- A Quick Tour of Visual Studio 2008
- Jun 17, 2008
- Here's what to expect as a first encounter with Visual Studio 2008.
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- A Roll of the Dice: Building a Small Game Using Windows Graphics Programming
- Oct 1, 2004
- Learn the basics of Windows graphics programming as you build a lightweight game. Between the use of software patterns and the graphics techniques, you'll polish your fundamental programming skills while having a bit of fun.
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- A Subtle Reason to Upgrade
- Mar 15, 2002
- Why should you upgrade to Visual Basic .NET or C#? In this article, Jimmy Nilsson points out what is sometimes an undervalued advantage: free threading.
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- A Visual Basic.NET Programming Tour
- Aug 20, 2001
- Learning a new programming language can be intimidating, but the first step is building confidence. In this sample chapter from Sams Teach Yourself VB.NET in 24 Hours, James Foxall discusse how to build a simple, yet functional Visual Basic application.
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- Accepting User Uploads in ASP.NET
- Nov 29, 2002
- Once upon a time, your web site needed third-party components to allow users to upload files. Now you can do it all in ASP.NET, without any third-party add-ons. Here's how.
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- Accessing and Displaying XML Data with .NET
- Oct 12, 2001
- Microsoft's recent release of Beta 2 of its new .NET platform brings many changes to the available classes. In this article, Jerome Kuptz reviews some of the platform's features available in its XML classes.
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- Accessing Data in .NET
- Mar 1, 2002
- In this sample chapter from Building Distributed Applications with Visual Basic.NET, Dan Fox discusses the architecture of ADO.NET and how it can be used to build distributed applications.
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- Adding Client Capabilities to Server Controls Using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
- Jul 22, 2008
- The AJAX Control Toolkit is a compelling alternative to using the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions alone. Learn why.
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- ADO.NET - A Natural Evolution
- Aug 6, 2001
- With evolution come new, and often great, things. Such is the case with the evolution of ADO into ADO.NET. Learn the prime benefits of ADO.NET in this article by Doug Seven.
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- ADO.NET and the .NET Framework v1.1
- Nov 8, 2002
- Of the thousands of classes Microsoft shipped in the .NET Framework, the subset of classes referred to collectively as ADO.NET (and organized in the System.Data namespace) is perhaps the most important for corporate developers. If you're an ADO.NET developer who is anxious about the upcoming release of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework v1.1, read Dan Fox's description of the new features and changes.
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- ADO.NET Managed Providers: SQL Managed Provider and OleDB Managed Provider
- Jul 12, 2002
- .NET experts Donny Mack and Doug Seven discuss the two data access Managed Providers offered in ADO.NET: the SQL Managed Provider and the OleDB Managed Provider. Use the DataReader to iterate through data, and bridge between the Web application and your database using DataAdapter.
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- ADO.NET Transactions
- Dec 6, 2002
- When your code is doing ad hoc SQL, and you aren't using stored procedures, using ADO.NET SqlTransaction objects is the easiest way to roll the execution of multiple SQL statements into one transaction.
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- ADO.NET: More than a Matter of ABCs
- Dec 19, 2003
- How does ADO.NET differ from its predecessor, ADO? Tech journalist Jacqueline Emigh gets to the bottom of this new set of architectural blocks.
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- ADO.NET: Universal Data Access for the .NET Platform
- Apr 5, 2002
- Dale Michalk reviews the journey from ADO to ADO.NET and discusses this new technology.
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- Advanced .NET Debugging: Managed Heap and Garbage Collection
- Nov 18, 2009
- Mario Hewardt takes a look at the internals of the CLR heap manager and the GC and some common pitfalls that can wreak havoc in your application. He shows how to utilize the debuggers and a set of other tools to illustrate how to get to the bottom of the problems.
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- Advanced Windows Debugging: Memory Corruption Part II—Heaps
- Nov 9, 2007
- This chapter discuss security vulnerabilities and stability issues that can surface in an application when the heap is used in a nonconventional fashion.
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- Agile MDA
- Jul 23, 2004
- Agile MDA combines two seemingly contradictory ideas: Agility and Modeling. As we shall see, these notions do not, in fact, conflict--so long as models can be executed.
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- Agile Projects: Managing with a Light Touch
- Jun 3, 2005
- This chapter introduces Light Touch management, a project management system that emphasizes the ability to manage agile teams with a style that allows team autonomy and flexibility and a customer value focus without sacrificing control.
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- Agile Software Development: Communicating, Cooperating Teams
- Aug 10, 2009
- Projects need people to notice important events and to be both willing and able to communicate to others what they notice.
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- Alison's SQL Server 2000 Tips
- Aug 6, 2001
- Alison Balter provides tips on returning multiple records sets and executing the "first and last after trigger" in SQL Server 2000.
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