October 2015
Volume 30 Number 10
![]() Microsoft Azure - Microsoft Azure--the Big PictureGet a big-picture view of Microsoft Azure, and see how giving up some control over your environment can yield benefits in terms of resilience, scalability and manageability. |
![]() Special Windows 10 issueWindows 10 and the Universal Windows Platform are creating exciting new opportunities for developers. In this special issue of MSDN Magazine, learn how to write apps that can run on any modern, Windows-enabled client, from the smallest Internet of Things device to the largest Surface Hub room-based display, and to every phone, tablet and PC in between. |
![]() Upstart - The Yoga of Rookie SuccessSometimes, the best way to get ahead is to stop focusing so hard on getting ahead. Krishnan Rangachari explains how letting go can help motivated professionals achieve their goals. |
![]() ASP.NET - ASP.NET 5 Anywhere with OmniSharp and YeomanASP.NET 5 no longer requires that developers work only with Visual Studio in Windows. Learn how to create cross-platform Web applications with tools such as OmniSharp and Yeoman. |
![]() Windows with C++ - Coroutines in Visual C++ 2015Learn how concurrency has been updated in Visual Studio 2015 with an experimental compiler option called /await that unlocks an implementation of coroutines directly supported by the compiler. |
![]() Visual Studio - Bower: Modern Tools for Web DevelopmentFront-end Web development typically involves a variety of libraries, frameworks, tools and more. Learn how Visual Studio extensions let you use Bower, a JavaScript-based tool, to manage them. |
![]() Test Run - Linear Discriminate Analysis Using C#James McCaffrey examines linear discriminate analysis--one of the oldest approaches to solving binary classification problems--and concludes that while the math is elegant, other algorithms may be more practical. |
![]() Code Analysis - Build and Deploy Libraries with Integrated Roslyn Code Analysis to NuGetLearn how to package and deploy your APIs with integrated live code analysis powered by the .NET Compiler Platform. |
![]() The Working Programmer - How To Be MEAN: Express InstallThe MEAN (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node) stack is an alternative "Web stack" to the ASP.NET stack. In this installment, you'll read about the ExpressJS library, which handles HTTP processing on the server. |
![]() Microsoft Band - Develop a Windows 10 App with the Microsoft Band SDKMicrosoft Band provides powerful SDKs and community support for multiple platforms—Windows, Android and iOS. In this article, Kevin Ashley shows you how to build an app using the Microsoft Band SDK for Windows 10. |
![]() C# - A Split-and-Merge Expression Parser in C#Vassili Kaplan presents a C# implementation of the split-and-merge algorithm for parsing a string containing a mathematical expression. This algorithm represents an alternative to Dijkstra's algorithm, published more than half a century ago. |
![]() Don't Get Me Started - AnachronismsMore and more users have not even seen a floppy disk, much less used one to save and transfer files. So why is the floppy disk image still the universal icon for "save?" David Platt explores this and other anachronisms. |
![]() Editor's Note - Chain of DisasterFraught with high stakes and increasing complexity over time, the discipline of computer security has more than a little in common with airline flight safety. |