.NET Framework


Opinion: Gates' Tech-Ed Farewell

Don shares his take on Gates' keynote goodbye to developers.

JavaScript and AJAX in ASP.NET: Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

Client-side debugging is better, but IntelliSense still has a few issues to be worked out.

Microsoft Starts Global Rollout of Retail Consumer Web Sites

Microsoft Corp. is now selling its wares directly to consumers.

Microsoft To Add Architecture Explorer to Visual Studio

Microsoft announced Tuesday at its Tech-Ed conference that it will add a new tool to Visual Studio that will visually model applications.

Tech-Ed: Gates' Farewell to Developers Focuses on Silverlight, Velocity, Oslo

Microsoft's founder and chairman kicked off Tech-Ed with a keynote that took an opportunity to look back, as well as provided a glimpse into the future.

Threats to Office's Dominance Multiply with New Offerings from Adobe, IBM

Paying for word processing software may soon be a thing of past if Microsoft competitors Adobe, Google and IBM have any say.

MySQL Gives .NET High Five

There was a lot of head scratching at this year's MySQL Conference and Expo when Microsoft was singled out for its contributions to open source development.

IBM Rational's Big-Band Jazz Release

IBM's Rational Software division today unveiled 20 new commercial products based on its Jazz collaboration platform and opened up the Jazz community to all interested parties.

New Wares Bridge Java and .NET

While last month's JavaOne conference focused on the next generation of the Java platform, there's a growing ecosystem of tools to connect existing Java-based apps to those based on Microsoft's .NET environment.

Microsoft Updates Expression Studio Suite

Microsoft refreshes its Expression Studio Suite with upgrades to all five Expression tools.

Make Your Types Report Their State

You probably write a lot of code to test object state. A better approach might be to make your objects report their own state.

SlickEdit's Tools Editing Toolbox 2.0: An Editor Add-In for Power Programmers

SlickEdit's Tools Editing Toolbox v2.0 offers "power programmers" enhanced Visual Studio tools.

Virtualization Improves Developer Productivity

The many ways virtualization technology can help you and your team get more done.

A Mort by Any Other Name …

A take on one reason why VB is getting overlooked.

MySQL Gives .NET High Five

MySQL gives Microsoft a nod from the open source community at the MySQL Conference and Expo.

New Wares Bridge Java and .NET

JavaOne conference showcases growing number of tools connecting Java and .NET applications.

ADO.NET Data Services

Access data in the cloud with REST.

Readers Weigh in: VB Is Least Among Equals

Your comments on whether Microsoft really does treat VB like a second-class language.

Codejock Adds XAML Support to Component Suite

Codejock Technologies offers improved toolkits to Visual C++ and ActiveX developers.

Oracle Closes BEA Deal

Oracle completes BEA Systems acquisition, putting pressure on Microsoft’s .NET middleware and SOA strategies.

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