MSDN Magazine October 2012
TPL:Horizontal Scalability for Parallel Execution of Tasks
The Task Parallel Library (TPL) provides all the necessary infrastructure to achieve optimal utilization of CPU resources within a single multicore computer. Now you can also implement an approach that scales across computer’s boundaries--useful for workload automation and batch processing scenarios. Jesus Aguilar
OData:OData, the Entity Framework and Windows Azure Access Control
When Sean Iannuzzi was asked to secure a Web service for an existing database and Web application, he saw the benefits of using OData, but he didn’t think it was secure enough. See how he developed his own custom implementation with extra security. Sean Iannuzzi
Windows Phone:Building an App for Both Windows Phone and iOS
Find out how you can create an app from scratch that targets both Windows Phone and iPhone, while staying true to the design philosophy and UX features of each platform. Andrew Whitechapel
Windows Phone:Tombstoning and the Zen of Async for Windows Phone
Ben Day walks you through some of the architectural decisions and mistakes he made in his first Windows Phone application, and shows how you can avoid them in your own Windows Phone apps. Ben Day
Numerics:Testing Math Functions in Microsoft Cloud Numerics
Suppose you are writing a computer program that calls a library to compute sin(x). You'll get a numeric answer containing up to 16 decimal digits, but how do you know the answer is correct? Learn how the math functions in the new Microsoft Cloud Numerics math library are tested. Stuart Brorson, Alan Edelman, Ben Moskowitz
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Dino Esposito has been writing for MSDN Magazine and its predecessors since 1996. Michael Desmond talks with the popular Cutting Edge columnist.Michael Desmond
Cutting Edge:Mobile Site Development, Part 5: jQuery Mobile
Dino Esposito dives into the HTML5-based jQuery Mobile UI technology for popular device platforms. Is it all you need for mobile development?Dino Esposito
Windows with C++:Back to the Future with Resumable Functions
Kenny Kerr concludes his three-part series on concurrency in C++, and explores an even more fluid approach to writing efficient and composable asynchronous systems.Kenny Kerr
Forecast: Cloudy:Windows Azure In-Role Caching
Joseph Fultz shows how you can weather high demand on your site and services using dedicated and co-located roles for caching in the Windows Azure Caching (Preview).Joseph Fultz
Test Run:Neural Network Back-Propagation for Programmers
Back-propagation is a complex, but tricky to code, algorithm that can be used to train a neural network. James McCaffrey explains how to implement back-propagation.James McCaffrey
The Working Programmer:Cassandra NoSQL Database, Part 2: Programming
Ted Neward explains how to connect to the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database from the Microsoft .NET Framework, how to read and write data to it, and more.Ted Neward
Touch and Go:Viewing the Night Sky on Your Windows Phone
Charles Petzold concludes his four-part exploration of motion sensors in the Windows Phone platform, building an application that lets users interact with planets and constellations in the night sky.Charles Petzold
Don't Get Me Started:Brain Droppings
Have you ever wondered what grinds David Platt's gears?David Platt