Take advantage of projections in C# to transform an object into a new form that has only the properties you need. Projection is an operation that transforms the results of a query. You can use ...

Microsoft last week set the record straight that Web Forms, part of ASP.NET from the old .NET Framework, isn't going away in Visual Studio 2022, though it recommends Blazor as a .NET 6 alternative. It ...

gRPC services promise a lot: better performance, more sophisticated messaging, and a contract-based approach to Web Service development. If those sound good to you, here's how to get started. In an ...

Take advantage of anonymous types in C# to create and instantiate types that have read-only properties without having to declare the type beforehand An anonymous type is a type that doesn’t have a ...

From Live Share to Smarter IntelliCode to fewer crashes when debugging large C++ apps, Visual Studio’s new features are bound to boost productivity. This ebook offers a comprehensive look at the IDE’s ...

I would like to create a project in Visual Studio 2008 for some simple web services that produce JSON responses (i.e. REST), which would run in ASP.NET. Using the VS terminology, this doesn't seem to ...

If you have a brilliant idea for a web app, but the thought of coding sends shivers down your spine. You might be interested to know that there is a way to bring your idea to life without needing to ...