June 2007
C# 3.0: The Evolution Of LINQ And Its Impact On The Design Of C#
LINQ gives allows developers to take advantage of the power of queries. Find out how it came to be. Anson Horton
VISUAL BASIC: Unleash The Power Of Query In Visual Studio "Orcas"
LINQ, coming in the next version Visual Studio, codename "Orcas", adds type-safe data querying to .NET languages. Ting Liang and Kit George
C++: An Inside Look At The Next Generation Of Visual C++
The next version of Visual Studio (code-named “Orcas”) will help C++ developers take full advantage of the new capabilities in Windows Vista. Tarek Madkour
OFFICE UI: New VSTO Features Help You Customize Word And Outlook
See how to use Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System to build powerful custom applications against the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Steve Fox and Paul Stubbs
SILVERLIGHT: Get Started Building A Deeper Experience Across The Web
Build rich, compelling, cross-platform, interactive applications with Microsoft Silverlight. Laurence Moroney
CONCURRENCY: Synchronization Primitives New To Windows Vista
Windows Vista has lots of goodies for native C++ developers including condition variables, slim reader/writer locks, and one-time initialization. Robert Saccone and Alexander Taskov
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Editor's Note: Visual Studio at 10
Ruminations on ten years of Visual Studio.Joshua Trupin
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Toolbox: XML Comments, Online Payments, and More
This month, online payment processing services, XML comments the easy way, and more.Scott Mitchell
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CLR Inside Out: Reflections on Reflection
This month's installment of CLR Inside Out takes on reflection and the System.Reflection namespace.Mike Repass
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Data Points: SQL Server Management Objects
SQL Server Management Objects offer developers a robust toolset for backing up and restoring databases, and issuing DDL commands, as John Papa explains.John Papa
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Advanced Basics: Using RibbonX from Visual Basic
Ken Getz prepares Visual Basic developers to use RibbonX.Ken Getz
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Cutting Edge: Transactional Workflows
When modeling business logic, workflows inevitably represent transactional tasks, so you need to know how to code transactional semantics in the Windows Workflow Foundation.Dino Esposito
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Service Station: WCF Addressing In Depth
This month Aaron Skonnard looks at addressing details surrounding endpoint communication, many of which enable more advanced messaging scenarios.Aaron Skonnard
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Wicked Code: UpdatePanel Tips and Tricks
Jeff Prosise explains when it's better to use UpdatePanel and when it's better to use asynchronous calls to WebMethods or page methods instead.Jeff Prosise
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Foundations: ActivityExecutionContext in Workflows
This month Matt Milner explains a critical component in the execution, persistence, and compensation of workflows.Matt Milner
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Concurrent Affairs: Asynchronous Device Operations
Jeff Richter uses the AsyncResult<TResult> class to implement the CLR’s Asynchronous Programming Model to perform hardware device operations asynchronously.Jeffrey Richter
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Netting C++: EEK! An Introduction
Stanley Lippman begins a look at using C++/CLI as a purely .NET-compliant language.Stanley B. Lippman
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.NET Matters: Handling Messages in Console Apps
Many developers who use the Microsoft .NET Framework think that application type is tied to the libraries that can be used in that application. Stephen Toub clarifies.Stephen Toub
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{ End Bracket }: Proud to Be a Developer
A developer doesn't just code; he or she writes code that is fast, reliable, well-tested, secure, maintainable and globalizable.Adam Barr
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