.NET Framework


Making a Build

A review of Vincent Maraia's book on the best practices for Microsoft's software configuration.

Tapping the SaaS Potential

Robert Carr talks about the Web as a delivery mechanism for software and services.

Microsoft Delivers Health Framework

Connected Health Framework is Microsoft’s latest move toward SOA.

Expression Studio Components Ship

Microsoft’s Expression Studio suite grows as release candidate of Expression Blend and beta 2 of Expression Design ship.

BPEL for Microsoft People

BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation CTP release showcases Microsoft’s newest business process management offering.

Reporting on Vista Security and the VS Road Map

Investigate a familiar Vista security flaw, and check out what lies ahead for Visual Studio.

Lay Down the Law on Code Rules

It can be intimidating at first, but it helps you in the long run to run your code against a static code analyzer like FxCop; also learn how to use dynamic analysis to test your forms during runtime.

Microsoft Delivers First Public Beta of Orcas and .NET 3.5

Visual Studio Orcas and the .NET 3.5 Framework are now in public beta.

Build a Custom Data-Bound Generator

Learn how to write custom data-bound generator.

Microsoft Issues ASP.NET Glitch Fix

Microsoft has released a public hotfix patch to address a number of ASP.NET 2.0 compilation issues, according to Microsoft Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie.

String.Together Snazzy String Routines

String handling is one of the most basic -- and important -- capabilities that all developers must deal with. Learn how to take maximum advantage of the way VB .NET handles strings.

Remember User Settings

VB's My.Settings class makes it easy for you to remember user-preferred settings; also, what a quirky result in VB's debug window reveals about how its compiler and the .NET runtime work together.

ASP.NET Futures Release Showcases New Controls and Capabilities

Check out Microsoft''s early versions of new tools for ASP.NET and the Silverlight cross-platform browser plug-in.

Generics: Move Beyond Collections

Generics can solve many more problems than collections. Use generics to write code once and reuse it more easily.

ANTS Profiler Adds VS2005, .NET 3.0 Support

Red Gate Software Ltd.'s ANTS Profiler version 3 enables speedier performance by exposing slow .NET code.

Planix Tool Takes on Build-and-Test Guesstimates

Planix, from ALTERthought, gives the best- and worst-case time scenarios for agile-development projects.

Product Listings: Doc-To-Help 2007, More

Learn about the latest and greatest products available from vendors that provide tools and services for Visual Studio .NET.

Developer Support Arrives, But Late

The belated support for Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista indicates that the coupling of Microsoft's developer tools and operating systems isn't as tight as it has been?or should be.

Get Down and Glitzy With Gadgets

Add pizzazz to your users' desktops with Windows Gadgets, lightweight desktop applications that provide useful bits of functionality while also bringing fun back to the development process.

WebUI Studio.NET 2007: Build Rich Client-Side UIs

A comprehensive suite of user interface and data components for ASP.NET 2.0 using Visual Studio 2005

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