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Interview with Andrei Alexandrescu (Part 3 of 3)
Aug 25, 2010
Eric Niebler and Andrei Alexandrescu conclude their conversation about the D programming language by discussing concurrency, the complications of sharing data, dynamic loading, specification and licensing, and the future of D.
.NET Application Development
Mar 15, 2002
In this sample chapter from Developing Applications with Visual Studio.NET, Richard Grimes discusses the issues that will arise when you come to develop .NET applications.
.NET Coding Standards
Sep 12, 2003
Michelle Johnston suggests a set of .NET coding standards and looks at what such coding standards aim to achieve.
.NET Common Language Runtime Components
Jan 17, 2003
Don Box and Chris Sells discuss modules and assemblies, the component building blocks of the CLR, and examine the CLR loader, which allows more flexible deployment and versioning and ensures that the component's origin cannot be spoofed through the use of public keys and digital signatures.
.NET Compact Framework Graphics
Nov 12, 2004
Learn about the support that the .NET Compact Framework provides programs for creating graphical output, including limitations and how to supplement the programs with the help of GDI functions.
.NET Compact Framework Graphics
Oct 1, 2004
Sometimes, great things come in small packages, and that's certainly the case with Microsoft's .NET Compact Framework. This chapter will show you how to apply graphical interfaces to your .NET programs.
.NET Custom Controls: Designer Basics
Aug 2, 2002
When developing custom controls, designers define the behavior and UI presentation of a control. Enrich your design-time experience and learn how to incorporate designers into your application.
.NET Developer Platform Security Solutions
Feb 21, 2003
Examine the .NET framework's fundamental security, how it can provide mobile code download solutions that offer advantages over the traditional methods, and how it addresses the security challenges of networked computing.
.NET e-Business: Enabling Inter-Application Communications
Feb 8, 2002
This chapter from .NET e-Business Architecture introduces you to the tools and technologies available today that make it possible to produce great distributed software systems using the Microsoft .NET Enterprise Solutions Platform.
.NET Enterprise Servers: Enterprise Foundations
Feb 7, 2003
Examine the various technologies that Windows provides for the .NET Enterprise Servers to build upon, and learn how to install, configure, and manage enterprise technologies such as clustering, IIS, Certificate Services, Terminal Services, and more.
.NET for Java Developers: Processing XML
Jul 25, 2003
The .NET Framework has built-in support for XML processing. Discover how to use XML in .NET and what these benefits can do for you.
.NET Framework and Language Enhancements in 2005
Sep 21, 2007
This chapter covers the enhancements to both Visual Basic .NET and C#.
.NET Identity and Principal Objects
Dec 23, 2003
The .NET Framework includes a simple but very flexible identity-based security mechanism. By using it, you can exercise very fine-grained control over who is allowed to use your programs and which functions those users can perform. As discussed in this article by Enrico Sabbadin, the key is a detailed understanding of the Principal and Identity objects.
.NET Identity and Principal Objects Part 2: Custom Authentication and Authorization
Jan 9, 2004
The second installment in this series about .NET security covers advanced topics such as secure custom authentication and role-based authorization. Enrico Sabbadin goes beyond the built-in authentication and authorization mechanism, and shows you how to develop custom authentication and authorization schemes.
.NET in 24 Minutes
Aug 20, 2001
The hunger for information about .NET on the part of professional programmers, developers, and administrators is tremendous. This article provides a straightforward explanation of .NET, its components, and its importance, and serves as a reference to ...
.NET Internationalization: Using Custom Cultures
Oct 27, 2006
In this chapter, learn how to create, register/unregister, and deploy custom cultures.
.NET Languages
Feb 15, 2002
In this sample chapter from Understanding .NET: A Tutorial and Analysis, David Chappell describes C# and Visual Basic.NET, the most important CLR-based languages. He also takes a brief look at the Managed Extensions for C++ that allow C++ developers to write CLR-based code.
.NET Meets Beans?
Feb 1, 2002
How do you abstract data access code from its underlying data store so that is portable among platforms? Developers working with n-tier applications have a new solution: Microsoft ObjectSpaces. Dan Fox outlines its general code and concepts here.
.NET Patterns, Part I
Mar 1, 2002
By following standard naming conventions and patterns in any .NET language, you can allow other developers to use and extend your classes more efficiently. Dan Fox shows one approach to class library design in this article.
.NET Patterns, Part II
Mar 1, 2002
The .NET Framework classes feature a core set of design patterns that developers should try to emulate in their own code. Dan Fox introduces the streams pattern, the dispose pattern, and the asynchronous programming pattern in this article.

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