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Going Beyond async and await On WinRT

Topics: .NET Framework 4.5,; C#,; Visual Basic.NET,; .NET Languages,; .NET Framework,; .NET,; Programming

The Windows Runtime introduces greater support for asynchronous programming. The await and async keywords for C# and Visual Basic are part of this support.

By Jeff Martin on May 16
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VMware's vFabric Suite Gains Automated Deployment and PostgreSQL Support

Topics: Spring,; SpringSource,; Dependency Injection,; Java,; Virtualization,; Cloud Foundry,; IaaS,; Design Pattern,; Infrastructure,; VMWare,; Languages,; Licensing,; Patterns,; Object Oriented Design,; Design,; Cloud Computing,; Business,; Programming,; Companies

VMware has today announced VMware vFabric Suite 5.1, adding automated deployment, enterprise open source support, and PostgreSQL capabilities, as well as an expansion to the SQLFire in-memory database.

By Charles Humble on May 15
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Xamarin’s Mono for Android Now Includes a Visual Designer

Topics: C#,; .NET Languages,; Cross Platform,; Mono,; Visual Studio,; MonoDevelop,; Android,; .NET,; Mobile Development,; Microsoft,; IDEs,; IDE,; Tools,; Operating Systems,; Mobile,; Programming,; Companies,; Agile

Xamarin has announced a visual designer for their Mono for Android development tool integrated with Visual Studio or MonoDevelop.

By Abel Avram on May 14
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Entity Framework 5 Sample Provider

Topics: .NET,; Programming,; O/X Mapping,; Entity Framework,; Providers

The EF team at Microsoft has announced a sample database Provider Entity Framework 5 for SQL Server, with support for some of the new EF features.

By Roopesh Shenoy on May 14
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IEEE Experts Summit on Mastering Uncertainty

Topics: Risk Management,; Lean,; Agile,; Business,; Software Engineering,; Events

On 26th June the IEEE is organizing a one day expert summit in London called Mastering Uncertainty in the Software Industry: Risks, Rewards, and Reality at the British Computer Society.

By Michael Stal on May 12
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AWS Beanstalk For .NET, RDS For SQL Server

Topics: Amazon Web Services,; Amazon,; SQL Server,; Relational Databases,; .NET,; IaaS,; Microsoft,; SQL Server 2008 R2,; Programming,; Companies,; Database,; Amazon Elastic Beanstalk,; Cloud Computing,; Amazon RDS

Amazon has announced support for .NET on AWS Elastic Beanstalk and a new RDS service for SQL Server, bringing better manageability to .NET/SQL Server apps hosted on AWS.

By Roopesh Shenoy on May 11
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What’s in a Name? Change in Windows Azure Billing Portal Causes Confusion

Topics: Windows Azure,; Azure,; .NET,; PaaS,; Cloud Computing,; Programming

This week, Microsoft notified its customers that it was re-naming all of the services that comprise the Windows Azure cloud offering. Confusion ensued as some wondered if Microsoft was abandoning the Azure branding, but subsequent information revealed that this change was solely related to customer billing and that the Windows Azure name was staying put.

By Richard Seroter on May 10
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Visual Studio 11: Colorful Metaphors Return in the Release Candidate

Topics: Visual Studio 11,; Visual Studio,; IDE,; Microsoft,; .NET,; Companies,; Programming

Developers spoke, and Microsoft listened, regarding the interface changes demonstrated in Visual Studio 11 Beta. InfoQ speaks with Microsoft about the newly announced UI changes coming in VS11's Release Candidate.

By Jeff Martin on May 10
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Ruby Slims Down for Mobile with MRuby, RubyMotion, Ruboto

Topics: Ruby,; Dynamic Languages,; Languages,; iOS,; Mobile,; Operating Systems,; Programming,; MacRuby,; ISO

In the past weeks, a number of new Ruby implementations and dialects have appeared: the lightweight, ISO compliant MRuby; and MobiRuby and RubyMotion that let you write iOS apps in Ruby.