VB.NET offers an improved palette for creating Web-based software. Programming the Web with Visual Basic .NET is a complete reference book that gives you all the info you need.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 04/26/2004
The hobbyist/part-time programmer is becoming an endangered species. However, we as an industry need the skills this person provides.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2004
Offshoring is changing the nature of what it is to be a developer today, much as HMOs have changed what it is to be a doctor. What does this mean to you?
- By Patrick Meader
- 04/01/2004
Create a shared database to provide interoperability between .NET and J2EE platforms, then extend it with a notification level between platforms.
Display data programmatically with only a few lines of code, using the databinding features built into the .NET Framework's WinForms controls.
ComponentOne's Studio Enterprise suite offers feature-rich components for desktop, Web, and mobile app development, available by annual subscription with quarterly updates.
With the ease of deployment for .NET applications, WinForms are once again a viable solution for large deployment environments. If you're considering WinForm programming, Windows Forms Programming in Visual Basic .NET is a must-have.
Use FTP or HTTP POST to transfer files over the Internet with .NET. Also learn how to secure a database Connection string.
Users will notice how much faster your Web pages and sites run when you apply these seven ASP.NET tips to your coding.
ASP.NET 2.0's new features let you create and maintain data-driven Web apps with 70 percent less code than you needed with ASP.NET 1.0
- By Thiru Thangarathinam
- 04/01/2004
Learn how to create an RSS feed for publishing data to subscriber apps. You can use the handy RssGen sample component as a starting point for your own data feed generator.
- By Stan Schultes
- 04/01/2004
Visual Basic .NET Power Coding offers concise discussion and helpful examples of VB.NET's most complex topics, such as delegates, threading, remoting, Reflection, and security.
Visual XSLT 2.0 integrates seamlessly into the VS.NET IDE to provide a powerful environment for developing XML transformations and XPath queries.
Use a template to create a consistent look and feel for a Web site that doesn't require the end user who updates the site to be a programmer himself.
Add a couple more techniques to your arsenal of ways to safeguard your password-protected apps from dictionary attacks.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 03/01/2004
Blogging gives developers (and others) a new way to share information on the Web. Learn more about blogging, as well as FTP's own blogging site.
- By Patrick Meader
- 03/01/2004
Enhance the DataSet class with inheritance and extend its associated XML schema to hook validation checks and custom validation routines into DataSets declaratively.
- By Enrico Sabbadin
- 03/01/2004
Find out how Active Directory Application Mode and Windows Authorization Manager can simplify security, personalization, and configuration for your directory-enabled applications.
- By Enrico Sabbadin
- 03/01/2004
Visual Studio .NET ships with a nice set of controls and classes to build Windows applications, but with only a little effort, you can augment these controls so they serve you better.
- By Markus Egger
- 03/01/2004
VB.NET is the way of the future, but Microsoft should provide developers with a VB6+ to ease the transition.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 03/01/2004