he Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the new build platform for Microsoft and Visual Studio. MSBuild is completely transparent with regards to how it processes and builds software, enabling developers
he forerunner to this article, Getting Started with Task Parallel Library, explained how to use the Task Parallel Library (TPL) to launch swarms of tasks on separate threads that execute
arallel programming has been around for decades, but unless you had access to special-purpose hardware, you’ve probably written mostly single CPU applications. You could distribute truly intensive applications across a
uppose you’ve obtained unmanaged resources in a class constructor during object construction and the created object was provided to a using statement. However, the resources were not released at the
etworks can be very interesting objects to study. They can represent obvious physical systems such as street, telephone, and electric networks. They can also represent less obvious arrangements of data
Microsoft Expression Blend Unleashed is not only about learning a new designer tool; it targets both developers and designers, showing both a new way of thinking about UI development. Expression
ost people do not realize how difficult it can be to process a digital image and extract meaningful data, such as information required to drive a robot or operate an
he traditional ASMX web service request/response communication model is limiting, because it is passive?in other words, web services return results only when called by client code. For example, imagine a
his series of articles addresses functional programming, the main concepts and differences compared to other paradigms, and how F# helps you get up to speed and produce results. This article