Animating with Silverlight is easier than you think. Here we create a 3D app that folds a polyhedron using XAML, C#, and by emulating the DirectX math libraries.

By Declan Brennan (April 2008)

See how to build a document-level Visual Studio Tools for Office customization and integrate it with a content type in SharePoint.

By Steve Fox (May 2008)

Here we introduce you to some of the concepts behind the new F# language, which combines elements of functional and object-oriented .NET languages. We then help you get started writing some simple programs.

By Ted Neward (Launch 2008)

We will introduce you to the Visual Studio Profiler by walking through a sample performance investigation, pinpointing code inefficiencies in some sample applications.

By Hari Pulapaka and Boris Vidolov (March 2008)

In the November issue of MSDN Magazine, Jeffrey Richter demonstrates some recent additions to the C# programming language that make working with the APM significantly easier. In the June ...
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The July 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online. Here's what's in the issue: Data Services: Develop ...
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The June 2008 issue features the first installment of a new MSDN Magazine column on software design fundamentals. We’ll discuss design patterns and principles in a manner that isn't bound to a specific tool or lifecycle methodology. In this issue, Jeremy Miller starts the Patterns in Practice column ...
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In the April 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Kenny Kerr introduced the Windows Imaging Component (WIC), showing you how you can use it to encode and decode different image ...
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A combination of the retained-mode graphics system and notification mechanisms such as dependency properties unleash the flexibility and power of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, allowing these objects to be targets of data bindings and animations. In the June 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, Charles ...
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One problem with GUI programming in C++ is that most libraries are too low level, putting much of the burden on the programmer. In the June 2008 issue of MSDN Magazine, John Torjo introduces you eGUI++, a C++ library that gives you a ...
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