Web Development


The End of the Language Wars

.NET developers, regardless of whether they use VB or C#, realize that the .NET platform is far more important than the language they choose.

Capture Variables with Closures

Learn to pass anonymous types outside the method in which they're created; take advantage of closures when working with lambda expressions; drilldown on overloading; initialize static fields properly; and see where KeyedCollections improve performance.

Alternatives in the Cloud

Amazon.com, Google, Salesforce.com and others challenge Microsoft with Web-based dev platforms.

February's New Tools and Apps for Your Toolkit.

A look at: Kaxaml 1.0, SubSonic 2.1, SapphireSteel Software, Subkismet.

Microsoft's F# Functional Language

A functional programming language built for the .NET Framework

First Source Code for .NET Framework Libraries Released

Microsoft releases .NET 3.5 Framework library source code.

Lessons From a Yahoo Scrum Rollout

Yahoo's senior director of methods and practices, answered a few questions about the Agile development process and Scrum, and how these methods have improved software development at Yahoo.

Are You Safer Now?

Virus detectors can detect more than just bugs -- Karl encounters one such system set off by his code, and shares how he worked around it.

Web 2.0 Threats Loom Large for IT

With the seemingly exponential growth of Web 2.0 technologies, IT professionals in education -- and all other sectors, for that matter -- face new challenges as control over technology slips away and moves into the hands of users.

Silverlight XAML Primer 7: Embedding Media Into Silverlight

Dan walks you through your options.

Managing Change with Team Foundation Server

Jeff walks you through best practices when using Team System.

Microsoft Releases VS 2008 Web Deployment Projects RTW

On Friday, Microsoft's Visual Web Developer Team announced through its blog that Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Projects is now available for download.

Microsoft: SQL Server 2008 Will Be Late

Despite public confidence that SQL Server 2008 would ship by the end of June, Microsoft today indicated it probably is more likely to arrive toward the end of the year.

Adobe Throttles Up Flash Media Server

Adobe has released two new full version upgrades in its Flash Media Server line: Flash Media Streaming Server 3 and Flash Media Interactive Server 3.

IBM Opens Jazz Dev Community

IBM announced last week that it would open up its Jazz.net development platform to developers. Jazz

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