Visual Studio 2013 came with a new version of Web API. The Web API 2.1 update includes a host of new features, including support for Binary JSON. Learn how to leverage BSON by building a Web API 2.1 ...

Everyone appreciates good documentation -- when they need it, anyway -- but creating and maintaining that documentation sure feels like a chore sometimes. I've been researching Web API documentation ...

When the beta for Visual Studio 2010 (news, site) first came out, it lacked the ability to create ASP.NET MVC applications. This was because Visual Studio was in lock down before MVC 1.0 was released.

ASP.NET Core 6 allows us to create APIs that include a bare minimum of files, features, and dependencies. Here’s how to test a minimal Web API. ASP.NET Core 6 ...

The HTTP verb named PATCH can be used for partial updates, i.e., when you would like to update just a few fields of a resource. While you could update a resource “partially” using HTTP PUT, by sending ...

When Visual Studio 2008 came out last November, it was packed with a lot new functionality and features that made many a Microsoft developer's heart go a flutter. This month, Microsoft unveiled the ...

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The company also discussed reducing packaging options from nine to three and set an official launch date of March 22, 2010 Microsoft will offer the second beta of its upcoming Visual Studio 2010 ...

As expected, Microsoft today announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. To celebrate, the company is hosting a launch consisting of more than 150 developer-focused ...