.NET makes threading easy, especially compared to implementing threading in either VB6 or C++. But threading in .NET doesn't require that you use a structured implementation, which can lead to ...

A couple years after the debut of the original "AI pair programmer," GitHub Copilot, related extensions available for Visual Studio Code now number in the hundreds. Specifically, if you do a search ...

Windows Vista introduces a slick new UI feature Microsoft calls Windows Gadgets. Gadgets are small, lightweight applications that run in a special pane called the Sidebar or directly from the user's ...

One of SharePoint Portal Server's selling points is that it provides broad customization at all levels, from a corporation's home page down to a single user's personal page. Without having to write ...

Many developers are tasked with writing unit tests as test-first design and development becomes commonplace, even on teams that aren't strictly practicing Agile methodologies. Test-driven development ...

This month I'm writing about an issue I've found myself helping people with frequently of late: problems with related classes defined in Code First and then, in most cases, used in the ...

Oracle has a long history in Visual Studio and Windows shops, but getting Oracle, VS, and related Microsoft technologies to play together nicely can require a little bit of special effort on the ...

Microsoft is polishing up a new PowerToys utility to improve the user experience on PowerShell in Windows 10 and 11 by suggesting installations of missing components through WinGet packages. Teased ...

Microsoft announced a new tool as part of its Azure Migrate initiative that helps developers move their on-premises .NET apps to the Azure cloud. Debuting with the unwieldy moniker "Azure Migrate ...

Microsoft's Mads Kristensen took to social media to ask developers about their "pet peeves" with Visual Studio and got an earful in reply. The principal program manager on the Visual Studio team is ...

Transforming a dataset into one with fewer columns is more complicated than it might seem, explains Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research in this full-code, step-by-step machine learning tutorial.

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research presents a full-code, step-by-step tutorial on an implementation of the technique that emphasizes simplicity and ease-of-modification over robustness and ...