Martin presents an illustrated guide to a few of the new features of Visual Studio 2010 and .Net Framework 4.0 that fall into the "democratizing ALM" theme. Last week, I had a visit from two members ...

As a daily user of Visual Studio from its inception, and of Visual C++ and Visual InterDev before that, I have been following the evolution of Microsoft's development environment quite closely. In the ...

The latest offering of Visual Studio contains many features. It has come a long way since it was released. Well, let’s just quickly dive in on how a beginner can get started with VS. So, first of all, ...

Let these tools generate your data access layer, saving you time and headaches. There's something here for the simplest or most complex projects. If your software development projects are anything ...

I'm always looking for ways to develop high quality software faster with less code. Recently, I explored aspect-oriented programming (AOP) to reduce code volume, and I cover the potential benefits in ...