Writing a Windows service is significantly more involved than many authors would have you believe. Here are the tools you need to create a Windows service robust enough for the real world.
Take a look at the latest third-party add-ons, including one that simplifies managing, running, and scheduling tasks across platforms to enable application integration and data-center automation.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 10/01/2005
Microsoft announced Windows Workflow Foundation, the Expression family of design tools, and Visual Studio Tools for Applications at PDC 2005.
Visual Studio Team System provides a wealth of tools in one place. Explore all aspects of this integrated suite of tools.
- By David Nelson and Jeff Levinson
- 09/01/2005
The benefits of code generation are so strong that debates swirling around use are essentially moot. Its increasing use is inevitable, and developers will adapt.
- By Peter Varhol
- 09/01/2005
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) for .NET and its System.Query, System.Data.DLink, and System.Xml.XLink classes enable relational-to-object and XML-to-object mapping with first-class CLR data types.
- By Roger Jennings
- 09/01/2005
Bill Gates led a keynote team that demonstrated new technologies in data access, Web development, and more.
The difference between VB.NET and C# boils down to whether you like semi-colons. .NET promises an opportunity to choose the best language for a given task without sacrificing power.
Use WSE 3.0 to secure your Web services and send binary data.
Dundas Diagram for .NET 1.0 lets you create interactive, automated diagrams, ranging from complex charts that users can modify dynamically to complete process simulations.
Visual Studio''s future is one of the key topics being covered at PDC 2005 this week. Expect to see improvements in C#, Visual Basic, ASP.NET, Indigo support, and data handling. Plus, get hints about Hawaii.
- By Peter Varhol
- 09/01/2005
You''ve heard much about generics, iterators, partial types, and anonymous methods. But many other new features will change your daily programming life just as much.
Is C# winning vs. VB.NET?
- By Patrick Meader
- 08/01/2005
Developer Express' CodeRush for Visual Studio aids developer productivity.
Even recently, programming was considered a hot profession with almost limitless opportunities for making it big. How quickly things change. Today, programmers typically need to beef up their skill sets just to remain viable in the workplace.
Take advantage of visualizers in Visual Studio 2005 to make yourself more productive; also learn how to create your own custom visualizers.
- By Vikram Srivatsa
- 08/01/2005
Take advantage of the Windows Management Interface to correctly gauge your application's performance requirements.
- By Derek Harmon
- 08/01/2005
Readers who have made the leap to .NET aren't looking back. They say they're developing and deploying reliable, mission-critical apps that pay for themselves quickly.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2005
Check out the latest VS.NET add-ins, including a tool for enabling users to search your site more easily; and updated tools for reporting, charting, installation, and more.
Learn everything you need to start using .NET Web services to access Google Web APIs in your application.