WPF is going to change the way you write graphics applications, but it's going to take a while before you see it adopted broadly.
- By Billy Hollis
- 06/08/2006
VSM presented its annual Readers Choice Awards to the Visual Studio vendor community.
The .NET Framework 3.0 represents a major set of functionality in .NET, and yet doesn't change any existing .NET Framework 2.0 libraries, compilers, or features.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 06/08/2006
Here's how to look for warning signs that might indicate future problems, and how to balance your design decisions accordingly.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 06/01/2006
Use ObjectBuilder to access dependency-injection benefits and avoid application performance problems.
- By Daniel Cazzulino
- 06/01/2006
Build a library of common ASP.NET 2.0 functions that will help you maintain and secure your Web sites.
- By Robert Boedigheimer
- 06/01/2006
Understand the five phases of the application lifecycle, and learn which tests to perform in each of them.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 06/01/2006
Application development is messy and unpredictable. Here are three key things a technical leader should do to deliver software in spite of the chaos and change that can accompany a project.
Increase productivity and consistency by leveraging your ASP.NET 2.0 databinding capabilities.
Use Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals to extend your team''s functionality and improve collaboration.
- By Cameron Skinner
- 06/01/2006
Take advantage of .NET attributes to provide robust validation for your business objects, while generating user-interface validation automatically.
- By Steve Michelotti
- 06/01/2006
Move beyond the techno-speak, and learn how you can leverage new features in C# 3.0.
- By Richard Hale Shaw
- 06/01/2006
It'd be ideal to have versioning support in the core language specs for .NET and Java. But in the absence of such features, you can still do things today to build applications that show resilience in the face of change.
Determining the priorities of one software feature over another can be difficult. Here's how to tackle that challenge.
Simplify your development process in n-tier client/server systems with Windows Communication Foundation.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 06/01/2006
One of the keys to a successful software development project is participation from the business representatives. Here are a few tactics to help developers work with them.
Discover how EA and governance give managers the necessary tools for streamlining user services and creating platforms that deliver faster and cheaper services.
Zimbra is looking to build on its reputation of taking Ajax to the limit.
- By Terrence O'Donnell
- 05/10/2006
ComponentOne is a big player in a niche it helped create, the third-party development space for Microsoft development tools.
- By Patrick Meader
- 05/10/2006
Just in time for JavaOne, the JCP approves the openly developed Java EE 5 spec unanimously. The latest platform offers ease-of-use features and an overhauled programming model.
- By Terrence O'Donnell
- 05/10/2006