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
Use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to build secure distributed solutions that integrate across platforms and interoperate with existing investments.
- By Richard Turner
- 05/01/2006
This keynote from VSLive! Orlando focuses on best-of-breed solutions and reveals the direction of Visual Studio''s next release.
- By Sam Guckenheimer
- 05/01/2006
Implement a Web service that performs a binary file transfer using Web Service Enhancements 3.0 and MTOM.
- By Martin Kulov
- 05/01/2006
Learn how to integrate ASP.NET's built-in security tools with the features of your existing site.
Learn how you can use consistent query syntax in your code to access and work with all types of data.
- By Jason McConnell
- 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
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
Use the new XML editor features to enable IntelliSense in your XML documents.
The January 2006 Language Integrated Query (LINQ) preview for the next ("Orcas") version of Visual Basic enables automating SQL Server object-relational mapping for DLinq and enhances XLinq syntax for literal XML and late binding.
- By Roger Jennings
- 04/01/2006
ASP.NET 2.0 provides a robust set of functionality for implementing rich and flexible forms authentication in your applications.
Take advantage of collections to both simplify and enhance your VB business applications.
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
Contributing Editor Don Kiely reviews Compuware's DevPartner Fault Simulator version 1.5, plus tools for AJAX.
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
Take advantage of these eight, simple tips to reduce your code's vulnerability to attacks ranging from buffer overflow, to SQL injection attacks, to decompilation.
- By Josh Holmes and Gabriel Torok
- 03/01/2006
Microsoft's Bill Gates discusses the "next Web" for developers and designers at the MIX06 Web Conference.
- By Jeff Hadfield
- 03/01/2006
List & Label from combit is a report generator, viewer, and designer package targeting a range of development platforms and data sources. New features include flexible data integration, electronic form output, and dozens of built-in functions.