Frameworks


All I Really Need to Know

Since announcing the Microsoft Interoperability Initiative early last year, we've seen the company move in a consistent and tangible direction toward greater openness, cooperation and interoperability.

Windows 7: A Fresh Start

Windows 7 has gone RTM and seems poised undo much of the damage Windows Vista has wrought. Is it time to start developing for Windows 7?

Depressing Developments

How is your organization weathering the downturn?

Going Large

Visual Studio now supports myriad development platforms.

C#: The Long View

Will service-oriented compilers and domain-savvy, general-purpose programming languages jive with the dangers posed by over-iterating a language like C#?

The Parallel Problem

The transition to parallel processing won't be easy.

Hostile Territory

Sun's JavaFX vs. Silverlight, Flash and AIR.

Letting Go of Windows

The real driver behind Microsoft's business strategy has been, and will be, .NET.

PDC: Shock and Awe

The PDC 2008 offered a stunning display of overwhelming force as Microsoft rolled out a veritable host of development-oriented platforms, products, tools and technologies.

Makin' It Rain

Microsoft has been showering the industry with new developer-related technologies and updates.

It's a Trap!

Microsoft sets aside a plan to craft its own jQuery alternative to adopt the open source JavaScript library instead.

Shelter in a Storm

Leaner times are ahead for development shops. Microsoft developers may be in a more sheltered position.

Great Googly Moogly

Excited about Chrome; but even more excited about Microsoft's response.

Pumped for PDC

Microsoft is poised to unveil details about Visual Studio 10, Windows 7, .NET Framework 4.0.

Message in a Bottle

Microsoft is looking for a way out of the Windows legacy code bear trap and if 'Midori' is any indication, it appears Redmond is working to do just that.