In this exclusive Q&A, Borland CEO Tod Nielsen shares insights on the market and his plans for the company.
- By Jim Fawcette
- 08/08/2006
Your guide to the best tools this year
A reader agrees with Rockford Lhotka's assertion that software is too darn hard to use, and recommends that Microsoft think about this from the perspective of Visual Basic .NET.
Creating your own HTTP handler in ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0 gives you a flexible and fast way to move data to clients, browsers, and other Web pages.
Data models provide important insights into your company's business. Learn how to read one, as well as some tips for creating strong data models of your own.
- By Steven Berringer
- 08/01/2006
Using business objects effectively requires understanding the nuances of their life cycles.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 08/01/2006
Check out our comprehensive list of available products and resources for the Visual Studio .NET developer.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2006
Mainsoft has great .NET to Java technology that is tapping a market in enterprises.
- By Peter Varhol
- 08/01/2006
Third-party tools can rock your world; check out a range of offerings here, from report writers, to editors and imaging toolkits. There's something here for everyone.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2006
Compiling your applications frequently can help you save time, effort, and sleepless nights down the road. Learn how to implement this system using the open source tool, Draco.NET.
It can be complicated to move configuration files in a post-build event with Visual Studio Team System. You can make things easier with one of two options.
- By Benjamin Day and Richard Hale Shaw
- 07/24/2006
Team Foundation Build provides an integrated solution for performing automated builds, testing, and reporting build results.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 07/24/2006
Learn how to customize the work item template for a bug to specify that only Testers can change the status to Closed.
- By Benjamin Day and Richard Hale Shaw
- 07/24/2006
Use a Windows User Group to manage permissions across the Team Project, the project's SharePoint Portal, and its SQL Server Reporting Services site.
- By Benjamin Day and Richard Hale Shaw
- 07/24/2006
It's not enough to build a great custom control to help your end users -- you must also help other developers use your control.
Using Team Foundation Server and the methodologies it supports can greatly improve the software development experience and lead to successful projects with repeatable processes.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 07/01/2006
A reader explains that job market forces often force developers to opt for the latest and greatest, rather than tried and tested; another reader explains why he voted for no products in the most recent Readers Choice Awards survey.
Visual Studio Team System's many tools provide a wealth of information on the health and progress of a project.
- By Peter Varhol
- 07/01/2006
Take advantage of Loops in Visual Basic .NET to save coding effort, as well as to create more readable and maintainable code.
- By James Foxall
- 07/01/2006
Build a component to accommodate changing requirements without having to recompile your code.