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Difference Between ASP.NET Web API and WCF

Introduction

This article describes the differences between the Web API and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). And also describes how to choose between WCF and Web API.

5 Ways to Build Mobile Apps with Visual Studio

With more and more developers looking to get into mobile, it would make sense that they would want to use the tooling of their choice. Visual Studio dates back to April 1995 (Version 4.0), with the most current release being Visual Studio 2013, and it shows no signs of slowing down. But the explosion of mobile apps leaves several questions for developers using Visual Studio. What are my options for developing mobile apps in general? How can I develop for iOS without a Mac? How can I develop for Android without learning Java? Maybe, even more importantly, is, “How do I develop for all three mobile platforms using a single-code base with a shared user interface in Visual Studio?” I will address all of these questions in this article.

How To Choose Between 32-bit & 64-bit Windows 7 Operating Systems

Windows 7 launches this week and those waiting to upgrade should first decide if they want to install the Windows 7 64-bit (x64) version or stick with 32-bit (x86) Windows. Why? Even if you install 32-bit initially, it should be possible to upgrade to 64-bit later, right? Wrong.

You can’t upgrade from 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit without doing a fresh “clean” install, which requires you to reinstall all applications from scratch. Therefore, you need to decide on either 32-bit or 64-bit before you install Windows 7.

While I recommend you go with 64-bit, read through this article to make an informed decision.

Microsoft ASP.NET Universal Providers 2.0.0

ASP.NET Universal Providers add provider support in ASP.NET 4 for all editions of SQL Server 2005 and later and to SQL Azure. If you use these providers to develop your application, the application will be ready for cloud environments like Azure. Other than supporting additional storage options, the providers work like the existing SQL-based providers, so that you can easily switch an application to use cloud storage via SQL Azure. Good thing for Universal Provider is we don't need run aspnet_regsql.exe any more to create database objects to be used for membership, we don't need do anyhing on database end. When create the first user the Universal Provider will create all tables to be needed for membership automaticially.