Using business objects effectively requires understanding the nuances of their life cycles.
- By Rockford Lhotka
- 08/01/2006
Check out our comprehensive list of available products and resources for the Visual Studio .NET developer.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2006
Compiling your applications frequently can help you save time, effort, and sleepless nights down the road. Learn how to implement this system using the open source tool, Draco.NET.
Third-party tools can rock your world; check out a range of offerings here, from report writers, to editors and imaging toolkits. There's something here for everyone.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2006
It can be complicated to move configuration files in a post-build event with Visual Studio Team System. You can make things easier with one of two options.
- By Benjamin Day and Richard Hale Shaw
- 07/24/2006
Team Foundation Build provides an integrated solution for performing automated builds, testing, and reporting build results.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 07/24/2006
Learn how to customize the work item template for a bug to specify that only Testers can change the status to Closed.
- By Benjamin Day and Richard Hale Shaw
- 07/24/2006
Use a Windows User Group to manage permissions across the Team Project, the project's SharePoint Portal, and its SQL Server Reporting Services site.
- By Benjamin Day and Richard Hale Shaw
- 07/24/2006
It's not enough to build a great custom control to help your end users -- you must also help other developers use your control.
Using Team Foundation Server and the methodologies it supports can greatly improve the software development experience and lead to successful projects with repeatable processes.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 07/01/2006
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