"I have seen simple select statements [in Entity Framework] with 4 or 5 includes result in nearly 5,000 line SQL statements when an equivalent hand-written SQL statement is [about] 15 lines." So reads ...

Opening up to developers, Microsoft is releasing its .Net Framework libraries under the Microsoft Reference License, which allows viewing of source code but not modification or redistribution, the ...

In order to support non-.Net developers working in mixed-platform environments, Microsoft has announced its .Net Framework Developer Center web portal. Officially live since its soft launch in July, ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2002 — In the most significant product launch of the new Microsoft® .NET era, Microsoft Corp. Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today launched Visual Studio® .NET and the ...

Looking to assist developers in building business applications, Microsoft published a second beta version of ADO.Net Entity Framework this week and a community technology preview of tools to work with ...

The software company hopes to woo Microsoft .Net programmers with a new line of design and development tools for the tech giant's own C# language. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

LONDON — March 28, 2011 — Today, Microsoft Corp. and Telefonica S.A. announced a collaboration that creates new possibilities for application development across PC, TV, mobile and beyond, powered by ...

Web Parts support is a highlight of this for-testing-only developer preview, and Visual Studio tooling and "modern page editing experiences" are also in the works. Microsoft this week made SharePoint ...