.NET Framework


Preloading Your ASP.NET Applications

If you're using the ASP.NET Cache object, then somebody is suffering when you first load the Cache. Here's how to avoid that and, potentially, save a bit of money while you're at it.

Microsoft Addresses VS 2010 RC Issues

Microsoft patched a flaw related to IntelliSense and addressed other concerns as the dev community tests the final pre-release version of VS 2010.

RIA Frameworks Power Multi-Channel App Strategies

Maturing frameworks and rich Internet application platforms like Silverlight and Adobe Flash/AIR may change the way developers target client platforms.

The Next Y2K

There's another one coming, and this one's still flying pretty far below the radar. Classic VB apps are only vulnerable to the extent they interact with others.

Cool New Features in ASP.NET 4

Peter starts looking at the new features in ASP.NET 4, starting with support for compressing Session data and setting up permanent redirects.

Microsoft Releases VS2010 RC

Early reports by developers indicate vast speed and performance improvements.

VSTS 2008 Web Testing Part 3: Validation Rules

Mickey wraps up his series on Web Testing with a look at validating Web tests.

A Modest Proposal on Validation in the Middle Tier

Peter looks at a strategic issue: When to do validation? The answer isn't "Everywhere" but it could have been.

Creating Nested Folders

Classic VB provides no simple method to create nested directory folders, but it certainly provides the tools to make such a method.

iPad Impacts .NET Developers

Apple's new tablet PC was announced amid a roar of pre-release hype. What does it mean for .NET developers?

VSTS 2008 Web Testing: Running a Web Test (Part 2 of 3)

In the second column of a series, Mickey shows you how to run a Web test using Visual Studio Team System 2008.

Weekend Drive

Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, an internal support application at Joe R.'s company suffered a slowdown in executing queries and returning data.

Silverlight Ascendant

Why Silverlight 4 should change the way you make decisions about application development.

The QueryExtender

Extend runtime sorting and filtering of data with ASP.NET 4's QueryExtender, which provides a single interface for DataSources.

VS2010 Release Candidate Expected this Month

Will the Dev10 improvements be worth it if the result is slower performance?

Understanding Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010 deliver a number of changes to Microsoft's flagship family of IDE products. Here is what to expect when Visual Studio 2010 is released in April.

Inserting with jQuery

Peter Vogel continues to extend his client-side case study by using jTemplate to extend a table to support inserts -- and then sending the user's data to the server to update the database.

VSTS08 Web Testing

Mickey Gousset shows you how to record a Web test using Visual Studio Team System 2008.

Deleting with jQuery and Web Services

Peter continues to extend his jQuery/jTemplate case study by supporting deletes of multiple rows with a single mouse click.

Introducing Microsoft Test & Lab Manager

The new MTLM is a professional functional testing tool that gives developers the ability to write, run and execute manual tests.

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