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Untitled-6 2 7/10/12 4:03 PM Compatible with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Untitled-6 3 7/10/12 4:04 PM Untitled-1 1 10/11/11 11:43 AM { FRAMEWORKS } 12 Keith Ward, Editor in Chief, Visual Studio Magazine Prepping for the Future You know, of course, that Windows 8 is just about here. But your shop is still making its money by building desktop/laptop software. What do you do? You might do what Adage Technologies September 2012 // Volume 22 // No. 9 is doing. This Chicago-based outfi t, started in 1999, continues to churn out line-of- business (LOB) apps as its bread and butter. FEATURES But, says Pat Emmons, cofounder and director of professional services, Adage is 12 Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 If you’re an experienced Web developer, you’ll love the HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3 also dipping its toe in the Windows 8 waters. options provided by Visual Studio 2012. Here’s a step-by-step guide to getting For a traditional code-focused company started. BY MICHAEL CRUMP like his, one of the major changes is the emphasis on design. Previously, Emmons Semantic Zoom with Silverlight 5 PivotViewer 18 says, “We thought our code carried the day.” The Silverlight 5 PivotViewer allows you to create unique and interactive data visualizations for your users. Find out how to effectively use this technology and Not so with Windows 8. “You make design incorporate semantic zoom into your data collections. BY TONY CHAMPION a big part of it from the beginning,” he adds. It’s a far cry from Visual Basic 6, which Adage used for years. “The shift to XAML has LANGUAGE LAB been a big learning curve. It’s kind of like the 28 PRACTICAL .NET anti-Visual Basic 6,” Emmons says. Many of Ensuring WCF Routing Flexibility the programs written in Visual Basic 6 look Windows Communication Foundation routing lets you decouple service consumers the same, he explains, but that “function and providers so you can modify and extend services without disrupting your clients. over form” mindset is becoming obsolete. BY PETER VOGEL Windows 8, Emmons says, is “all about 34 On VB branding and the UI experience.” That AOP with PostSharp comes through in the Windows 8 Aspect-oriented programming has the potential to help every developer write marketing-speak: “I’ve been doing higher-quality code in less time. Here’s how to declaratively apply custom methods [Microsoft-focused development] since to your code. BY JOE KUNK 1995, and ‘fast and fl uid’ was never part of 40 UI Code Expert the conversation,” he says. WPF Programming with C# 5.0 Now it’s the conversation, and requires Two new features of C# 5.0 can significantly improve your Windows Presentation attitude adjustments. “You can do so much Foundation UI programming. BY MARK MICHAELIS with [Windows 8] that it’s hard to get started,” he says. A developer can no longer DEPARTMENTS “just grab a button and throw it on the page.” Even though Adage’s core business will Letters to the Editor 6 be its LOB apps for the near future, 8 DevInsights VSTOOLBOX, PAPA’S PERSPECTIVE Emmons knows that change is a-comin’, VSToolbox: Comprehensive Testing with Telerik Test Studio PAGE 8 and he intends to see that his company is Papa’s Perspective: A Unified Approach to Client-Side Storage PAGE 10 on board, starting with Windows 8. But that’s not a bad thing. “That’s the COLUMNS awesomeness of the tech environment,” he says. “There’s always this rebirth.” 3 Frameworks BY KEITH WARD BY ANDREW J. 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