Five years into Visual Basic 3, the language was soaring on its way to becoming a classic. A reader asserts .NET is not following the same trajectory.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2005
eXtreme .NET combines the benefits of extreme programming with those of .NET. The author delves into pair programming, spiking, problem breakdown, testing, refactoring, and more.
Microsoft's support for VB6 expires at the end of this March. Karl Peterson explains why he is behind a petition to extend support for the product.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 05/01/2005
Learn how to localize your applications easily with this robust localization and resource-management tool.
- By Liewen Huang
- 05/01/2005
Save time by creating an extensible framework for a .NET agent. The framework offers a dynamically configurable job scheduler and notification service.
- By Luther Miller
- 05/01/2005
Check out these latest VS.NET add-ins, including a full-featured charting package that lets organizations manage and analyze data more effectively.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 05/01/2005
Enterprise Application Integration Using .NET shows you how to overcome the issues and obstacles involved in integrating enterprise-scale applications successfully.
Form Maximizer for .NET helps you add professional touches to your forms right now by configuring a few properties rather than by delving into .NET intricacies.
Does the term Basic give Visual Basic an uncalled-for negative connotation, or does it provide continuity with the language's past?
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 04/01/2005
Check out these latest VS.NET add-ins, including a product that helps you test and debug error-handling code in both native and .NET managed code.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 04/01/2005
The second-generation .NET Framework builds on the tools of the first to provide better, more standards-compliant XML data validation.
- By Thiru Thangarathinam
- 04/01/2005
Take advantage of the fact that the Windows Forms databinding mechanism can use any .NET object that implements the IList interface as the data source.
- By Francesco Balena
- 04/01/2005
Sometimes all you want to do is print the simple report you're already showing. Learn how to use GDI+ and the .NET Framework to print reports.
Both major platforms push Web services as a means of integrating applications across platforms. Check out another alternative that tightly integrates Microsoft code with Java apps.
- By Peter Varhol
- 03/01/2005
Master the art of loading and saving configuration files using Visual Studio .NET. Also, learn about planned changes in VS.NET 2005.
- By Francesco Balena
- 03/01/2005
ASP.NET 2.0's master pages can help you develop consistent Web apps without the additional overhead of include files, user controls, or third-party add-ins.
Take advantage of the new My.Computer functionality in Whidbey to implement a utility that manipulates the Registry to take care of bad e-mails.
- By Josef Finsel
- 03/01/2005
Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF covers the UML models available in Visio, as well as tools and features for developing and testing enterprise systems.
Ari Bixhorn discusses Microsoft's plan to create a unified programming model (code-named Indigo) for building distributed, interconnected apps in an interview with VSM Editor in Chief Patrick Meader.
- By Patrick Meader
- 03/01/2005
The .NET Developer''s Guide to Windows Security helps put you on your way to developing secure applications in .NET.