.NET Framework


Thinking Outside the VS Box

Editor in chief Patrick Meader explains why the magazine (generally) forbids discussion of third-party products, while allowing authors to discuss non-Visual Studio-specific tools from Microsoft.

VSLive! FL 2007: Automate Infrastructure

Unify the efforts of your entire software development team by automating infrastructure.

VSLive! FL 2007: Optimize Your WPF Apps

Build more efficient application with WPF.

Device Development 101

Get your system ready for device development and build a device application.

VSLive! FL 2007: Create a Custom ASP.NET DataSource Control

Create your own fully functional ASP.NET DataSource control.

Financial Help: New RAP for 2007 Office

Recent Microsoft Office Business Applications RAP release helps guide development on 2007 Office System.

Good News, Bad News for Visual FoxPro Developers

As official Microsoft support for VFP comes to an end, loyal developers rally around the venerable programming language.

Microsoft Goes After the Youth Vote

Beginning Developer Learning Center is Microsoft's latest attempt at winning over young coders.

Sneak Peek of MIX07

An early glimpse of MIX07 shows focus on commercial Web technologies, new AJAX capabilities in ASP.NET.

Localization Tool Eases .NET Translations

Sisulizer 1.1 for .NET is a translation tool that simplifies worldwide application deployment chores

Making a Build

A review of Vincent Maraia's book on the best practices for Microsoft's software configuration.

Tapping the SaaS Potential

Robert Carr talks about the Web as a delivery mechanism for software and services.

Microsoft Delivers Health Framework

Connected Health Framework is Microsoft’s latest move toward SOA.

Expression Studio Components Ship

Microsoft’s Expression Studio suite grows as release candidate of Expression Blend and beta 2 of Expression Design ship.

BPEL for Microsoft People

BPEL for Windows Workflow Foundation CTP release showcases Microsoft’s newest business process management offering.

Reporting on Vista Security and the VS Road Map

Investigate a familiar Vista security flaw, and check out what lies ahead for Visual Studio.

Lay Down the Law on Code Rules

It can be intimidating at first, but it helps you in the long run to run your code against a static code analyzer like FxCop; also learn how to use dynamic analysis to test your forms during runtime.

Microsoft Delivers First Public Beta of Orcas and .NET 3.5

Visual Studio Orcas and the .NET 3.5 Framework are now in public beta.

Build a Custom Data-Bound Generator

Learn how to write custom data-bound generator.

Microsoft Issues ASP.NET Glitch Fix

Microsoft has released a public hotfix patch to address a number of ASP.NET 2.0 compilation issues, according to Microsoft Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie.

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