Developers who work on the UI side of advanced apps must learn new technology for forms-based dev to improve the user experience.
- By Billy Hollis
- 06/08/2006
WPF is going to change the way you write graphics applications, but it's going to take a while before you see it adopted broadly.
- By Billy Hollis
- 06/08/2006
VSM presented its annual Readers Choice Awards to the Visual Studio vendor community.
The .NET Framework 3.0 represents a major set of functionality in .NET, and yet doesn't change any existing .NET Framework 2.0 libraries, compilers, or features.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 06/08/2006
Take advantage of .NET attributes to provide robust validation for your business objects, while generating user-interface validation automatically.
- By Steve Michelotti
- 06/01/2006
A reader explains that he likes VB6, and that is enough; another reader comments on the disconnect between Bill Gates' charitable work and Microsoft's (and other companies') assistance to the Chinese government in helping it stifle dissent.
From libraries to encryption, from refactoring to imaging, debugging, and lifecycle management—don't let anyone tell you there's not a rich selection of third-party tools awaiting.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 06/01/2006
Move beyond the techno-speak, and learn how you can leverage new features in C# 3.0.
- By Richard Hale Shaw
- 06/01/2006
Take advantage of /n software's IP*Works to simplify a variety of Internet-related tasks, from working with SOAP, to handling tasks related to HTTP, DNS, and FTP seamlessly.
See how the LINQ syntax, specifically DLinq and XLinq, can increase your productivity and reduce the possibility for error.
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers features a built-in Unit Testing system that lets you define unit tests before you start programming and rerun your tests whenever you wish.
- By Richard Hale Shaw
- 05/01/2006
Get an overview of Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers and its Unit Testing Framework, Test Case Management, and Advanced Load Testing tools.
- By Sonal Pardeshi
- 05/01/2006
Take advantage of .NET 2.0's addition of generics to provide better collections functionality in your applications.
- By Jean-Paul Boodhoo
- 05/01/2006
Learn how to scope your variables correctly, as well as the rules governing definite assignment in C#.
- By Eric Gunnerson and Nick Wienholt
- 05/01/2006
Learn some simple yet powerful requirements patterns that you can apply to most projects and processes.
- By Martin L. Shoemaker
- 05/01/2006
Check out these publications, tools, SDKs, and community sites for additional information about SQL Server.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2006
Learn about SQLCLR, writing database objects in managed code, and configuring SQL Server to use code located within .NET assemblies.
- By Jason Follas
- 05/01/2006
In an exclusive interview, John deVadoss discusses software architecture and Microsoft's new certification program.
- By Patrick Meader
- 04/17/2006
Rockford Lhotka argues that the software development process is overly complicated, with an emphasis on what is fun for the developer to do, but with too little consideration of the user's needs.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 04/01/2006
The software world is changing-fast-and you need to adapt to these changes if you want to remain relevant from a professional standpoint.
- By Peter Varhol
- 03/01/2006