Blogs|Feb 19, 2014

What is the difference between JavaScript null and undefined?

  Primitives Let me begin by asking if you knew that there were only 3 primitives or primary types in JavaScript that can hold a value. That’s right, only 3. No more. No less. They are number, string and boolean. These are not objects. I know your dad said everything in JavaScript is an Object…
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Blogs|Feb 10, 2014

Enterprise Adoption of NoSQL

For all of its obvious success, I still think that NoSQL is underutilized (or, at least, misunderstood) in the enterprise. Some of this can be explained by inertia… the classic relational model has ruled the roost for decades, and certainly isn’t going away anytime soon. Enterprises have significant skillset and infrastructure investments in the care…
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web-development|Feb 7, 2014

Taming Asynchronous Tasks in JavaScript with Zone.js

I recently learned about a new project by the Angular team called Zone. This project is one of those rare gems that is only a few lines of code but is so groundbreaking it literally takes time to wrap your mind around it. The easiest way to get started with Zone is to watch the…
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net|Feb 2, 2014

Video: Angular and the .NET World

While I was at the Angular ng-conf I had the opportunity to sit down with .NET luminaries Ward Bell, John Papa, and Dan Wahlin to discuss why Angular is so important to .NET developers with Ian Smith. We cover lots of ground, including real world benefits we’ve received by integrating Angular into projects and how…
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wintellect-blogs|Nov 12, 2013

New in Visual Studio 2013–Windows Azure Mobile Services Integration

As part of the build-up to the official launch of Visual Studio 2013 on Wednesday 11/13, Microsoft has been running a series of guest blog posts, authored by members of the Microsoft MVP community.  I was fortunate enough to have been selected to be one of the authors for the series, and my post was…
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Resources|Oct 12, 2013

Building Windows 8 Apps with C# And XAML by Jeremy Likness

This is the first practical guide to building breakthrough applications for Windows 8 from project templates through publication to the new Windows Store. Microsoft “MVP of the Year” Jeremy Likness helps you combine your existing developer skills with new Visual Studio 2012 tools and best practices to create apps that are intuitive and innovative. His…
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Resources|Oct 12, 2013

Windows via C/C++ by Jeffrey Richter and Christopher Nasarre

Get the preeminent guide to programming application for Windows with C or C++. Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows is a classic book (formerly titled Advanced Windows, Third Edition) and is now fully updated for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Buy Source Code
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resources|Oct 12, 2013

Sterling Isolated Storage Database

Sterling is a lightweight object-oriented database implementation for Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 that works with your existing class structures. Sterling supports full LINQ to Object queries over keys and indexes for fast retrieval of information from large data sets. Repository
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Azure and Cloud Computing|Aug 8, 2013

Adding Intelligence to the IntelliSense for Windows Azure Mobile Services

Some of the members of the Visual Studio Windows Azure Tools & Mobile Services teams recently published instructions for “Enabling IntelliSense for Mobile Services JavaScript in Visual Studio.”  Since working with the Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) server-side JavaScript files can be a little bit of a blind experience – debugging happens primarily through strategic…
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