In-Depth Features


Making Waves: Windows Mobile vs. BlackBerry

Windows Mobile takes on BlackBerry as wireless spectrum shows signs of opening up.

Microsoft's Case

New tools GM explains Redmond's design and dev strategy.

Create Rich Web Apps with AJAX

AJAX has caught on tremendously as a method for building dynamic and interactive Web sites. Learn what AJAX is, what its benefits are, and how you can implement the technology in your own applications.

Simplify Your Code with Reflection

Take advantage of generics and reflection to determine whether a user has changed any data on a given form.

Security Sentry

DShield inventor sits in the eye of the storm.

.NET Toolbox Picks: Part II

Seven alternative tools and widgets for .NET programmers.

Live from VSLive!: 5 Questions with Paul Sheriff on Architecting ASP.NET

.NET author and consultant Paul Sheriff discusses the challenges and opportunities in architecting ASP.NET.

DirectX Marks the Spot

A co-developer of DirectX replays Microsoft's media game.

.NET Toolbox Picks

Five utilities and widgets distributed by Microsoft for .NET programmers.

Parallel Programmer

Intel's James Reinders talks about programming and compilers in the multi-core age.

Beat SharePoint Into Shape

Visual Studio 2005 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 simplify the process of incorporating SharePoint into your Visual Studio applications.

Salary Survey: IT Workers Continue To Flourish

IT workers continue to ride a strong wave of increasing experience to a third straight year of high earnings, according to <i>Redmond</i> magazine's 12th annual Salary Survey.

REPLACE WITH NEW ID# 1787

Use the declarative programming model to enable type-safe data access in ADO.NET.

WPF Goes to Work

Windows Presentation Foundation has been greatly underserved by Microsoft’s emphasis on glitz and glamour; learn how to take advantage of WPF in your everyday Windows business apps.

Open Source Evolutionary

Miguel de Icaza on open source and his dual roles as free software visionary and corporate VP

Viva la VB!

Consuming Remote Web Services with ASP.NET AJAX

Notice that ScriptManager can't generate a client-side proxy object that can be used to call the remote service? Dan shows you the workaround.

Enterprise Architect

The creator of the Zachman Framework talks about the matrix at work.

Products: OpenSpan Changes the Game for Application Integration

OpenSpan Monday announced the availability of the OpenSpan Platform 3.1, an application integration environment.

Integrate Windows Apps With Oracle

Publish a PL/SQL procedure in Oracle as a Web service and consume it from a Web service client in WCF.