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Code Contracts makes validation easy and accurate

Code Contracts allows developers to create validation logic within their methods and classes without needing to write a lot of if/then statements. This article recommends .NET programmers take a little time to learn this extremely useful new framework. Read more »

Microsoft to release .NET Micro Framework code

Microsoft is to provide users and developers access to the .NET Micro Framework source code, following a round of layoffs that affected the technology's developer team. Read more »

Transition to .NET with this developer's tips

This article offers tips on how to ramp up on .NET for your new job. Read more »

Control Windows services with VB.NET's ServiceController component

Whenever you need to start, stop, pause or pass parameters to a Windows service, Visual Studio .NET's ServiceController component makes it easy. Read more »

Hands-on with Mono 2.2

Mono is now up to version 2.2 and the differences between 2.0 and 2.2 are pretty important. Read more »

Implementing multithreading in .NET: Two major factors to consider

Justin James shares an interesting reader question about multithreading in .NET. Check out Justin's detailed response, which includes downloadable sample code. Read more »

Microsoft details plans for Visual Studio and .NET

In the wake of the recent PDC and TechEd developer events, Microsoft has decided to put some of its key executives out on the road to explain the innovations that Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 have in store. Read more »

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What Ray Ozzie sees in Azure's cloud

In an interview after his keynote at the PDC, Ozzie talked about what Azure means for developers, businesses, and even the everyman. Read more »

How my memory of Ada code influences my current .NET code

The following is not a recommendation on how to perform this type of concurrent programming. This is more of a meditation on how my early programming experience has shaped the patterns that I use today. Read more »

Analyse your managed .NET code with FxCop

Check your .NET code for bugs and compare it against Microsoft's design guidelines via the freely available FxCop. Learn more about this code analysis tool. Read more »

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