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Be More Productive in Visual Studio 2019
By:
Mika Dumont,
Kendra Havens
Last updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2019 - Vol. 16 - Issue 1 - .NET Core 3.0
If you thought Visual Studio was a great tool before, you’re going to go nuts about the latest release. Mika and Kendra talk about the changes that they’re most excited about.
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Accessing Platform-Specific Functionalities Using DependencyService in Xamarin.Forms
By:
Wei-Meng Lee
Last updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - July/August
You can avoid all that pesky overhead when dealing with multiple platforms by using Microsoft’s library of APIs, Xamarin.Forms. Wei-Meng shows you how to efficiently map to the various platforms’ respective native UI elements at run time.
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Writing Concurrent Programs Using F# Mailbox Processors
By:
Rachel Reese
Last updated: Monday, May 17, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - July/August
Rachel takes a close look at F# mailbox processors to help you efficiently process messages. She covers replying, scanning (for a particular message or subject), and coordinating multiple agents, and makes it easy once you know which connections to make.
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What’s New in Visual Studio 2017
By:
Markus Egger
Last updated: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - May/June
It’s so new that the dust is still settling, and VS2017 was worth the wait. Markus explores the ins and outs of his favorite new features.
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Visual Studio 2015: Ushering in a New Paradigm
By:
Jeffrey Palermo (Clear Measure)
Last updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2015 - November/December
You’re going to have to hold onto your hat! Jeffrey looks at what’s new in VS 2015, and it’s all good.
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Visual Studio 2013
By:
John Petersen
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2014 - March/April
Keeping up with Visual Studio’s frequent and often simultaneous releases from multiple sources can be nearly impossible. In another of his edifying series, John Petersen gives us the scoop.
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Using the Visual Studio New Project Dialog Box
By:
Naboulsi, Zain
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2011 - November/December
Continuing on our odyssey exploring the features of Visual Studio 2010, we turn our attention to the New Project dialog box. You noticed a difference no doubt, but may not be aware of just <i>how much </i>it has changed. Sit back, relax, open up Visual Studio 2010 and follow along as we dive into the details.
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Ask the Doc Detective
By:
Doc Detective
Last updated: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2010 - July/August
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Centering Text on a WPF Shape Using a User Control
By:
Paul Sheriff
Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2010 - July/August
WPF excels at creating great looking applications.
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Reflections on a Decade of Visual Studio
By:
Semeniuk, Joel
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2010 - May/June
Reviewing where we’ve been over the last decade in the world of .NET and Visual StudioAt the brink of a new release of .NET and Visual Studio, you may wonder where all of this new technology is taking us. Not only do we now have a number of new flavors of Visual Studio targeted to release on April 12, 2010, we also get to enjoy a plethora of new technologies such as Silverlight 4 and RIA Services, as well as new hardware platforms to consider, such as Windows Phone 7 Series. Understanding the future usually begins with a reflection upon the past so let’s take a look at how Visual Studio has changed in the last decade.
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Chapter 3 - The Anatomy of a Visual Basic Project
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: Book Excerpts
Although you can create lots of kinds of projects both for Windows and the Web with Visual Basic 2010, there is a common set of files for each project. In this chapter you learn which files give the structure to each project and how the files influence the building of an application. You also get an overview of references, namespaces, classes, modules, and Visual Basic keywords.
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Chapter 4 - LINQ to Objects
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: Book Excerpts
This excerpt is from the book >NET 4.0 Generics Beginner's Guide authored by Sudipta Mukherjee.ISBN 1849690782, Copyright 2012, Release Date January 2012. For more info, please visit the publisher site http://www.packtpub.com/net-generics-4-0-beginners-guide/book .
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Chapter 9 - Case Study: Generating a Connection String Manager
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: Book Excerpts
Peter Vogel walks you through an end-to-end solution for code generation that concentrates on integrating with Visual Studio and working with the CodeElement objects.
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Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices: From Backlog to Continuous Feedback, 3rd Edition - Chapter 2 - Scrum, Agile Practices, and Visual Studio
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: Book Excerpts
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Visual Studio Unleashed - Chapter 2 - The Visual Studio IDE
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: Book Excerpts
This excerpt is from the new book, ‘Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed’, authored by Mike Snell and Lars Powers, published in the Sams Unleashed Series, August 2010, ISBN 0672330814, Copyright 2010. For more info, please visit the publisher site http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672330814
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Heard on .NET Rocks!: Indy Racing League
By:
Franklin, Carl
Last updated: Friday, February 22, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - July/August
In episode #109 Matt Mannion from Clarity Consulting talks about the application his company developed with and for the Indy Racing League in Indianapolis, IN. Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and VB.NET they were able to develop a great application for managing real-time racing data and reporting.Matt Mannion is an Engagement Manager for Clarity Consulting Inc., a Chicago-based technology consulting firm and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Matt has delivered many large-scale, WinForm and WebForm systems for a variety of industries, including retail, financial services, publishing, and banking. Contact Matt at mannion@claritycon.com.
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Data Access with Microsoft Application Blocks
By:
Newton, Keenan
Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - November/December
ADO.NET SQL Data access made simple and efficient.Microsoft has created a set of libraries known as Application Blocks. These libraries will help developers reduce the amount of code they must write while using the current best practices. One of the components, Data Access Application Block for .NET, addresses Microsoft SQL Server data access by wrapping up data access into a helper class.
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Maximize Your Productivity with Project Item Templates
By:
Deborah Kurata
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - November/December
You can create your own Windows Forms, Web Forms, or class templates to reuse code and maximize your productivity in Visual Studio 2003.
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The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for the Windows Forms DataGrid
By:
Kevin Goff
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - November/December
New developers often struggle with the .NET DataGrid when trying to replicate grid functionality from other platforms.More experienced developers lament the deficiencies of the .NET DataGrid to address end user requirements. Consequently, many developers seek sophisticated third-party alternatives. In this article, I'll present a set of classes for the DataGrid to help address some of the more common struggles. Although third-party tools always offer more capabilities than a native control, this article also demonstrates how it's possible for you to implement some of the functions found in these third-party tools.
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Introducing Visual Studio .NET Macros
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Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2002 - July/August
Visual Basic has featured extensibility for quite some time.Unfortunately, extending the Visual Basic IDE has been anything but intuitive. In comparison, you have been able to extend the Microsoft Office IDE through macros since Office 97. Not only could you use Visual Basic to do so but, best of all, you had the benefit of a macro recorder to jumpstart the process. One question always loomed, "Why can't Visual Basic have macro capabilities like Office?" Thankfully, Microsoft has delivered robust macro capabilities in Visual Studio .NET that are easy to learn and implement. This article introduces the new macro capabilities in Visual Studio .NET.
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