Microsoft unveiled its development strategy for Windows 8 at its BUILD conference last month in Anaheim. One of the biggest development shifts was the announcement of the Windows Runtime (WinRT).

File-based apps, extension members, nameof improvements, and user-defined compound assignment operators make life easier for C# programmers. You’ll need .NET 10.

I'm trying to make a C# code library available to an old ASP page. I've tried following several tutorials, the sanest of which seems to be this one. Here's what I'm ...

The static keyword in the C# programming language allows you to define static classes and static members. A static class is similar to a class that is both abstract and sealed. The difference between ...

Database connectivity gives desktop and Web applications much of their value. .NET developers have products and framework objects that can tie a front-end application to SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, ...

Your business's software developers can work with Microsoft's .NET framework to create powerful Excel macros for your spreadsheets. The .NET framework contains a vast library of classes that perform a ...

Is there a C# equivalent to friend classes as in C++ or Java? All I can find are friend assemblies, which isn't quite what I am looking for.

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