Web Development


Web PI Gains XP, Windows 2003 Support

Release candidate of Redmond’s Web Platform Installer now supports Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Infragistics Rolls out New Components

After its Powerset acquisition, Microsoft is pushing semantic search as the replacement for traditional keyword search.

Microsoft Upgrades Robotics Tools

Microsoft’s Robotics Developer Studio 2008 comes with increased runtime performance and improved tooling.

Google Addressing Web App Security With 'Native Client'

Google is exploring a way to run code fast and natively in a Web browser without worrying about security issues.

First Look: Lunascape Multiengine Web Browser

Web developers have traditionally kept multiple browsers on their computers to facilitate testing, but a fairly new Japanese-made experimental browser called Lunascape rolls the three most important engines into one.

New CodePlex Release Helps Create Blog Portals

Microsoft on Friday released free open source code that can be used by Web developers to build online blogs.

Sun's JavaFX Platform Goes Live

Sun Microsystems today began shipping version 1.0 of its JavaFX platform, the runtime and tools combo for content authors and Web developers building rich Internet applications (RIAs).

Decoding Routes

You can use ASP.NET Routing to decode meaningful URLs into real physical path names.

New Anti-Piracy Software for .NET

ByteShield’s Software Usage Management solution protects game and PC-application developers from would-be hackers.

Speed O/R Mapping with LINQ to SQL

LINQ to SQL continues to be a top contender in the .NET object/relational mapping tool market despite Microsoft's promotion of the Entity Framework as one of the "Pillars of SQL Server 2008: Dynamic Development."

Microsoft Slashes VS 2008 Prices

Redmond offers major discounts for Visual Studio 2008.

The Road to 'Oslo'

Developers face a long trek to Microsoft's ambitious "Oslo" modeling vision.

What C# Devs Should Know About VB Programming

VB and C# share many similarities, but also have a handful of significant differences; learn what you need to know to program effectively in VB as a C# programmer.

Show Me The Money

With a long recession looming, what can software developers do to soften the blow?

Microsoft Program Sparking Start-Ups

BizSpark program offers start-up software makers access to Microsoft's tools, products, licenses and tech support.

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