New: PsPing v1.0; Updates: DebugView v4.8, Process Explorer v15.23, Sigcheck v1.81 – The Sysinternals team announce the release of PsPing 1.0 a new tool in the SysInternals tools suite which allows you to measure network performance in a variety of ways. Also the team announce updates to DebugView, Process Explorer and SigCheck.
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C#/.NET Little Wonders: Static Char Methods – James Michael Hare continues his ongoing series looking at some of the less well know areas of the .NET framework and C# language looking at the performance gains that can be made by working with single characters rather than full blown strings when all you need is a character.
Tools for Your Debugging Toolbox – ‘rafarah’ takes us on a tour of the must have debugging tools, as recommended by the Microsoft Premier Support Team, giving a summary of the tool and its use, along with a download link for each of the tools.
Windows Store Applications – Debugging Crashes – Mike Taulty discusses the process of debugging deployed Windows Store applications, looking at the information provided in the Store for the developer, and how you can work with that information – this post has lots of stack traces, so not for the faint hearted.
Building World-ready Applications in JavaScript Becoming a Reality – Suresh Jayabalan & Amanda Silver of the JavaScript team discuss the proposed JavaScript Internationalization API, and emerging proposal the help developers build real world applications in JavaScript for consumption across the world.
Using TypeScript with AngularJS and Web API – Piotr Walat takes a look at a real world use of TypeScript, combining it with the use of AngularJS and the ASP.NET Web API to create a CRUD application which consumers WebAPI services from TypeScript using strongly typed AngularJS Controllers
Introduction to Fakes and migration from Moles – Jan Fajfr takes an introductory look at the Fakes test isolation framework from Microsoft, comparing it and looking at the migration from its predecessor Moles in this CodeProject article.
Servicestack CredentialsAuthentication and easyhtpp of course: Part 1 & Part 2 – Christiaan Baes takes a look at the creation of an authenticated service using Service Stack and EasyHttp, working from the ‘File > New Project’ getting the Service Stack part up and running in part 1 and looking at the use of EasyHttp in part 2.
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"TypeScript" with Mark Rendle – Mark Rendle will be visiting the .NET Developer Network just outside Bristol on Tuesday 22nd January for a session exploring the TypeScript language, and extension of the JavaScript language.