If you're using the ASP.NET Cache object, then somebody is suffering when you first load the Cache. Here's how to avoid that and, potentially, save a bit of money while you're at it.
Microsoft patched a flaw related to IntelliSense and addressed other concerns as the dev community tests the final pre-release version of VS 2010.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/17/2010
Maturing frameworks and rich Internet application platforms like Silverlight and Adobe Flash/AIR may change the way developers target client platforms.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/16/2010
There's another one coming, and this one's still flying pretty far below the radar. Classic VB apps are only vulnerable to the extent they interact with others.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 02/16/2010
Peter starts looking at the new features in ASP.NET 4, starting with support for compressing Session data and setting up permanent redirects.
Early reports by developers indicate vast speed and performance improvements.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/09/2010
Mickey wraps up his series on Web Testing with a look at validating Web tests.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 02/09/2010
Peter looks at a strategic issue: When to do validation? The answer isn't "Everywhere" but it could have been.
Classic VB provides no simple method to create nested directory folders, but it certainly provides the tools to make such a method.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 02/04/2010
Apple's new tablet PC was announced amid a roar of pre-release hype. What does it mean for .NET developers?
- By John K. Waters
- 02/04/2010
In the second column of a series, Mickey shows you how to run a Web test using Visual Studio Team System 2008.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 02/02/2010
Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, an internal support application at Joe R.'s company suffered a slowdown in executing queries and returning data.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 02/01/2010
Why Silverlight 4 should change the way you make decisions about application development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/01/2010
Extend runtime sorting and filtering of data with ASP.NET 4's QueryExtender, which provides a single interface for DataSources.
Will the Dev10 improvements be worth it if the result is slower performance?
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/01/2010
Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 deliver a number of changes to Microsoft's flagship family of IDE products. Here is what to expect when Visual Studio 2010 is released in April.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 01/28/2010
Peter Vogel continues to extend his client-side case study by using jTemplate to extend a table to support inserts -- and then sending the user's data to the server to update the database.
Mickey Gousset shows you how to record a Web test using Visual Studio Team System 2008.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 01/26/2010
Peter continues to extend his jQuery/jTemplate case study by supporting deletes of multiple rows with a single mouse click.
The new MTLM is a professional functional testing tool that gives developers the ability to write, run and execute manual tests.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 01/19/2010