There are various ways to build and test software. The specific process followed depends on a variety of factors, including the project itself, team members, project schedule and so on. One such ...

In this space, I typically write about tools that help you build, manage, test or deploy software development projects. The one part of the project I've mostly ignored thus far is perhaps the most ...

First came the open-sourcing of Microsoft’s .Net software platform. Now comes the open-sourcing of many — if not all — of the tools and support infrastructure for the platform. Last week, Microsoft ...

Visual Basic is a .NET framework-oriented programming language used to develop Web applications, Windows software and mobile apps. Visual Basic is part of Microsoft's development software, Visual ...

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a flexible, cross-platform editor that can be transformed into a full-blown IDE for most any language or workflow. Over the past few years, it has exploded in ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...