ith the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has updated the C# language to its latest version, 3.0. C# 3.0, contains several key language enhancements that support the recently-announced Language
ith the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has updated the C# language to its latest version, 3.0. C# 3.0, contains several key language enhancements that support the recently-announced Language
ne of Silverlight’s key strengths is its ability to provide rich, interactive features. Besides using it to perform cool animations and transformations on graphics and videos, another good use of
eveloping Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets generally involves a lot of JavaScript programming. To make it possible for Sidebar gadgets to access the various systems’ information, Microsoft has provided a set
ith the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has also updated the .NET Compact Framework. Unlike its desktop counterpart, there is no version 3.0 of the .NET Compact Framework. Instead,
eveloping Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets generally involves a lot of JavaScript programming. To make it possible for Sidebar gadgets to access the various systems’ information, Microsoft has provided a set
o cache objects returned from a service, you can use one of several available mechanisms, the simplest of which is to reference the objects indefinitely. However, this approach ultimately suffers
y previous article on getting started with Silverlight provided an overview of Silverlight in general and also covered how to execute managed code in a Silverlight 1.1 application. This article
oorly-written code and nonconformance to coding standards may get an application ready to ship a little more quickly, but often becomes a nightmare after application deployment. The answer is, of