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Design patterns and best practices for building flexible and reusable WCF services.

Orchard is a new open source Web CMS that puts a lot of emphasis on extensibility. This article presents some of the techniques you can apply to build unique sites and contribute to a growing ecosystem.

This tutorial shows how to build a simple WPF application using Code First in DevForce.

This article presents a LightSwitch application used to manage the resources needed to build university timetables

An introduction to Genuilder Extensibility

David Platt says the Microsoft BUILD Conference revealed something he has not seen for a long, long time: Real excitement around Microsoft's platform strategy.

Microsoft's Windows Runtime announced at the BUILD Conference in September aims to broaden the definition of the Windows developer.

Nov/Dec 2011 Managed Coder by Ted Neward

In 2007, Microsoft unveiled a new vision called “Software + Services” that would fundamentally change the way that both Microsoft and their customers build software and have a gradual, yet marked ripple effect throughout the software giant’s entire strategy.

The modern web ecosystem is made up of many different types of scenarios of how users interact with online content. With the increasing popularity of mobile devices along with countless hours at Starbucks and on airplanes, users may often find themselves in a position of wanting to use web content while not being able to enjoy reliable and continual access to the Internet.