.NET Framework


ALM Game Heats Up

Some vendors herald a best-of-breed approach to ALM tooling, while others are beginning to offer integrated toolsets.

Complex App Provisioning

How composite app provisioning technologies can help .NET rollouts.

Application Testing Goes Virtual

How can development shops stay ahead of the QA curve when supporting multiple versions of software for growing audiences running mixed environments?

Application Compatibility Factory Eases Vista Transition

The initiative is meant to shorten the path to Vista deployment for enterprise customers.

DevInspect 3.0, More

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Automating Refactoring

Juan Peña from Artinsoft responds to a recent article on refactoring with suggestions for how to achieve more automated refactoring, and a reader asserts that software engineering should be difficult.

ComponentOne Adds Atlas Support to Studio Enterprise

Windows, Web and mobile application developers can now get "first-ever" server-side Atlas control.

Office 2007 Toolset Targets Visual Studio Professional Developers

VSTO 2005 SE, allows developers to create application-level add-in solutions for Office 2007 applications.

Visual Studio Service Pack 1 Not Fully Compatible with Vista

Workarounds being provided. Complete support for Vista in VS 2005 will come after SP1 ships.

Profile: Building Quality Software Is No Accident

Catalyst Systems has created a business around automating software builds.

How ASP.NET AJAX Impacts Developers

Microsoft's Brian Goldfarb discusses the newly released ASP.NET AJAX and what it will mean for both traditional server-side ASP.NET developers, as well as developers whose emphasis has always been more on the client side.

Enhance VSTS Development

Check out these tips to help simplify and enhance your development with Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server.

Chart FX Extensions Pack, More

Learn what's new in the third-party community for Visual Studio and its related tools.

Found: The Missing Manual

A review of Lars Powers and Michael Snell's "Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed."

Domain-Specific Modeling

How DSM code generation can go beyond the benefits delivered by UML.

Early Delivery from Microsoft? Atlas Arrives This Year

Microsoft is expected to announce the Release Candidate of its AJAX technology.

Surf's Up for Microsoft's Next Software Wave

Microsoft announced milestones for several key technologies, including Windows Vista, 2007 Microsoft Office System, the .NET Framework 3.0, Visual Studio Extensions for .NET Framework 3.0, RTM of VSTO 2007, and more.

Dynamic Language Limbo

Platform leaders like Microsoft and Sun are placing bets on hot dynamic languages.

Leading Light: S. "Soma" Somasegar

An interview with the head of Microsoft's Developer Division -- S. “Soma” Somasegar.

3 Rational Desktop Tools Begin Beta Test

IBM Rational Software Architect, Functional Tester and Performance Tester begin testing.

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