Visual Studio: Entity Framework 4.0 and WCF Data Services 4.0 in Visual Studio 2010Elisa Flasko takes you through a sample weblog application to demonstrate how new improvements in Entity Framework and WCF Data Services work together to simplify the way data is modeled, consumed and produced in Visual Studio 2010.Elisa Flasko
Better Coding: Better Coding with Visual Studio 2010From functional IDE improvements to better support for parallel programming, Visual Studio 2010 comes with a host of new features to help meet the needs of today’s demanding, ever-changing development environment. Doug Turnure provides an overview of the more important ones and practical advice on how to use them.Doug Turnure
Windows Azure: Developing and Deploying Windows Azure Apps In Visual Studio 2010You’ll find direct support for building Windows Azure applications in Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express. We’ll walk you through using Visual Studio 2010 for the entirety of the Windows Azure application development lifecycle.Jim Nakashima
Visual Basic: What’s New in Visual Basic 2010Learn about what’s new in Visual Basic 10 straight from a program manager on Microsoft’s Visual Basic team. Jonathan Aneja demonstrates time-saving features that help developers get more done with fewer lines of code.Jonathan Aneja
Visual C++: Exploring New C++ and MFC Features in Visual Studio 2010Visual Studio 2010 offers huge benefits for C++ developers, from new C++0x features to MSBuild integration to a revived MFC Application Wizard. Join us for a tour of these new Visual C++ features.Sumit Kumar
F# Basics: An Introduction to Functional Programming for .NET DevelopersF# has clean syntax, powerful multi-threading capabilities, and fluid interoperability with other Microsoft .NET Framework languages. We’ll give you an introduction to functional programming concepts and how they're implemented in F#.Chris Marinos
IntelliTrace: Debugging Applications with IntelliTraceJustin Marks shows how to use the IntelliTrace feature coming with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, which gives developers powerful new debugging tools to "turn up the dial" and collect the complete execution history of an application, get deeper levels of information and quickly find bugs.Justin Marks
Scott Guthrie on Visual Studio 2010The man most responsible for Visual Studio 2010 discusses what developers have to look forward to.Keith Ward
In Praise of Dumbing DownMaking things easier for the end user isn't "dumbing down" -- it's smart design.David Platt
The Decade of ConvergenceAs devices converge, user experience design needs to change, too.Dr. Charles Kreitzberg
Projection Transforms Sans MathSee how to taper text, flip panels, animate a calendar and more--without resorting to complicated math--as Charles Petzold delves into new “pseudo 3D” capabilitie in Silverlight 3, made possible by the new Projection UIElement property.Charles Petzold
Revisiting Asynchronous ASP.NET PagesIf you need to scale up an existing Web application, you should first look to asynchronous operations, says Dino Esposito. He explains how new features coming in ASP.NET MVC 2 make this easier.Dino Esposito
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