Core

UWP Project Structure

A tour of the default files, folders, and build artifacts in a Visual Studio UWP project, from App.xaml to the compiled .pri resource index.

Windows App SDK

The Windows App SDK is Microsoft's unified set of APIs and components for building Win32 and packaged desktop apps outside the UWP sandbox.

Batch Script Interview Questions

A study guide covering the Windows batch scripting concepts most commonly probed in technical interviews, from variable scoping to error codes.

File I/O with MFC

Reading and writing files in MFC using CFile, CStdioFile, and CArchive, plus handling file exceptions correctly.

MFC Interview Questions

Common conceptual and debugging-style MFC interview questions, with the reasoning strong candidates use to answer them.

MFC Quick Reference

A condensed lookup of MFC's core class hierarchy, message map macros, and common string/collection/resource idioms.

What Is MFC?

An introduction to the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), the C++ framework that wraps the Win32 API into an object-oriented class library for building native…

What Is Silverlight?

An introduction to Microsoft Silverlight, the browser plugin that brought XAML-based UI and a sandboxed .NET runtime to rich internet applications from 2007 to…

XAML Interview Questions

The core conceptual questions XAML interviews actually ask — DependencyProperty internals, MVVM binding gotchas, and Style vs ControlTemplate — with the reason…

What Is WPF?

An introduction to WPF, Microsoft's DirectX-based UI framework for building Windows desktop applications with XAML and data binding.

WPF Interview Questions

A curated set of core WPF interview topics — binding, dependency properties, routed events, and architecture — with the reasoning interviewers expect.

MVVM Interview Questions

Frequently asked MVVM interview questions with model answers, covering architecture fundamentals, data binding, and comparisons to MVC/MVP.

WCF Interview Questions

Commonly asked WCF interview questions covering ABC fundamentals, bindings, contracts, instancing, and troubleshooting, with explained answers.

LINQ Quick Reference

A fast lookup of the core LINQ operators — filtering, projection, aggregation, and set operations — with syntax at a glance.

What Is LINQ?

LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a set of C# language and .NET library features that let you write strongly-typed queries against in-memory collections, dat…

Dependency Injection in .NET

How .NET Core's built-in DI container registers, resolves, and manages the lifetime of application services.

.NET Core Interview Questions

A focused review of the .NET Core concepts most commonly probed in technical interviews: the CLR, async/await, and dependency injection.

.NET Core Quick Reference

A condensed reference covering essential dotnet CLI commands, LINQ/collection quick facts, and configuration patterns for everyday .NET Core development.

What Is .NET Core?

An overview of .NET Core as Microsoft's open-source, cross-platform runtime and how it evolved into the unified modern .NET.

What Is Microsoft Teams?

An introduction to Microsoft Teams as Microsoft 365's unified hub for chat, meetings, calling, and app integration.

PowerShell for AD Administration

Learn how to manage users, groups, and organizational units in Active Directory using the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module, bulk pipelines, and remoting.

Server Core vs Desktop Experience

Compare Windows Server's two installation options — the minimal Server Core and the full Desktop Experience — and when to choose each.

What Is Active Directory?

An introduction to Active Directory as Microsoft's directory service for centralizing identity, authentication, and resource management across a Windows networ…

EF Core Best Practices

A practical checklist of habits that keep EF Core applications fast, predictable, and maintainable as they scale.