLR 4
The Common Language Runtime (CLR) 4 includes new APIs that expand diagnostic support toward the production end of the spectrum. We explain how the deb... more
Monday, May 3
CLR Inside Out: Migrating an APTCA Assembly to the .NET Framework 4
The CLR security model in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 has undergone some substantial changes, including the adoption of ”Level2” transparency, simi... more
Wednesday, Feb 24
CLR Inside Out: Formatting and Parsing Time Intervals in the .NET Framework 4
Learn about enhanced TimeSpan formatting and parsing features coming in the .NET Framework 4, and some helpful tips for working with TimeSpan values.R... more
Wednesday, Feb 3

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