VB.NET


ImagXpress Photo: Spruce Up Your Digital Images

ImagXpress Photo includes tons of features for managing digital images, and it's easy-to-use. It's also expensive.

Readers Weight In on eBooks

Readers sound off about the recent experiments that delivered VSM in an eBook format.

Refactor Your Way to Migration Success

Take advantage of the top ten refactorings for VB6-.NET migration to create easier-to-read and far more robust .NET applications. These refactorings pick up where the Migration Wizard leaves off.

RCAs Need More Diversity

A reader offers suggestions for how to broaden the selection of winners in VSM's annual Buyers Guide Survey.

Build RESTful ASP.NET Apps

Create a virtual page handler that lets you deliver data directly from your database to your Web users. The handler also lets you move your app into the world of REST Web Services.

CodeRush 2, More

The latest products for VSM readers.

Manage State With The State Pattern

A site's VirtualPathManager acts as a dispatcher for requests. In addition to invoking your VirtualFile objects, the path manager can also pass requests to the default ASP.NET path manager.

VB .NET Is Too Darn Hard

A reader agrees with Rockford Lhotka's assertion that software is too darn hard to use, and recommends that Microsoft think about this from the perspective of Visual Basic .NET.

Create Dedicated Service Handlers

Creating your own HTTP handler in ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0 gives you a flexible and fast way to move data to clients, browsers, and other Web pages.

Learn to Read a Data Model

Data models provide important insights into your company's business. Learn how to read one, as well as some tips for creating strong data models of your own.

Manage the Business Object Lifecycle

Using business objects effectively requires understanding the nuances of their life cycles.

Take Advantage of Continuous Integration

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.

ActiveReports for .NET 3.0, More

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.

Roll Your Own Control Designers

It's not enough to build a great custom control to help your end users -- you must also help other developers use your control.

Don't Neglect Your Skills

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.

Loop Your Way to Tighter Code

Take advantage of Loops in Visual Basic .NET to save coding effort, as well as to create more readable and maintainable code.

Enforce Password Complexity Policies

Build a component to accommodate changing requirements without having to recompile your code.

ADX Extensions for Outlook, More

Graphical imaging tools and components are the theme in July's look at recent releases for VB and .NET developers.

Top Visual Studio Products Honored

VSM presented its annual Readers Choice Awards to the Visual Studio vendor community.

BCGControlBar Library Version 8.6, More

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.

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