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Mashing Up Using Virtual Earth

Geographical mash-ups are made easy with the Microsoft Virtual Earth mapping API.

RCAs Need More Diversity

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

VSM Tests eBook Market

FAQ on the VSM e-book test.

Tackle Interoperability Challenges in Web 2.0 Dev

Web 2.0 is a fabulous new methodology, but it's important to understand and plan ahead for the interoperability challenges that you face when building Web 2.0 apps.

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.

Welcome to the 2006 VSM Buyers Guide

Your guide to the best tools this year

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.

Holding Court in Orlando

Readers questions on VSM from VSLive! Orlando.

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.

Product Listings

Check out our comprehensive list of available products and resources for the Visual Studio .NET developer.

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.

Deploy Supporting Files as Part of Your VSTS Unit Tests

It can be complicated to move configuration files in a post-build event with Visual Studio Team System. You can make things easier with one of two options.

Automate Your Build Process

Team Foundation Build provides an integrated solution for performing automated builds, testing, and reporting build results.

Customize the "Bug" Work Item Template

Learn how to customize the work item template for a bug to specify that only Testers can change the status to Closed.

Streamline TFS Permissions Management

Use a Windows User Group to manage permissions across the Team Project, the project's SharePoint Portal, and its SQL Server Reporting Services site.

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.

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