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Web Publish Updates with Windows Azure SDK 1.8
We recently released new updates to the publishing experience in Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2010 as part of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET 1.8 release...
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Background – on quirks and compatibility The .NET Framework (including ASP.NET) strives to maintain near-100% compatibility when an existing framework is ...
Capturing Unhandled Exceptions in ASP.NET Web API’s with ELMAH
I'm a fan of using ELMAH to track unhandled exceptions in my ASP.NET applications. If you haven't tried ELMAH, you should definitely check it out. There's even ...
Introducing NETCF 3.9 in Windows Embedded Compact 2013 – a faster, leaner and multi-core runtime!
Ever since .NET Compact Framework was introduced at the PDC conference in 2001, programming with .NET has scaled from some of the smallest devices to the ...
ASP.NET WebForms Model Binding – Overview
This is the first post in the part of series around Model Binding. In this post I will introduce Model Binding integration in ASP.NET WebForms 4.5 while ...
Scaling cloud apps with the .NET Framework 4.5
The .NET Framework 4.5 is now available on Windows Azure. Thank you to everyone cheering for this moment. We’re just starting to see the possibilities that...
Interacting with Databases for Web Developers in VS 2012
VS2012 is out and with it brings a host of developer improvements when dealing with data. This post aims at highlighting a few key improvements which will ...
Enabling ASP.NET Web API Help Pages for ASP.NET Web Forms Applications
ASP.NET Web API Help Pages is a new preview feature that automatically generates help page style content for your Web API endpoints. You can read more about it ...
The Microsoft Build 2012 Event — .NET Framework Highlights
It was at the first BUILD conference last year that we announced the .NET Framework 4.5. BUILD last week was a big opportunity for us to reflect on the ...