With the release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, it's time for Visual Basic developers to start leveraging the new capabilities of Visual Basic 2010.
Continuing his investigation of what works and doesn't work with the AJAX library and .NET 4, Peter Vogel continues to explore how to retrieve data from the client... and discovers that it can be very easily done.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk shows you how to use the power of Silverlight 4 COM automation and local file system access to turn Microsoft Word into a report writer for Silverlight.
Value converters are extremely powerful and are valuable in minimizing the code required directly in the UI and in providing reuse of conversion logic.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2010
Learn how you can store history information for the user on the local client PC in a sandboxed Silverlight 3 application.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2010
How to work around some of Silverlight's subtle gotchas.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2010
Patrick Steele illustrates useful techniques for modifying existing code while maintaining backward compatibility.
- By Patrick Steele
- 05/01/2010
Sometimes your best option is to bypass the .NET Framework and make function calls to the native Win32 API.
Visual Studio 2010 provides familiar tooling and resources for developers who want to put their applications up in the cloud. Here's how to do it.
- By Anson Horton, Hani Atassi, Danny Thorpe, Jim Nakashima
- 04/01/2010
Kathleen Dollard shows how to display a list of complex bound criteria, including data, child data and photos for each item, in Silverlight.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2010
Kathleen Dollard shows how to improve development using T4 code generation and in-line DSL as a localized development tool.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2010
VS2010 Architecture Explorer Edition includes DGML, a powerful, yet easy to use, tool for visualizing almost anything.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 03/11/2010
Every codebase contains some measure of technical debt -- code that is maddeningly hard to test and maintain. We outline some ideas for identifying and dealing with the high-interest debt in your code.
- By David Laribee
- 03/01/2010
Use LINQ outside of databases to make your code easier to read and maintain.
- By Patrick Steele
- 03/01/2010
Explore the nuances of using WCF Services with Silverlight, and learn troubleshooting tips for working with Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 03/01/2010
Flawed code is a lot like financial debt. It drags you down and consumes resources that would otherwise go to profit-making ventures. Here's how to avoid getting caught in the technical debt trap.
- By David Laribee
- 02/01/2010
Silverlight applications based on the Managed Extensibility Framework and generalized user interfaces don't require hand coding every screen.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2010
Extend runtime sorting and filtering of data with ASP.NET 4's QueryExtender, which provides a single interface for DataSources.
Peter continues to extend his jQuery/jTemplate case study by supporting deletes of multiple rows with a single mouse click.
Peter continues to exploit jQuery in his client-side code to integrate an ASP.NET page with a WCF service -- this time to support updating data.
A combination of client-side code, WCF services, and jQuery lets you retrieve data from your sever and display it to the user using Web Services and client-side code.
Interfaces can make your applications easier to test and maintain.
- By Patrick Steele
- 01/01/2010
Silverlight offers impressive talents and more than a few frustrations. From customizing your application UI to battling obscure bugs and error messages, this column helps with the transition to Silverlight tools.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 01/01/2010
The jQuery library makes it easier to create applications that execute in the browser. By leveraging existing ASP.NET technologies and merging them with jQuery, you can create faster, more responsive applications.
Visual Basic 10 introduces new generic tuple classes that can help you get more done with less -- if you're careful about it.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 12/01/2009