A reader explains that job market forces often force developers to opt for the latest and greatest, rather than tried and tested; another reader explains why he voted for no products in the most recent Readers Choice Awards survey.
Visual Studio Team System's many tools provide a wealth of information on the health and progress of a project.
- By Peter Varhol
- 07/01/2006
Take advantage of Loops in Visual Basic .NET to save coding effort, as well as to create more readable and maintainable code.
- By James Foxall
- 07/01/2006
Build a component to accommodate changing requirements without having to recompile your code.
Graphical imaging tools and components are the theme in July's look at recent releases for VB and .NET developers.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 07/01/2006
Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) offers more granular security, better centralization, robust auditing and reporting, and more.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 07/01/2006
Create a class that addresses common threading problems and overcome cross-thread calling and resource protection issues.
- By Brian Rogers
- 07/01/2006
Compuware's DevPartner SecurityChecker analyzes for most known Web site attacks, is easy and intuitive to use, and is highly customizable.
Visual Studio Team System provides a wealth of tools in one place. Explore all aspects of this integrated suite of tools.
- By David Nelson and Jeff Levinson
- 06/28/2006
Check out these publications, tools, and community sites for additional information about Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 06/28/2006
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
Microsoft's new Forefront products and Vista security enhancements were highlighted at this week's TechEd keynote.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/08/2006
Developers who work on the UI side of advanced apps must learn new technology for forms-based dev to improve the user experience.
- By Billy Hollis
- 06/08/2006
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
Effective policymaking with WS-Policy improves your architecture's adaptability with minimal development when external service interfaces evolve and business needs change.
- By Derek Harmon
- 06/01/2006
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
Learn how to integrate ASP.NET's built-in security tools with the features of your existing site.
From libraries to encryption, from refactoring to imaging, debugging, and lifecycle management—don't let anyone tell you there's not a rich selection of third-party tools awaiting.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 06/01/2006