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Visual C++ CLR Class Library – where is the DLL?

I was recently working on a project that interacts with different applications and I created a solution that involved two projects – one is based on C# and the other one is built with C++ (managed). In fact, the second project is nothing more but a class library. When I built the C++ project, I [...]

Why there is no single mobile development platform

So there is the question asked by some developers that target mobile platforms – how come there is no single toolkit that will let develop for every single platform out there. After all, wouldn’t it be easier to build the application once and let it run on every single mobile device that is available on [...]

Quick Tip: Implement .NET interfaces in Visual Studio

If you develop .NET applications, then you probably had a couple of classes that implemented one or more .NET interfaces – maybe it was IDataObject or IQueryable, or something else. To correctly implement these interfaces, chances are you were using existing MSDN documentation to get an idea of what methods and functions should be implemented. [...]

My thoughts on Windows Phone 7 development

The first question many developers probably ask themselves when thinking about starting developing for Windows Phone 7 is – “Is it worth it?” It’s one thing when you are already a .NET developer (bonus points if you worked with XNA and Silverlight), but it’s a completely different story when the developer that asks that questions [...]

Windows Phone 7 emulator – applications can be pinned and removed

Not many of the developers who use the Windows Phone 7 emulator know, that when you deploy an application from Visual Studio 2010, you are able to pin it to the Start page, as well as uninstall the application entirely. When an application is deployed to the emulator, exit it (in case you were running), [...]