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| Your weekly .NET update |
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Avoiding and fixing unexpected memory issues in .NET applications
Working in .NET certainly does simplify memory management, but it doesn’t remove the problem entirely. At minimum, an understanding of garbage collection and the object heaps helps you avoid nasty performance overheads from managing memory. But you’re also likely to encounter issues with unmanaged memory, which you may not realise you’re using.
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Shoot’em Up .NET
I know that many programmers would love to write games. I myself started to program computers because I wanted to create games and, even if I already wrote some games, I've spent most of my time dealing with systems and solving problems related to database connectivity and better caching mechanisms. My idea on writing games without using XNA or Unity is to show that you can use normal UI technologies to write games, which in many cases simplify the job as you don't need to care about how to render things to the screen or to recreate layout controls.
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Team Explorer Everywhere 2013 is Available
Among the deluge of Visual Studio 2013 releases in October, we shipped the 2013 release of Team Explorer Everywhere – updating the experience for team members working in Eclipse and/or on non-Windows environments. Team Explorer Everywhere includes an Eclipse plug-in, a cross-platform command line client, and a Java SDK for building custom tools that access TFS.
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Single-Page Applications: Build Modern, Responsive Web Apps with ASP.NET
Single-Page Applications (SPAs) are Web apps that load a single HTML page and dynamically update that page as the user interacts with the app.
SPAs use AJAX and HTML5 to create fluid and responsive Web apps, without constant page reloads. However, this means much of the work happens on the client side, in JavaScript. For the traditional ASP.NET developer, it can be difficult to make the leap. Luckily, there are many open source JavaScript frameworks that make it easier to create SPAs.
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Events/Webinars/Seminars you shouldn't miss |
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| Developing Windows Azure and Web Services Jump Start |
Web developers, are you looking for ways to increase your reach and reduce your work? Do you want to find out how to build Web API or WCF services that can access data and are hosted in Windows Azure? If you want to build services that can be accessed by apps across multiple devices, then this is the Jump Start for you. You’ll get the end-to-end scenario for building the entire application.
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| Designing Your XAML UI with Blend Jump Start |
Whether you’re a developer familiar with XAML, a designer without coding experience, or a developer preparing for your first XAML-based project, this is the Jump Start for you. Learn how to create a XAML-based application using Blend, which supports WPF, Silverlight, Windows Phone, and Windows Store development. This course focuses on Windows Store-specific features, while touring the new features Visual Studio 2013 includes for all XAML developers. Learn about this new version of the tool from the people who know it best. And get your specific questions answered in the Q&A.
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