MSDN Magazine March 2013
DirectX:Using XAML with DirectX and C++ in Windows Store Apps
Doug Erickson reviews SurfaceImageSource and VirtualSurfaceImageSource, two Windows Runtime XAML types that use the GPU to boost image rendering in Windows Store apps. Doug Erickson
Microsoft Office:Exploring the JavaScript API for Office: Data Access and Events
Moving on from covering the basics in part 1 of this series, Stephen Oliver and Eric Schmidt discuss how to access data and handle events in the JavaScript API for Office. Stephen Oliver, Eric Schmidt
Async/Await:Best Practices in Asynchronous Programming
Avoid common asynchronous programming errors and master techniques to take full advantage of the new async/await support in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5. Stephen Cleary
ASP.NET:Migrating ASP.NET Web Forms to the MVC Pattern with the ASP.NET Web API
Because the ASP.NET Web API leverages the fundamental building blocks of the HTTP protocol, it can provide a way of refactoring your existing ASP.NET applications into an AJAX-enabled, Test Driven Development world. Peter Vogel
Windows Azure:Moving Your Applications to Windows Azure
Windows Azure lets you take advantage of Microsoft’s world-class global infrastructure to deploy your own applications, with the corresponding capabilities to reduce maintenance requirements, maximize performance and minimize costs. Alex Homer
Data Clustering:Data Clustering Using Naive Bayes Inference
James McCaffrey presents a clustering algorithm based on a technique called Naive Bayes inference, which works with either categorical or numeric data. James McCaffrey
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Editor's Note:Developing Apps for Office
The Apps for Office platform represents an important change in the way apps are developed for the Office suite.Michael Desmond
Windows with C++:Rendering in a Desktop Application with Direct2D
Kenny Kerr looks at the unique relationship between Direct2D and the desktop application window.Kenny Kerr
Data Points:Playing with the EF6 Alpha
Explore new features in the first packaged alpha release of Entity Framework 6, including asynchronous processing and custom Code First conventions.Julie Lerman
Windows Azure Insider:Real-World Scenarios for Node.js in Windows Azure
Walk through a pair of real-world scenarios where node.js is used for simple connectivity tasks, leveraging its single-threaded approach and modules created by the community.Bruno Terkaly, Ricardo Villalobos
The Working Programmer:Noda Time
Noda Time is a powerful, .NET library that can seriously amp up time and date support in your applications.Ted Neward
Modern Apps:Data Access and Storage Options in Windows Store Apps
Local or remote. WebStorage or IndexedDB. SkyDrive or SQLite. What's a developer to do? Here's what you need to decide on a storage strategy for your modern app.Rachel Appel
David Platt says your software isn’t successful until it’s been used in a way that you never imagined.David Platt
MVVM:Messenger and View Services in MVVM
This article, the second in a series about using the MVVM model in Windows 8, describes how the different layers of an application communicate, emphasizing communication between the ViewModel and the view using the MVVM Light Messenger event bus for status messages and a view service implementation for a dialog service.Laurent Bugnion