VB.NET


Dotfuscator, PDF Suite 3.0, More

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

Agile Coding, or Software Factory

Agile coding and the software factory approach to coding both offer strong benefits for developers, but following either to its extreme logical end can stunt productivity.

Windows Workflow Foundation

Should you code your business logic or use a workflow model?

The Best .NET Products of 2007

VSM reveals the best of 2007 with its updated product guide and the announcement of this year's annual Readers Choice Award winners.

Shine a (Silver)Light on Me

So you think you've got a handle on Orcas and .NET 3.0/3.5? Brace yourself as Microsoft casts everything in a new (Silver)light.

Honoring Third-Party Vendors

VSM reveals the best of 2007 with its updated product guide and the announcement of this year's annual Readers Choice Award winners.

Whip WPF Snippets Into Shape

Learn how to work around some ugly behavior in WPF when relying on the provided code snippets; change the output of provided WPF snippets; resolve dependency issues in Windows Workflow; and more.

QA Wizard Pro 2007, NetAdvantage for WPF 2007

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

Letters

Readers chime in on the format of the magazine and the new What's Hot department.

Gauntlet: Dive Deeply Into the Build Process

Keep track of build histories with this robust ALM tool that provides continuous integration and code coverage for agile software development.

XAML: Rethink How You Code UIs

XAML (and WPF and WF) promise to change how we program. But before you can put it to use, you need a firm understanding of what this technology is and what its strengths are.

Orcas and SilverLight Betas Debut

Get the latest downloads for Orcas Beta 1, Entity Framework designer, and the SilverLight framework.

Fuzzing Fundmentals

Secure your software with fuzz testing.

Ride Out the .NET Programming Revolution

A .NET revolution is underway, but you can act now to make sure that you avoid becoming a casualty of this process and minimize its impact on your own coding.

Give Your Users a Voice

.NET 3.0 introduces several new features that simplify utilizing speech in your applications.

All About LINQ

Integrating data queries into VB and C#

NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 2007

This comprehensive suite of Windows Forms controls for .NET applications features external style support, and faithful reproduction of Microsoft's UI.

Pace of Change Leaves No One Competent

The pace of change is on the verge of putting one-man shops out of business; no one is capable of remaining truly competent as a general .NET programmer.

Beautify Your Code With Extensions

Extension methods bring together old and new ways of working with data, and open the doors to new language opportunities.

Letters

A reader asserts that new isn't necessarily better, merely different; and a reader explains how the editor in chief used the term jump the shark incorrectly in a recent editorial.

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