The complex model for Longhorn's base operating system illustrates how Microsoft has organized it, as well as where any piece you're interested in fits into the larger view.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2004
Longhorn includes significant changes that will affect developers, from how it handles graphics to how it stores data. Learn how to create a simple Longhorn app.
- By Brent Rector
- 02/01/2004
Longhorn is the next major version of Microsoft's Windows operating system for consumers. These architectural models show how everything fits together.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2004
Roger Jennings answers a reader who asserts that using the SQLXML interface to provide HTTP access to SQL Server is not appropriate for high-performance, enterprise solutions.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 02/01/2004
NET Security and Cryptography by Peter Thorsteinson and G. Gnana Arun Ganesh lays down the foundation for .NET security features and shows you how to use them properly.
- By Mark Collins-Cope
- 01/01/2004
Generics support in version 2 of the .NET Framework will help you write simpler, more powerful code, whether you consume generic classes built into the Framework or roll your own.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 01/01/2004
You don't want to lock needless assemblies into the VS.NET process. Avoid this problem by loading the assembly into a separate application domain that you can unload later.
- By Enrico Sabbadin
- 01/01/2004
New controls, enhanced data binding, and improvements to existing controls make WinForms programming with VS.NET's upcoming version easier and more versatile.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 01/01/2004
Chris Dias, group program manager for Visual Basic .NET at Microsoft, talks about the present and future of the language, including the target audience of this tool.
Version 2 of the .NET Framework introduces XML-to-relational data mapping, support for XQuery, and typed APIs. Find out why these changes are great news for B2B app development.
Microsoft has pulled out all the stops in announcing where its development tools are heading, but it's important to keep a sense of perspective.
- By Patrick Meader
- 01/01/2004
Chris Dias, group program manager for Visual Basic .NET at Microsoft, talks about the present and future of the language, including the target audience of this tool.
- By Patrick Meader
- 01/01/2004
You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.
- By Bob Beauchemin
- 01/01/2004
Integrate Altova's new release of xmlspy 2004 into your existing Visual Studio .NET projects.
Web development is about to take another great leap forward. Powerful features in the new version of ASP.NET will save you time and reduce your code-writing requirements.
The next version of VS.NET includes a plethora of enterprise and RAD features, but the tool remains geared more toward higher-end than occupational or hobbyist programmers.
Take a look at these various add-ins to your Visual Studio .NET environment.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 01/01/2004
Gunther Lenz and Thomas Moeller give entry-level programmers an overview of the development model with a .NET influence in their book, .NET - A Complete Development Cycle.
- By Mark Collins-Cope
- 11/23/2003
Check out these publications, tools, and community sites for additional information about application lifecycle management (ALM).
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 09/17/2003
Ecora Patch Manager 2.0 enables you to keep critical patches for Microsoft products up to date, now and into the future.
- By Joel Semeniuk
- 08/01/2003