Toolbox - Tools and Techniques for .NET Code Profiling

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Premature optimization may be the root of all evil, but at some point in your app's development cycle you're going to need to analyze your code for performance and memory use. Here's a collection of profiling tools and information that will help make you a lean, mean coding machine.

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Toolbox - F# Tools and Resources

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:00:00 GMT

F# is a new functional, type-safe programming language for the .NET Framework. It may be a relatively young language, but F# has quickly developed a cult following within the programming community. Here's a guide to the tools and resources that will help you get started.

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Toolbox - Data Integration Tools and Resources

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Data integration is the cornerstone of many apps these days, which means you’ll need to add database expert to the many hats you wear. Or maybe not. We’ll show you some handy tools and resources for maximizing data access while minimizing muss and fuss.

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Toolbox - Windows Phone 7 Development Tools and Resources

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Windows Phone 7 has a large, and continually growing, ecosystem of resources for developers. Here are some of the main ones.

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Toolbox - Visual Studio Tools and Extensions

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:00:00 GMT

If Visual Studio is your IDE of choice, you have a plethora of tools to make it even better. Here’s a selection of some of the most valuable ones.

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Toolbox - Microsoft Azure Development Resources

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:00:00 GMT

The Azure platform is Microsoft’s stack of cloud computing resources. Here’s a collection of tools and information that will get you writing apps for Azure today.

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