(Brian Mains) The core mechanism for displaying Silverlight pages is the UserControl class. The UserControl element appears at the top of every user control. This root element is a prime choice for storing static resources (discussed briefly later), as well as any namespaces (Silverlight uses name

(Nikhil Kothari) In Part 1 of ViewModel and .NET RIA Services, which I recommend you check out first if you haven’t, I created a simple product search UI using Silverlight and .NET RIA Services using the ViewModel (aka MVVM) pattern. One of benefits of the ViewModel pattern is that it creates a nice

(Mickey Gousset) In a previous column, “Using Work Item Templates,” we covered the work item template functionality in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools. In this column, we’re going to look at a couple of more features in work item templates that make them attractive

(John Charles Olamendy) JSON is today an alternative to XML for data serialization and transmission over the wire as well as jQuery is becoming the de-facto standard for the client-side script development, not only for the creation of dynamic pages but also for the invocation of Web services compati

(Walt Ritscher) Most developers I know are obsessive about managing their software workspace. When you spend countless hours sitting at your laptop creating software, the last thing you want to do is wait on your tools. From setting up keyboard shortcuts to installing your favorite utilities, you kn

(Tess Ferrandez) I have put together a quick and dirty debug diag script for troubleshooting .net memory leaks.

(David Hayden) One of the cool features of the DefaultModelBinder in the ASP.NET MVC Framework is its support for IDataErrorInfo. Although I think IDataErrorInfo breaks down very quickly in the real world, one certainly can take advantage of it for simple scenarios, especially forms-over-data web ap

(ahkayastha) This document will explain how to create a basic web service, and how to use it with Windows application and web application.

(Nick Berardi) A question that I have been hearing a lot lately is: How do I change the view location in MVC?

(Michael Sorens) Language Integrated Query, or LINQ, is a new Microsoft technology introduced with the .NET 3.5 framework. This Microsoft quote describes its purpose succinctly: