Kenny Kerr sings the praises of the new Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack, which brings modern conveniences to Visual C++.

By Kenny Kerr (May 2008)

Joel Pobar presents an introduction to how compilers work and how you can write your own compiler to target the .NET Framework.

By Joel Pobar (February 2008)

Here the author uses Document Information Panels in the Microsoft 2007 Office system to manipulate metadata from Office docs for better discovery and management.

By Ashish Ghoda (April 2008)

Here we present a rundown of the various language paradigms of CLR-based languages via short language introductions and code samples.

By Joel Pobar (May 2008)

There are many things called threat modeling. Rather than argue about which is "the one true way," a good practice is to consider your needs and what your skills, abilities, and schedules are, and then work with a method that's best for you. In the July 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, ...
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Want to develop games for Xbox Live? Want to get paid for it, too? Click on over to the XNA Team Blog to learn more about their initial rollout of the XNA Creators Club for XNA Game Studio. ...
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The Microsoft Entity Data Model (EDM), based on Dr. Peter Chen's Entity Relationship (ER) model, is the driving force behind the ADO.NET Entity Framework. The EDM is also the feature that most significantly differentiates the Entity Framework from other ORM-style technologies in the marketplace. In the July 2008 issue of MSDN ...
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System.IO.File is a handy helper class for reading and writing data, but its methods support only synchronous operation. Is there an easy way to provide File’s functionality for asynchronous file I/O? In the July 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Stephen Toub walks through several ...
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Remember .NET Terrarium, the interactive game meant to introduce .NET development techniques? Well, the Windows SDK team has released the source code for .NET Terrarium 2.0 on CodePlex. You can read more about this release on the Windows SDK blog and at Microsoft ...
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The Enumerable class plays an important role in every LINQ query you create. Because the Enumerable class's extension methods can process many other classes—including Array and List—you can use methods of the Enumerable class not only to create LINQ queries, but also to manipulate the behavior of arrays and other data structures. In the July 2008 issue of MSDN ...
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