Concurrency: Tools And Techniques to Identify Concurrency Issues

Every codebase contains some measure of technical debt - code that is maddeningly hard to test and maintain. We outline some ideas for identifying and dealing with the high-interest debt in your code.David LaribeeMSDN Magazine December 2009

This month we look at tools for enhancing the LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework designers, Oren Eini's .NET development blog, Visual Studio tab customization, and more.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine December 2009

This article provides a first look at tools in Visual Studio 2010 designed to support development and deployment of SharePoint 2010 solutions. The article provides an example of designing and deploying a visual Web part.Steve FoxMSDN Magazine October 2009

This article describes how to integrate the new parallel computing libraries in the Visual Studio 2010 Beta into existing C++ projects. Based on four common scenarios, the column explains a few of the ways developers can use the APIs and classes that are part of the Parallel Pattern Library (PPL), Asynchronous Agents Library, and Concurrency Runtime.Rick MolloyMSDN Magazine October 2009

As more and more multi-threaded software applications get developed, software development professionals need to adopt new tools, techniques and metrics that can deal with multi-threaded software. Synchronization coverage is a simple, practical way to do this and this article covers a prototype synchronization coverage tool for .NET, called Sync Cover.Chris Dern, Roy TanMSDN Magazine September 2009

Axum is not a general-purpose language like C# or VB, but one aimed squarely at the problem of concurrency, designed from the outset to be part of a suite of languages that collectively cooperate to solve a business problem.Ted NewardMSDN Magazine September 2009

If you want to apply static analysis to your databases, connect to remote computers, find out more about the Entity Framework, or just check into some cool podcasts for your daily commute, then you'll want to read more about these latest tools and resources.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine July 2009

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010 introduces product backlog and iteration backlog workbooks and reports that will help agile teams plan and manage releases and iterations.Ajoy KrishnamoorthyMSDN Magazine January 2009

To introduce you to VSTO Power Tools Office interop API extensions, we'll walk through the development of an application that automates Outlook, Excel, and Word.Andrew Whitechapel, Phillip Hoff, and Vladimir MorozovMSDN Magazine December 2008

This month we take a look at FxCop and other tools that enforce your design rules, along with jQuery.Scott MitchellMSDN Magazine December 2008