October 2011

Volume 26 Number 10

October 2011 Code Downloads

October 2011

Asynchronous Programming - Pause and Play with Await

Asynchronous methods in the upcoming versions of Visual Basic and C# are a great way to get the callbacks out of your asynchronous programming. Mads Torgersen takes a closer look at what the new await keyword actually does, starting at the conceptual level and working down to the iron.
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F# Programming - Authoring an F#/C# VSIX Project Template

Encourage reuse and cut out those repetitive, time-wasting setup chores by creating a Visual Studio Extension project template composed of a C# ASP.NET MVC 3 Web app and two F# libraries.

SharePoint Development - Building Information Architecture in SharePoint 2010

Learn how to use new SharePoint 2010 Enterprise Content Management capabilities to build and implement flexible information architecture for Internet-facing publishing and knowledge management portals.
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Silverlight - Harnessing the Power of the Dynamics CRM 4.0 API from Silverlight 4

Building Silverlight applications that can interact directly with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 can prove challenging, but here’s a little help in the form of an in-depth walkthrough on how to do it right.
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Test Run - Graph Structures and Maximum Clique

In computer science, the maximum clique problem is challenging and not completely understood. But the code used to solve it can help developers out in important areas such as social networking. So dig in.
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UI Frontiers - Pages and Pop-ups in Windows Phone 7

Charles turns to the horror genre in celebration of Halloween as he improves his e-book reader with the addition of “a whole bunch of dialog boxes” to aid in navigation and enhance user interaction.
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