standards

ECMAScript is the official name for the JavaScript language we all know and love. The next version of ECMAScript, ES6 (henceforth referred to by its new name, ES2015), is nearing the end of its standards process journey. At this stage Link Removed is final and will not be receiving any further...

Visual Studio Express 2015 RC for Web has the tools to create standards-based, responsive websites, web APIs, or real-time online experiences using ASP.NET. Link Removed

On October 1, 2003, Microsoft announced it would move to a monthly security bulletin cadence. Today, marks 10 years since that first monthly security update. We looked at many ways to improve our security preparedness and patch timing was the number one customer request. Your feedback was clear...

As a part of the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), Microsoft is pleased to present an initial set of monthly security updates – originally released on May 8 – in the consortium’s newly established Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework...

Revamps app virtualisation, hardware standards. More...

The last time we got the chance to talk to Mohsen Agsen, a Microsoft Technical Fellow who runs the Visual C++ engineering team, he put forward the notion of a renaissance taking place in the native world. Shortly thereafter, we created the catchy Link Removed mantra. (Mohsen is great at building...

I was lucky enough to catch up with Herb Sutter not too long after the FDIS announcement (Final Draft International Standard is complete). As usual when talking to Herb, the conversation is all about C++ (well, we do talk about C# for a little while, but in the context of C++. Why? Tune in...)...

The browser has become the single piece of software most widely deployed and used. Apple, Microsoft, Google and Firefox's Mozilla are in a race to develop more functional browsers. The core functionality of these browsers must be the same to comply with W3C standards, but they compete on the...

Chris and Robert explain the benefits of following the Microsoft SDL to building more secure, reliable, and standard-compliant software. Link Removed More...

The European Commission has been forced into extraordinary negotiations with Microsoft because it is locked in to using the vendor's software and standards. More...

As promised, the great Stephan T. Lavavej is back! Link Removed Tens of thousands of you have watched STL's (those are his initials, so that's what we call him) Link Removed, or Standard Template Library. If you haven't, you should. This series, Advanced STL, covers the gory details of the...

The following link will only work for browsers that support HTML5 and Flash. Currently, the only browser not in beta that supports this is Google Chrome. The test will not work with some browsers. What is HTML5? Hypertext Markup Language 5 is the next version of the HTML (web standard). Some...

ECMAScript is object-based: basic language and host facilities are provided by objects, and an ECMAScript program is a cluster of communicating objects. An ECMAScript object is a collection of properties each with zero or more attributes that determine how each property can be used—for example...

Link RemovedThis week on Web Camps TV*Link Removed talks to*Link Removed about the new craze sweeping the world of services - OData*- the new web protocol for querying and updating data. Jonathan describes how OData (short for Open Data protocol)*is great for companies who are hosting services...

Suppose you went to the supermarket to buy a pound of steak for dinner and when you got home you noticed that the package seemed very light. So you went back and complained to the manager, only to be told that the label says "up to 1 pound", and you're stuck with it. You'd be furious, of...

Expression Web is a full-featured professional tool for designing, developing, and publishing compelling, feature-rich websites that conform to web standards. Expression Web 3 gives you the tools you need to produce high-quality, standards-based Web sites: built-in support for today’s...